Here’s a brief roundup of the matches which took place today in the SLC Tier B Premier League Tournament.
Police SC vs KPCC
Rasika Fernando hit a brilliant 43 runs off 32 balls but he ran himself out to end a keenly fought contest between Police SC and KPCC in a tie.
Resuming on their overnight score of 41/2, KPCC were pre-cautiously placed at 131/8 with things looking downwards, but Rasika Fernando had other ideas as he counter punched the Police bowling attack to all corners of the BRC cricket grounds hitting 9 fours before they were eventually bowled out for 181 with the scores tied.
Suwanji Madanayake’s dream game continued as he picked up seven wickets in the second innings for Police to end up with a match bag of ten wickets, following his heroics with the bat on day one.
Police Sports Club235 (70.1) Suwanji Madanayake 96*, Samith Dushantha 45, Akila Lakshan 31, Jasdeep Singh 4/38, Thenuka Dhananjaya 3/47, Ruchira Tharinda 2/51 & 85 (25.3) Tharindu Dilshan 27, Manjula Jayawardene 26*, Ruchira Tharindra 7/31, Jessy Singh 2/29
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Kalutara Physical Culture Club139 (67)Damidu Ashan 34, Suwanji Madanayake 3/37, Kalyana Rathnapriya 3/45, Manjula Jayawardene 2/09 & 181 (41.1) Damidu Ashan 56, Jasdeep Singh 26, Rasika Fernando 43, Suwanji Madanayake 7/70
Lankan CC vs SLPACC
Sri Lanka Ports Authority thrashed Lankan CC by 252 runs to secure the number two position on the tier B points table.
Resuming from their overnight score of 228/4, they went on to add 31 runs in quick time as they set a victory target of 400 for Lankan CC.
Lankan CC fared a touch better in their 2nd innings but were well below par once again as they were dismissed for 147 in just over 30 overs. Lal Kumar made a fighting half century for them but he got no support as the SLPACC spinners Ranesh Perera(3/28), Chanaka Komasaru(3/44), Chamikara Edirisinghe(2/38)shared eight wickets between them.
Sri Lanka Ports Authority248 (81.2) Ishan Rangana 69, Chamikara Edirisinghe 44*, Gayan Maneeshan 31, Rajeewa Weerasinghe 4/87, Lakshan Rodrigo 3/28, Naveen Kavikara 3/60 & 259/6d (65.4) Yohan de Silva 90, Ishan Rangana 70, Gihan Rupasinghe 40,, Navin Kavikara 2/65, Chanaka Ruwansiri 2/65, Rajeewa Weerasinghe 2/97
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Lankan Cricket Club108 (37.3) Chanaka Ruwansiri 43, Shasheen Fernando 34, Chaminda Bandara 3/53, Chanaka Komasaru 4/16, Akalanka Ganegama 2/14 & 147 (30.3)Lal Kumar 53, Chanaka Komasaru 3/44, Ranesh Perera 3/28, Akalanka Ganegama 2/23, Chamikara Edirisinghe 2/38
Navy SC vs KTC
Navy SC didn’t waste too much time as they captured the last five wickets of the KTC innings for just 49 runs in the opening session of day three leaving themselves just eight runs to win the game outright.
Left arm spinner Sudaraka Dharshana captured his second four wicket haul of the match as he had a debut to remember with figures of 8/76. Right arm leg spinner Ishan Abeysekara also chipped in with a three wicket haul.
The win which was their third of the season, also pushed Navy SC to the third position in the tier B Tournament.
Kalutara Town Club143 (42.4) Tharindu Siriwardhana 33, Chrishen Aponsu 22, Sudharaka Dakshina 4/09, Ashan Ranasinghe 2/16, Ishan Abeysekara 2/24 & 214 (59.4)Tharindu Sriwardene 45, Nipuna Gamage 50, Yohan de Silva 31, Sudaraka Dakshina 4/67, Ishan Abeysekara 3/21
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Navy Sports Club350 (85.2) Dinushka Malan 113, Ashan Ranasinghe 79, Ishan Abeysekara 80, Mangala Kumara 7/98 & 10/0 (1.3)
