The second week of the Sri Lanka Cricket(SLC) Premier League Tier A Tournament concluded today with tournament favorites SSC and NCC both recordings outright victories.
SSC vs Saracens
A collective effort from the SSC bowlers set up a resounding win for SSC over Saracens Sports Club today. Saracens who were bowled out for 238 in their first innings, looked promising in their second essay before a sudden collapse restricted them to 258 all out. SSC raced to the victory target in just 6.4 overs to secure a much deserving 7 wicket win.
Shammu Ashan and Milinda Siriwardana hit centuries for the winners while Dhammika Prasad and Jefferey Vandersay were the chief destroyers with the ball.
Sinhalese Sports Club444/4 d (94) Shammu Ashan 107, Milinda Siriwardana 137*, Dimuth Karunaratne 83, Kaushal Silva 42, Kavindu Kulasekara 39*, Chathura Randunu 1/71 & 55/3 (6.4) Sammu Ashan 31*
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Saracens Sports Club238 (61) Harsha Cooray 90, Andy Solomons 27, Minhaj Jaleel 25, Sachithra Perera 33, Dammika Prasad 4/66, Vimukthi Perera 2/45, Jeffrey Vandersay 2/80 & F/O 258 (71.3) Minhaj Jaleel 58, Gamindu Kanishka 42, Pramod Maduwantha 63, Rizwan Haider 33, Jeffrey Vandersay 4/72, Milinda Siriwardane 2/48
Chilaw Marians vs BRC
Chilaw Marians and BRC were involved in the first tie of the tournament in a dramatic encounter that ended at the FTZ grounds in Katunayake today.
Chasing just 95 runs for an outright win BRC crumbled against the spin of Malinda Pushpakumara, as they were bowled out for 94 with former skipper Harsha Vithana unbeaten on 35*.
Chilaw Marians Cricket Club293 (87.2)Sachithra Serasinghe 63, Oshada Fernando 47, Malinda Pushpakumara 34, Kasun Vidura 30, Rohit Damodaran 23, Suraj Randiv 6/90, Chamikara Edirisinghe 2/72 & 117 (43.4)Sachithra Serasinghe 53, Pulina Tharanga 28, Himesh Ramanayaka 5/34, Chamikara Edirisinghe 3/17
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Burgher Recreation Club316 (81.1) Rumesh Buddika 123, TN Sampath 96, Lasith Lakshan 40, Malinda Pushpakumara 5/102, Sachithra Serasinghe 4/76 & 94 (43.1) Harsha Vithana 35*, Malinda Pushpakumara 5/51, Sachithra Serasinghe 4/31
Moors vs CCC
Moors SC secured first innings points in their encounter against CCC that ended today.
Kusal Mendis’ 177 was the highlight of the CCC innings but it couldn’t prevent them from securing a first innings win.
Moors Sports Club444/6 d (118.5) Primosh Perera 121,Shanuka Dulaj 62*, Chamara Silva 58, Sahan Wijeratne 45, Irosh Samarasooriya 41, Pabasara Waduge 32,Lakshan Sandakan 2/100 & 23/1 (5.3)
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Colombo Cricket Club388 (101.4) Kaveen Bandara 60, Kusal Mendis 177, Ashan Priyanjan 53, Madhawa Warnapura 39, Tharindu Rathnayake 5/118, Shiran Fernando 3/98
Army vs SLPACC
SLPA recorded a first innings win against Army SC in their second game of the tournament. After having bowled out Army SC for 224, SLPACC made 272 all out thanks to half centuries from Yohan De Silva and Prashan Wickramasinghe.
Army Cricket Club224 (98) Leo Fransisco 57, Kasun de Silva 40, Navod Ilukwatta 27, Dushan Vimukthi 27, Chanaka Komasaru 3/28, Adeel Malik 2/30, Maduka Liyanapathiranage 2/43 & 116/5 (38) Kasun de Silva 32*,
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Sri Lanka Ports Authority CC272 (85.3) Yohan de Silva 76, Prashan Wickramasinghe 61, Adeel Malik 29, Yashoda Lanka 26, Nuwan Liyanapathirana 3/72, Lakshan Madushanka 2/32, Sanjika Ridma 2/13
Ragama CC vs Colts CC
Ragama CC gained first innings points in their match against Colts Cricket Club today.
Amila Aponso’s four wicket haul was the highlight of the day as a strong Colts batting outfit were restricted to 190 all out in their first innings.
Ragama Cricket Club401/9 d (106.1) Sameera de Zoysa 86, Ishan Jayarathne 62, Saminda Fernando 55, Janith Liyanage 51, Lahiri Milantha 33, Roshen Silva 36, Nisala Tharaka 5/110, Kaveeshka Anjula 2/82
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Colombo Colts Cricket Club190 (60.3) Avishka Fernando 30, Angelo Jayasinghe 24, Kaveeshka Anjula 24, Amila Aponso 4/47, Chatura Pieris 2/25 & F/O 68/2 (13)
Tamil Union vs NCC
Lasith Embuldeniya’s second innings bowling effort set up NCC’s convincing 10 wicket win over a fancied Tamil Union outfit.
Tamil Union were bowled out for 221 in their second innings setting up NCC 105 to win before they reached it for no loss with Sandun Weerakkody and Lahiru Udara making half centuries.
Tamil Union Cricket And Athletic Club117 (38.3) Manoj Sarathchandra 33, Tharindu Kaushal 2/19, Chamika Karunaratne 2/19, Lahiru Kumara 2/21, Lasith Ambuldeniya 2/25 & 221 (67.1) Dineth Thimodya 71, Jeewan Mendis 67, Lasith Embuldeniya 5/55, Tharindu Kaushal 4/86,
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Nondescripts Cricket Club234 (75) Lahiru Udara 45, Mahela Udawatta 38, Sandun Weerakkody 34, Malinga Amarasinghe 29,Pramod Madushan 5/69 & 105/0 (10.5)Sandun Weerakkody 52*, Lahiru Udara 51*
 Premier League Tier A Tournament concluded today with tournament favorites SSC and NCC both recordings outright victories.){kind=link}