The Sri Lankan white-ball Skipper showed his class with a blazing knock for SSC to secure the game for them. Six games of the ongoing Major Clubs T20 Tournament were played today (24).
Shanaka struck 7 massive sixers on his way to 62 runs in just 27 deliveries against the Sri Lanka Air Force SC. The airmen were totally outplayed in the game as they lost by 40 runs.
Former Royalist Skipper Pasindu Sooriyabandara also made a match-defining fifty for Moors SC as they went on to win the game against Kalutara TC by 8 runs.
Soori made 58 runs in 42 deliveries with 2 fours and 2 sixers in his knock.
In the same game, seamer Tashik Perera and Left-arm spinner Inshaka Siriwardena both picked up 3 wickets each for KTC.
SSC’s Kavindu Nadeeshan kept up his fine form with the ball going, as the leggie picked up 3 more wickets today to lead the most wickets column.
Former Kuwait international Rajiva Sandaruwan and a former Sri Lanka international Gihan Rupasinghe scored fifties for Badureliya SC to earn them a 11-run (D/L) victory over CCC.
This win was to the dismay of the CCC skipper Lasith Abeyrathne, who also scored a fighting 62 not-out before the game was called off due to bad light, with only 33 to get in 16 deliveries.
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The 22-year-old seamer Kavindu Ridmal of Bloomfield C&AC bagged 4 wickets against SL Army SC, including the prize wicket of Seekkuge Prasanna.
There was also an unlikely hero with the ball in Thanuka Dabare, who is mostly known for his batting, as he also picked up 4 wickets for just representing Ace Capital CC against the Saracens SC.
Brief Scores
Sinhalese Sports Club vs Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club
Sinhalese Sports Club 159/5 (16)
Dasun Shanaka 62, Shevon Daniel 35, Krishan Sanjula 34
SL Air Force Sports Club119/7 (16)
Movin Subasingha 33, Sahil Dias 25, Kavindu Nadeeshan 3/41, Dasun Shanaka 2/07
SINHALESE SPORTS CLUB WON BY 40 RUNS
Saracens Sports Club vs Ace Capital Cricket Club
Saracens Sports Club 105/9 (20)
Sithara Gimhan 21, Thanuka Dabare 4/15, Ashan Dilhara 2/20
Ace Capital Cricket Club 107/2 (16.2)
Shehan Fernando 31, Harsha Cooray 30*, Pramud Hettiwatte 25*
ACE CAPITAL WON BY 8 WICKETS
Badureliya Cricket Club vs Colombo Cricket Club
Badureliya Cricket Club 154/6 (20)
Ravija Sandaruwan 54, Gihan Rupasinghe 52, Dunith Jayatunga 21, Nuwan Thushara 3/32
Colombo Cricket Club 121/7 (17.2)
Lasith Abeyratne 62*, Pawan Pathiraja 33, Senal De Silva 2/22, Chathura Randunu 2/25
BADURELIYA CRICKET CLUB WON BY 11 RUNS (D/L METHOD)
Galle Cricket Club vs Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club
Galle Cricket Club 107/9 (20)
Tharindu Amarasinghe 26, Lahiru Jayaratne 2/15, Dananjaya Premaratna 2/18, Nilanka Premaratne 2/30
Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club 67 (16.2)
Sandun Madushanka 3/07, Ravishka Wijesiri 3/26, Chathura Lakshan 2/06
GALLE CC WON BY 40 RUNS
Sri Lanka Army Sports Club vs Bloomfield Cricket & Athletic Club
Sri Lanka Army Sports Club 154 (19)
Lakshan Edirisinghe 33, Himasha Liyanage 30, Ashan Randika 25, Asela Gunaratne 22, Kavindu Ridmal 4/31, Chanaka Komasaru 2/29, Madawa Warnapura 2/36
Bloomfield Cricket & Athletic Club 108/9 (19)
Lahiru Madushanka 31, Yohan Chanuka 25, Asela Gunaratne 3/18, Lakshan Gamage 2/12, Maheesh Theekshana 2/24
SL ARMY SPORTS CLUB WON BY 46 RUNS
Moors Sports Club vs Kalutara Town Club
Moors Sports Club 125/9 (20)
Pasindu Sooriyabandara 58, Inshaka Siriwardena 3/17, Tashik Perera 3/28
Kalutara Town Club 117/9 (20)
Ayana Siriwardhana 2/16, Tilanga Udeshana 2/16, Sandaken Pathirana 2/17
MOORS SPORTS CLUB WON BY 8 RUNS
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