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Nimesh,Dinusha star in Sebs win
By Marlon Fernandopulle
Five wickets from Nimesh Perera and an unbeaten 44 by Dinusha Fernando helped Sebastianites to record a six wicket victory over Moratuwa SC at the Moratuwa Stadium yesterday.

Batting first Moratuwa SC were bundled out for 113 with Nimesh Perera picking up five wickets. In reply Sebs reached their target in the 28th over to be 116 for 4 wickets

At the Moratuwa Stadium: Moratuwa SC vs Sebastianites SC
Moratuwa SC- 113 all out (L R Fernando 38 n o S Kumara 29 N Kumara 5/19)
Sebastianites- 116/4 in 27.2 overs(Dinusha Fernando 44 n o Nimesh Perera 21 S Perera 2/9)

Dharmasena 5 for 44
Discarded all rounder Kumar Dharmasena captured five wickets as Bloomfield bowled out SSS for 198 runs in a Premier League Limited over game at Maitland Place yesterday.

Apart from a solid 82 from left hander Hemantha Wickremaratne the rest of the SSC batting crumbled as Kumar Dharmasena took full control with his slow off cutters. Bloomfield replied with 5 for no loss when rain halted any further play.

At Maitland Place: SSC vs Bloomfield
SSC-198 all out.(Hemantha Wickremaratne 82 Upekha Fernando 20 Tilan Samaraweera 17 Kumar Dharmasena 5/44)

Bloomfield-5 for no loss
Panadura skittled out for 125
CCC medium pacers Mario Villawarayan(4/19) and Indika Gallage(3/25) teamed up to bowl out Panadura for 125 at the Panadura Esplande yesterday.

Sri Lanka medium pacer Charitha Buddhika proved his allround capabilities when he top scored for the host team with an unbeaten 49.CCC replied with 4 for no loss when rain and bad light halted play.

At the Panadura esplanade: Panadura vs CCC
Panadura 125 all out in 48 overs(Charitha Buddhika 49 n o Indika Gallage 3/25 Mario Villwarayan 4/19)

CCC-4 for no loss
Galle win on D/L system
Galle CC did well to beat the rains and record a win on the Duckworth/Lewis system against Chilaw Marians at the FTZ grounds Katunayake.

After bowling out Chilaw Marians for 169 runs in 40 overs the visitors reached 71 for 2 in 25 overs when rain halted play.

At FTZ grounds Katunayake:Chilaw Marians vs Galle CC
Chilaw Marians 169 all out in 40 overs(Ruchira Paliyaguru 50 n o Janaka Siriwardene 24 D Lokuhettige 3/25 P Wanasinghe 3/30)

Galle CC-71 for 2 in 25 overs(D Sudarshana 25 n o)
No decision at Kurunegala
The Premier League limited over game between Kurunegala YCC and Moors SC ended in a no decision after rain permitted just 7.5 overs for the day.
At the Welagedara Stadium:Kurunegala YCC vs Moors SC

KYCC-19 for 2 wickets
No decision at the Sara Stadium
The Premier League Limited over game between Tamil Union and BRC was washed off after BRC were bowled out for 176 runs.

At the Sara Stadium: Tamil Union vs BRC
BRC-176 all out(V Waragoda 29 S de Silva 35 Pulasthi Gunaratne 3/26)

Desmond Fernando to fix match-fixers
The International Cricket Council has requested Mr. Micael Beloff QC, President of Trinity College Oxford and Mr. Desmond Fernando PC Past President of the International Bar Association to review the Mottley Report from the West Indies Cricket Board on match fixing in the West Indies and the report of Justice Bhandari on match fixing in Pakistan. The review will take place in England in early December.

According to Mr. Fernando he is expected to give his views on both reports and indicate as to whether the reports could be accepted or not. In addition Mr. Fernando and Mr. Beloff will have to recommend as to what action the ICC should take on these reports.-MF

Peradeniya emerge Inter-University cricket champions
By Aubrey Kuruppu
The University of Peradeniya cricket team led by Matale Old Thomian Nalaka Ratnayake emerged champions at the Inter University cricket tournament, beating the host University, Moratuwa, in the final by 57 runs.

This triumph was especially sweet as the Peradeniya undergrads hadn't laid their hands on this prized possession for around two decades. In addition to skipper Ratnayake, his deputy, Suneth Chandraratne (an old Anthonian) and opener D. Sanjaya featured prominently.

Peradeniya beat Colombo, which had Hemantha Boteju, a Sri Lankan one day player in their ranks, in an early round. Dr. Buddhi Marambe was in charge of the team. The University of Peradeniya team comprised Nalaka Ratnayake (Capt.), Suneth Chandraratne, Pushpanath Dharmasena, D. Sanjaya, Nalin Karunaratne, Upul Bandara, Amila Maduragoda, Chamara Seneviratne, Ishan Gamanpila, S. Maheepala, Joseph Fernando, A. Rangika, C. Duminda, D. Heshan and S. Devinda.

