Shanuka dazzles as Bloomfield cruise to their fourth win

Bloomfield cruised through to their fourth successive win of the ongoing Rupavahini Premier limited over cricket tournament when they outclassed NCC by 52 runs in the match played at Reid Avenue. Bloomfield 208 in 50 overs (Shanuka Dissanayake 82, Prasanna Jayawardena 37, T.M. Dilshan 25; Chanaka Komasaru 3 for 49, Chatura Athukorala 2 for 36, Tharindu Fernando 2 for 38)

NCC 156 in 40.4 overs (Mathew Wessels 61, Kosala Kulasekera 31, Malintha Gajanayake 24; Tyronne Gamage 3 for 19, Shanuka Dissanayake 2 for 21)

Colts record third win
Colts recorded their third win of the same tournament with a 28 runs win over Chilaw Marians in the match played at Colts grounds. Colts succeeded in defending their low score of 166 thanks to right arm medium fast bowlers Nuwan Kulasekera and Angelo Mathews who helped the home team to bundle out the visitors for 133.

Colts 166 in 49.3 overs (Malinda Warnapura 50, Dilruwan Perera 25, Shantha Kalavitigoda 23; Janaka Gunaratne 4 for 31, Praneeth Jayasundara 2 for 6, Srimal Senanayake 2 for 39)

Chilaw Marians 133 in 44.1 overs (Nimesh Perera 44, Hasantha Fernando 25, Charith Sylvester 20; Nuwan Kulasekera 3 for 17, Angelo Mathews 3 for 24, Sajeewa Weerakoon 2 for 18)

Indika duo steers Ragama CC
Two fine knocks by Indika de Sarama and Indika Senaratne helped Ragama CC to register a five wicket win over Tamil Union in the match played at the BRC grounds.

Tamil Union 195 in 49.1 overs (Lanka de Silva 61, Mevan Fernando 32, Gayan Sirisoma 26, Muthumudalige Pushpakumara 24, Gihan de Silva 20; Dharshana Gamage 3 for 17, Harsha Nilantha 3 for 47, Kaushalya Weeraratne 2 for 32, Malinga Bandara 2 for 34)

Ragama CC 198 for 5 in 38 overs (Indika de Saram 59, Indika Senaratne 47, Duminda Perera 36, Dushantha Ranatunga 33; Muthumudalige Pushpakumara 2 for 25)

CCC crush Badureliya SC
CCC crushed Badureliya SC by seven wickets in their limited over encounter played at the CCC grounds.
Badureliya SC 122 in 32.1 overs (Hemantha Wickramaratne 27, Viraj Perera 24, Arun Karthik 16, Niroshan Bandaratileke 15; Anushka Polonowita 3 for 20, Gamini Chandrakumara 3 for 40, Ravindra Pushpakumara 2 for 16)
CCC 125 for 3 in 32.4 overs (Jehan Mubarak 51, Dhammika Ranaweera 27, Chamara Kapugedera 15, Anushka Polonowita 24 n.o.)

Moors defeat SSC
Moors defeated fancied SSC by two wickets in the match played at the SSC grounds. Moors chasing a target of 192 reached the target in the 41st over.
SSC 191 for 8 in 50 overs (Kaushal Silva 72 n.o., Thilina Mirando 61 n.o.; Nandika Ranjith 3 for 31, Dilhara Lokuhettige 2 for 22, Lakmal Perera 2 for 53)
Moors 192 for 8 in 40.3 overs (Dilhara Lokuhettige 49, Bhatiya Perera 40, Anil Ridigammanagedera 33, Dasun Randika 17; Sachitra Senanayake 2 for 17, Nuwan Zoysa 2 for 36, Thilina Mirando 2 for 39)

Tier ‘B’
Fourth win for Lankan CC
Lankan CC maintained their unbeaten tag with a five wicket win over Singha SC which was their fourth successive win in the Premier Tier ‘B’ limited over tournament match played at the FTZ grounds in Katunayake.
Singha SC 195 in 47.1 overs (Denver Faux 48, Thushara Madanayake 33, Chaturu Randunu 29, Crishan Kavinga 25; Suranjith Silva 3 for 36, Dhammika Perera 2 for 8, Ranil Dhammika 2 for 45)
Lankan CC 198 for 5 in 45.1 overs (Dhammika Gunawardena 44, Raju Gayashan 18 n.o., Nuwan Shiroman 103 n.o.; Chaturu Randunu 3 for 20)

Army record fourth win
Army too recorded their fourth straight win of the same tournament when they beat Panadura by three wickets in the match played at the Panadura Esplanade.
Panadura 176 in 49 overs (Tharindu Thushara 44, Shammika Ruwan 33, Sudesh Umayanga 30, Nilantha Cooray 18, Sunendra Kumara 15; Ravindra Palliyaguruge 3 for 39, Manjula de Zoysa 2 for 16, Ajantha Mendis 2 for 32)
Army 179 for 7 in 46 overs (Sanjeewa Obinimuni 66, Manjula de Zoysa 17, Ajantha Mendis 44 n.o.; Yaditha Dilukshan 3 for 31, Pasan Wanasinghe 2 for 33)

BRC by 102 runs
BRC registered a 102 run win over Air Force in their match played at Rifle Green.
BRC 248 for 7 in 50 overs (Duncan Arnolda 89, Chamil Perera 54, Thamara Abeyratne 27, Varuna Waragoda 46 n.o.; Abuthahir Rizan 2 for 21, Sidath Priyankara 2 for 53)
Air Force 146 in 38.4 overs (Primal Buddhika 39, Mohamed Faizer 17, Mevan Porage 17; Thamara Abeyratne 4 for 37, Duncan Arnolda 2 for 21)

A win for Moratuwa SC

Moratuwa SC beat Sebastianites by 60 runs in their encounter played at the De Zoysa Stadium in Moratuwa.
Moratuwa SC 212 for 5 in 50 overs (Harsha de Silva 61, Tharanga de Silva 34, Indrajith Perera 20; G. Silva 3 for 60)
Sebastianites 152 in 41.1 overs (Dinesh Panditharatne 30, Lahiru Fernando 26, Primal Salgado 21, Geeth Silva 19; Sajith Rupasinghe 3 for 10, Thushara Fernando 3 for 26, Selvin Perera 2 for 24)

Five wicket win for Police

Police defeated Saracens SC by five wickets in the match played at the Police Park.
Saracens 208 for 9 in 50 overs (Sachithra Serasinghe 56, Sepala Nanayakkara 47, Samith Dushantha 31, Nilakshan Abeyratne 17, Geeth Alwis 16, Kanishka Amarasinghe 15; M. Rasmijinan 2 for 31, Vajira Ranaweera 2 for 36, Manjula Jayawardena 2 for 41)
Police 213 for 5 in 47.2 overs (Supun Nirmala 54, Malinda Abeyratne 43, Dhammika Rajapakse 52 n.o., Mahesh Kuruppu 39 n.o.)