Andri, Chanaka, Aslam steer Saracens SC
Premier T20 Cricket
Andri Berenger who represented the UAE at the recently concluded ICC Cricket World Cup along with Chanaka Ruwansiri and Mohamed Aslam steered Saracens SC to an easy 54-run win over SSC in the Premier T20 encounter played at Panagoda yesterday. Andri made 38 off 28 balls with five boundaries and a six and added 66 runs for the second wicket with Aslam (35). Later Chanaka hit 38 off 19 balls and put on 50 runs for the sixth wicket with Umesh Karunaratne. SSC in their turn lost four quick wickets with just 18 runs on the board and despite a knock of 41 runs coming from Thilina Kandamby they were unable to make any headway being bowled out for 90 runs.
Saracens SC 144 for 6 in 20 overs (Andri Berenger 38, Chanaka Ruwansiri 38, Mohamed Aslam 35, Umesh Karunaratne 19 n.o.: Kasun Madusanka 2 for 21, Binura Fernando 2 for 24)
SSC 90 in 15.1 overs (Thilina Kandamby 41: Umesh Karunaratne 2 for 5, Prabath Jayasuriya 2 for 16)
Colts defeat Moors SC
Colts defeated Moors SC by five wickets in the Premier T20 match played at the CCC ground yesterday. Batting first, Moors SC made a modest 139 but it was insufficient as Colts raced to the target in the 16th over.
MoorsSC 139 for 8 in 20 overs (T.N. Sampath 45, Janaka Gunaratne 34: Sachith Pathirana 2 for 25, Bhanuka Rajapakse 2 for 26)
Colts 143 for 5 in 15.5 overs (Shehan Fernando 40, Shehan Jayasuriya 20, Roshen Silva 18, Bhanuka Rajapakse 35 n.o.: Janaka Gunaratne 2 for 23)
Kithuruwan guides Tamil Union
Kithuruwan Vithanage cracked 63 in just 37 balls with four boundaries and five sixes to guide Tamil Union to a seven wicket win over Army SC in the Premier T20 match played at the Colts ground yesterday. Tamil Union after bowling out Army SC for a score of 140, reached the target in the 15th over thanks to a superb third wicket partnership of 86 between Kithuruwan and Pabasara Waduge.
ArmySC 140 in 19.2 overs (Asela Gunaratne 26, Manjula de Zoysa 22, Sanjika Ridma 26 n.o.: Chanaka Welagedera 3 for 17, Ramith Rambukwella 2 for 10, Jeewan Mendis 2 for 28) Tamil Union 144 for 3 in 14.5 overs (Kithuruwan Vithanage 63, Pabasara Waduge 38 n.o., Jeewan Mendis 29 n.o.)
AFTERNOON SESSION MATCHES WASHED OUT
The afternoon session matches of the Premier T20 played at CCC, Panagoda and Colts ground were washed out due to heavy rain. SLPA CC 185 for 8 in 20 overs (Dhananjaya de Silva 63, Sachithra Serasinghe 36, Mahela Udawatte 20, Shanuka Dissanayake 16: Nuwan Pradeep 4 for 26, Suraj Randiv 2 for 36) vs Bloomfield
At Panagoda
Ragama CC 129 for 3 in 15 overs (Udara Jayasundara 81 n.o.) vs CCC
At Colts
Air Force SC 115 for 7 in 19.2 overs (Shohan Rangika 33,Akila Isanka 26, Ranga Dissanayake 25 n.o.: Chaminda Vidanapathirana 2 for 12, Jehan Mubarak 2 for 31) vs NCC .