1st Round Peradeniya beat Rajarata by 7 wkts. Rajarata 51 (P. Jagath 21; S. Chandraratne 4/12, I. Gamanpila 3/23).

Peradeniya 52/1 (N. Ratnayake 11, D. Sanjaya 15 n.o., U. Bandara 11 n.o.).

2nd Round Peradeniya 189 (D. Sanjaya 104, C. Seneviratne 24; H. Botheju 3/19, M. Maduwantha 3/28, A. Rajeev 2/40).

Colombo 163 (B. Lahiru 41, P. Kumara 24; I. Gamanpila 3/36). Peradeniya won by 26 runs.

Semi Final: Peradeniya beat Ruhuna by 8 wkts. Ruhuna 156 (S. Rajitha 37, P. Kavitha 28, I. Amila 43; S. Chandraratne 3/24, I. Gamanpila 2/23, P. Dharmasena 3/29).

Peradeniya 160/2 (N. Ratnayake 49, U. Bandara 60 n.o., N. Karunaratne 43 n.o.).
Final Peradeniya beat Moratuwa by 57 runs. Peradeniya 198/9 (D. Sanjaya 75, P. Dharmasena 21, C. Seneviratne 24, A. Maduragoda 22, I. Gamanpila 26; P. Kanchana 3/11, G. Rasika 2/29).

Moratuwa 141 (S. Suranga 73, P. Ramesh 17; S. Chandraratne 3/14, I. Gamanpila 3/11).

First innings win for St Peter's
By M. Shamil Amit
In a rain affected cricket match St Peter's registered a first innings win over St Sylvester's in the Under 19 inter- school encounter concluded at Bambalapitiya yesterday. In reply to the Sylvesterians score of 114 the Peterites were 178 for 9 when rain stopped play at 3.00 p.m.

St Sylvester's - 114 (Duminda Ranaweera 26, Sham Najurdeen 16; Ramesh Subasinghe 5 for 34, Shehan Wijetunge 3 for 27) St Peter's - 178 for 9 (Gihan de Silva 56, Hans Fernando 37, Samidha Gallage 35; Pradeep Athauda 8 for 70)

S.Thomas' 152/9
On the first days play S. Thomas' were 156 for 9 against Dharmarajah in the Under 19 inter- school cricket match which began at Mt Lavinia yesterday. The match was stopped early due to heavy rain.

S. Thomas' - 156 for 9 (Sanjeewa Mendis 37, Damith Warasuwithana 19, Isuru Warnakulasuriya 16; E. Ekanayake 3 for 34)

No play at Moratuwa
Not a ball was bowled on the second day in the Under 19 inter- school cricket match between Prince of Wales and Sri Jayardenapura MV, Kotte due to the water logged state of the ground.

Anthony, Dias steer Old Peterites to six wicket win
Old Peterites registered a six wicket win over Egodauyana SC in the Inter - Club Division Three cricket match played at the Katubedda Campus grounds on Saturday. Egodauyana SC taking first lease of the wicket scored 139 in 44.4 overs. Old Peterites made the required runs in just 25.3 overs.

Egodauyana SC - 139 in 44.4 overs (Suresh Fernando 33, Ranga Silva 31; Riyaz Farouk 2 for 17, Sachita Mendis 2 for 17, Udaya Perera 2 for 25, Niranjan Dabare 2 for 22)

Old Peterites - 144 for 4 in 25.3 overs (Indunil Anthony 44, Rukshan Dias 34, Udaya Perera 18, Udara Dissanayake 22 n.o.; Indunil Sampath 3 for 37)

Two wins for Greenfield SC
A splendid allround performance by Greenfield SC skipper Chintana Pushpamal enabled them to register two wins in the Inter- Club Division cricket match palyed at the FTZ grounds in Katunayake. In the first match Greenfield SC defeated Gampaha Sc by two wickets with Chintana taking 3 for 15 and then hitting an unbeaten 93.

In the second game they beat FTZ SC by six wickets with Chintana making an unbeaten 53.

Gampaha SC 210 in 40 overs
(N. Karunapali 46, B. Attanayake 42, J. Weerasinghe 23; Chintana Pushpamal 3 for 1, Ajantha Perera 2 for 34, S. Athukorale 2 for 38) Greenfield SC 211 for 8 in 38.3 overs (Thushan Bandara 45, Mihiran Perera 23, Chintana Pushpamal 93 n.o)

FTZ SC 98 for 4 in 28 overs
(Niluk Perera 36, Anil Silva 21; Randil Silva 1 for 21, Vinod Kumar 1 for 17)
Greenfield SC 99 for 4 in 25 overs (Vinod Kumar 24, Chintana Pushpamal 53 n.o) -MSA

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