COLTS, SSC, BADURELIYA AND LANKAN CC IN SEMIS
Defending champions Colts CC along with SSC, Badureliya CC and Lankan CC came out victorious in the final round robin matches of Under 23 inter-club cricket tournament which were played yesterday to qualify to the semi finals.
Colts CC outclassed NCC by ten wickets in the match played at the Colts ground to end the league campaign with an unbeaten record by winning all the five matches that they played and to end Group C on top with 24 points.
SSC the other unbeaten side of the tournament crushed Bloomfield by 67 runs in the match played at the SSC ground to record their sixth win from as many matches to top Group D with 29 points.
In the battle for the top slot in Group A which was between Badureliya CC and Army SC saw Badureliya CC making it to the semi finals with a comfortable five wicket win against Police SC and ended with 22 points in the match played at Maggona while Army SC underwent a defeat to BRC which saw them reeling down to fourth place.
Lankan CC came out on top in Group B with a convincing eight wicket win over Panadura SC played at Panadura. Three teams in this group ended with three wins each but Lankan CC accumulated 17 points as against 14 and 12 to Chilaw Marians CC and Air Force SC.
In the other matches that were played saw Chilaw Marians CC, CCC, Ragama CC, Moors SC, Sebastianites CC and Kurunegala YCC ending their campaign on a winning note. Meanwhile the two semi finals are scheduled to be played on October 7 with Badureliya CC meeting SSC and Colts CC clashing with Lankan CC. The final is slotted to be played on October 11.