Unbeaten Moors humble SSC

By M. Shamil Amit

An unbeaten 102 in 110 balls inclusive of 11 boundaries and two sixes by Hemantha Boteju supported by a five wicket haul from Anil Ridigammanagedera helped Moors to record a comprehensive 75 run win over SSC in their Sirasa Premier Limited over encounter played at Braybrooke Place yesterday.

Tamil Union opening batsman Sagara Kumara is trapped in front by Bloomefield paceman Chinthaka Jayasinghe for 5. - Pic by Ranjith Perera

Boteju was also involved in a valuable 108 run stand for the seventh wicket with Dilhara Lokuhettige whose contribution was 41. The home team sent into bat made a modest 220 for 9 and then bowled out their opponents for 145. With this win Moors ended the round robin stage with an unbeaten record.

Moors 220 for 9 in 50 overs (Dilhara Lokuhettige 41, Anil Ridgammanagedera 21, Hemantha Boteju 102 n.o.; Nuwan Zoysa 3 for 32, Kaushal Lokuarachchi 3 for 44, Chamil Sumathipala 2 for 19)

SSC 145 in 39 overs (Nuwan Zoysa 41, Tharanga Paranavithana 38.;Anil Ridgammanagedera 5 for 17, Chamikara Mudalige 2 for 27)

Thrilling win for Tamil Union
Tamil Union registered a thrilling one wicket win over Group ‘A’ table leaders Bloomefield who also had their unbeaten record tarnished in the encounter played at Reid Avenue yesterday. The winners reached the target of 193 with four balls to spare.
Bloomefield 192 for 9 in 50 overs (Thilina Kandamby 62, Gihan de Silva 37, Shanuka Dissanayake 17, Mateesha Ranasinghe 18 n.o.; Nimesh Perera 3 for 39, Ranga Dias 2 for 34)

Tamil Union 195 for 9 in 49.2 overs (Lanka de Silva 54, Ranga Dias 33, Sajith Fernando 27, Nimesh Perera 21, Nandika Ranjith 22 n.o.; Chinthaka Jayasinghe 3 for 32, Shanuka Dissanayake 2 for 18, Tharanga Lakshitha 2 for 37)

NCC overcome Colts
In another interesting encounter NCC defeated Group ‘B’ table leaders Colts who also had their unbeaten record tarnished when they coasted to easy five win in the match played at the Colts grounds.

Colts 184 for 8 in 50 overs (Malinda Warnapura 49, Dhanuka Pathirana 25, M. Pushpakumara 16, Rashan Peiris 15, Angelo Mathew 44 n.o.; Tharaka Kottehewa 2 for 19, Chanka Komasaru 2 for 31, Malintha Gajanayake 2 for 33)

NCC 185 for 5 in 47.4 overs (Russel Arnold 60, U.K.D. Aravinda 20, Malintha Gajanayake 56 n.o.; Ishara Amarasinghe 3 for 46)
Easy win for BRC

BRC coasted to an easy 87 runs win over Sebastianites in their encounter played at the BRC grounds.

BRC 264 for 8 in 50 overs (Varuna Waragoda 54, Dilshan Witharana 44, Thamara Abeyratne 41, Viraj Perera 35, Ranil Dhammika 23.; Himesh Silva 3 for 50) vs Sebastianites 177 in 37.3 overs (Primal Salgado 54, Milinda Siriwardena 39, Nadeera Nawela 23.; Ranil Dhammika 3 for 24, Thamara Abeyratne 2 for 28, Ramesh Kumar 2 for 45)

CCC beat Ragama CC
CCC defended a low score to beat Ragama CC by 36 runs in their match played at CCC grounds.
CCC 152 in 46.5 overs (Tharindu Mendis 38, Nuwan Perera 29.; Kaushalya Weeraratne 3 for 15, Dharshana Gamage 2 for 20, Saliya Saman 2 for 40)

Ragama CC 116 in 37.4 overs (Amila Sandaruwan 39, Malintha Totuwilage 30, Samiddha Gallage 20 n.o.; Nishitha Rupasinghe 4 for 19, Jehan Mubarak 2 for 18, Sujeewa de Silva 2 for 31)

Badureliya upset Marians
Badureliya CC registered an upset win over fancied Chilaw Marians in their match played at the University grounds.
Chilaw Marians 161 in 46.5 overs (Nimesh Perera 43, Hasantha Fernando 30, Charith Sylvester 16, Janaka Gunaratne 16, Dinuk Hettiarachchi 15 n.o.; T.M. Sampath 2 for 19, Lassana Dias 2 for 28, Danoja Nandana 2 for 31)

Badureliya CC 163 for 8 in 35.4 overs (Damitha Hunukumbura 57, T.M. Sampath 44, Sajith Harshana 16.; Janaka Gunaratne 3 for 31, Manoj Chanaka 3 for 33, Dinuk Hettiarachchi 2 for 52)

Singha down Air Force
Singha SC Ambalangoda beat Air Force by three wickets in their Premier Tier ‘B’ limited over encounter played at Rifle Green.
Air Force 202 in 31.5 overs (Roshan Mapatuna 59, Mahesh Dissanayake 38, Mevan Porage 31, Shanaka Perumpuli 24.; Pujitha Gunawardena 3 for 32, N. Liyanage 2 for 32)

Singha SC 204 for 7 in 30.5 overs (Pasan Weeraratne 75, Sameera Withana 44 n.o., Pujitha Gunawardena 25 n.o.; Roshan Mapatuna 3 for 23)

KYCC beat Police
KYCC beat Police by four wickets in another Premier Tier ‘B’ match played at the Welagedera Stadium in Kurunegala.

Police 199 in 50 overs (Mahesh Kuruppu 37, Nihal Soysa 37, Supun Nirmala 28, Rashmi Jinnen 26, Sudeera Soysa 23.; Eranga Gangoda 4 for 22, Charith Tissera 4 for 33)

KYCC 200 for 6 in 49.1 overs (Tharaka Waduge 71, Mohamed Ramzi 60, Charith Tissera 20 n.o.; Aruna Priyantha 2 for 19).