Colombo Masters roll over Old Thomians with 7 wickets to spare
Colombo Masters Cricket Association (CMCA) beat Old Thomians’(OT) by 7 wickets in the inaugural Veterans Cricket encounter played at S. Thomas College, Mt Lavinia.
Put into bat, OT openers Vajira Wijegoonewardena (40) and Ramesh Wannakuwatte (16) put on a 50-run partnership. With the departure of the openers wickets fell at regular intervals and OT were 95 for 6 at one stage. A fighting 7th-wicket partnership of 60 runs by Janesh Rathnadasa (30) and Amitha Abeynaike (32) helped OT total 169 for 9 wickets in their allotted 30 overs. CMCA’s Ajith Ekanayake was outstanding with the ball with 5 wickets for 20 runs.
CMCA openers Damian Tissarachchi (21) and Nalliah Deverajan (16) put on 49 runs. Later, CMCA skipper Dharsha Abeywardena(59) and Lasantha Perera (52) put on 111 runs and took the game away from OT. OT’s only successful bowler was Anura Bulankulame with 2 for 42. - LR
SCORES
- Old Thomians- 169/9 in 30 overs
(Vajira Wijegunawardena.40, Amitha Abeynaike 32, Janesh Rathnadasa 30, Ramesh Wannakuwatta 16, Mahinda Halangoda 15, Deepal Ahangama 11 n.o.; Ajitha Ekanayake 5/20, Lasantha Perera 2/42)
- Colombo Masters Cricket Association- 171/3 in 26.3 overs
(Dharsha Abeywardena 59, Lasantha Perera 52 n.o., Damian Tissarachchi 21, Nalliah Devarajan 16; Anura Bulankulame 2/42)