Army continue winning spree
Army continued their wining spree in recording their sixth outright win of the Premier Tier ‘B’ cricket tournament with a convincing innings and 28 run drubbing of Air Force in the match concluded at Panagoda yesterday
Air Force resuming on their overnight score of 25 for 2 lasted just 28 overs in the morning session of play crumbling for 113 with left arm spinner Ravindra Palleguruge who finished with impressive figures of 5 for 43 doing the damage.
Air Force 196 (Akila Isanka 67, Sameera Vithana 28, Buddika Sandaruwan 32 n.o.: Nuwan Liyanapathirana 4 for 61, Janith Silva 3 for 42,) and (25/2 overnight) 113 (Angelo Emmanuel 28 n.o.: Ravindra Palleguruge 5 for 43)
Army 337 (Asela Gunaratne 89, Roshan Jayatissa 73, Rishan Kavinga 57, Chandima Prasad 27, Manjula de Zoysa 21, Dilan Soysa 22,: T. Nadeera 4 for 62,)
SLPA defeat BRC
Sri Lanka Ports Authority defeated BRC by seven wickets in the match concluded at the BRC grounds to record their second win. Sri Lanka Ports Authority chasing 113 runs for victory reached the target in the 18th over thanks to an unbeaten 64 by Hashan Goonetileke.
BRC 209 (Nimesh Perera 32, Supun Perera 29, Andy Solomons 26, Malan Madusanka 22: Shanuka Dissanayake 5 for 73, Anuk de Alwis 3 for 70) and (146/7 overnight) 208 (Supun Per- era 50, Andy Solomons 41, Nimesh Perera 27, Chandika Thirimanne 32 n.o.: Shanuka Dissanayake 5 for 64, Anuk de Alwis 2 for 52, Romesh Eranga 2 for 59)
Sri Lanka Ports Authority 305 (Shanuka Dissanayake 90, Yohan Arumathanthri 36, Ranesh Perera 32, Tharindu Mendis 31, Hashan Goonetileke 26: Nimesh Perera 3 for 36) and 114 for 3 (Shantha Kalavitigoda 20, Hashan Goonetileke 64 n.o.)
Kurunegalaycc down Police
Kurunegala YCC registered a massive 288 run win over Police in the match concluded at the FTZ ground in Katunayake and in the process recorded their first outright win of the tournament.
The heroes of their victory were the left and right spin combination of Ajith Ekanayake and Aravinda Premaratne.
Kurunegala YCC 317 (Sisira Kumara 111, Charith Tissera 61, Chamikara Edirisinghe 47: Prasad Kellepotha 4 for 88) and (105/1 overnight) 306 for 7 declared (Gayan Manishan 61, Sisira Kumara 48, Chamikara Edirisinghe 42, Sajith Kelumpriya 108 n.o.: Dhammika Rajapakse 3 for 61, Prasad Kellepotha 3 for 99)
Police 191 (Ravin Nirmal 43, Malinda Abeyratne 25, Aruna Priyantha 61 n.o.: Ajith Ekanayake 5 for 54, Aravinda Premaratne 3 for 8) and 144 (Harsha de Silva 40, Ravin Nirmal 35, Malinda Abeyratne 21: Aravinda Premaratne 7 for 54, Ajith Eka
nayake 3 for 47)
- MSA