Himasha and Asela guide Soldiers to fourth win
Himasha Liyanage cracked an unbeaten 55, while putting on an unbroken stand of 69 runs with Asela Gunaratne for the fourth wicket to help Army SC record an easy 7-wicket win against Lankan CC in the Major Club Limited Over Cricket Tournament encounter played at the Army ground in Dombagoda
yesterday.
Lankan CC batted first and were restricted to 128 runs, while the Soldiers raced to the target with ease in the 25th over to record their fourth win from seven matches. Last year’s runners-up, Ragama CC, pulled off a thrilling last ball win against Saracens at Surrey Village ground in Maggona, their first win of the tournament. Last year’s winners NCC, were featured in a thrilling tie against Negombo CC at Katunayake. At Welisara, Navy SC overcame Kandy Customs by 24 runs to record their first win.
Four other games were postponed due to bad weather preventing any possible play.
| Results: | |
| At Dombagoda: Army SC beat Lankan CC by 7 wickets Lankan CC 128 (44.5) (Lahiru Dilshan 32, Geeth Kumara 29, Damitha Silva 27: Seekkuge Prasanna 3/22, Asela Gunaratne 2/24, Gayan Bandara 2/31) Army SC 130 for 3 (24.4) (Ashan Bandara 34, Himasha Liyanage 55n.o., Asela Gunaratne 23 n.o.: Kasun Madusanka 2/30) At Maggona: Ragama CC beat Saracens by 1 wicket Saracens SC 162 (42) (Promod Maduwantha 46, Navindu Vithanage 32, Thavessha Abishek 16, Praveen Sandamal 15: Janith Liyanage 3/27, Ishan Jayaratne 2/27, Kalhara Senaratne 2/42) Ragama CC 163 for 9 (42) (Saminda Fernando 27, Janith Liyanage 27, Ishan Jayaratne 24, Dineth Thimodya 22, Supeshala Jayatileke 22: Promod Maduwantha 2/18, Akash Senaratne 2/26, Sandun Mendis 2/30) At Katunayake: NCC vs Negombo CC Tie NCC 195 (43.1) (Hasitha Boyagoda 43, Kaveen Bandara 37, Ahan Wickramasinghe 28, Chathuranga de Silva 22: Pasindu Ushettige 5/39, Dilshan Munaweera 3/37) Negombo CC 195 (35.3) (Mohmmad Mohsin 33, Dilshan Munaweera 28, Angelo Jayasinghe 28, Pasindu Lakshanka 25, Upul Indrasiri 21: Yugeesha Dishan 3/32, Chathuranga de Silva 3/41, Kavindu Ishwara 2/24, Sachindu Colombage 2/40) At Welisara: Navy SC beat Kandy Customs by 24 runs Navy SC 197 (50) (Thushara Samarakoon 50, Sahan Kosala 37, Anuk Fernando 21, Aravinda Premaratne 20, Shalith Fernando 17: Ravindra Karunaratne 4/30, Sampath Perera 2/36, Umega Chathuranga 2/43) Kandy Customs CC 173 (48.3) (Chanaka Wijesinghe 58, Hasitha Nirmal 26, Ravindra Karunaratne 21, Vishwa Deemantha 15, Sasith Manuranga 15: Pasindu Madushan 4/28) |