Group A table leaders Army SC recovered from losing three wickets for 30 to beat Navy SC by seven wickets, riding on unbeaten half-centuries from Lakshan Edirisinghe and Asela Gunaratne, who put on 110 in an unbroken partnership in their Major Limited Over match played at Dombagoda yesterday. It was the soldiers’ sixth win of the tournament.
Thikshila de Silva scored his maiden century in this format, a crackerjack knock of 106* off 65 balls, inclusive of eight sixes and six fours to guide Chilaw Marians CC to a 54-run win over Police SC at Police Park. With this win, the Marians go to the top of Group B.
In another game, Kandy Customs CC pulled off a thrilling one-wicket win over BRC after losing nine wickets for 84 runs, chasing a target of 102.
Saracens SC, Nugegoda SWC and CCC were the other teams to record wins, while four matches ended in a No Result without a ball bowled due to a wet outfield.
RESULTS:
- At Moratuwa: Sebastianites 170 (31.5) (Adeesha Nanayakkara 38, Manoj Sarathchandra 22, Sachitha Jayathilaka 61*, Udith Madushan 4/56, Akash Senaratne 2/25) lost to Saracens SC 171-3 (31) (Sithara Gimhan 51, Nipun Karunanayake 38, Navindu Vithanage 41*, Promod Maduwantha 29*) by seven wickets.
- At NCC: NCC v Moors SC – No Result (not a ball bowled)
- At Surrey Village – Maggona: Kalutara TC 88 (26.4) (Asantha Basnayake 18, Ranitha Liyanarachchi 2/16, Naveen Fernando 2/23, Raveen Sayer 2/11) lost to Nugegoda SWC 89-5 (18.5) (Nimesha Gunasinghe 28, Dilan Jayalath 21, Inshaka Siriwardena 2/34, Mahesh Priyadarshana 2/40) by five wickets.
- n At P. Sara Oval: Tamil Union v Ragama CC – No Result (not a ball bowled).
- At Police Park: Chilaw Marians CC 275 (49) (Lasith Croospulle 22, Kasun Vidura 60, Thikshila de Silva 106*, Nisala Tharaka 2/58, Chaturanga Kumara 2/5) beat Police SC 221 (45) (Denuwan Rajakaruna 41, Ashen Bandara 46, Chaturanga Kumara 52, Nadeera Balasooriya 32, Avindu Theekshana 3/38, Pulina Tharanga 2/45, Kamindu Mendis 2/39, Kasun Vidura 2/19) by 54 runs.
- At BRC: BRC 101 (30.4) (Dan Mousley 21, Ravindra Karunaratne 3/19, Sachitha Perera 2/18, Umega Chaturanga 2/20) lost to Kandy Customs CC 103-9 (36.1) (Minhaj Jalill 21, Dan Mousley 2/27, Dushan Hemantha 6/28) by one wicket.
- At SLAF – Katunayake: CCC 187 (50) (Ron Chandraguptha 31, Ashan Priyanjan 38, Lasith Abeyratne 47, Chamindu Wijesinghe 27, Aravinda Premaratne 5/38, Madushanka Premaratne 2/44) beat Air Force SC 146 (46.1) (Kemira Wijenayake 50, Movin Subasingha 26, Malinda Pushpakumara 3/25, Sonal Dinusha 3/17, Ashan Priyanjan 2/28) by 41 runs.
- At FTZ – Katunayake: Ace Capital CC v Colts – No Result (not a ball bowled)
- At Panagoda: Lankan CC v Negombo CC – No Result (not a ball bowled)
- At Dombagoda: Navy SC 139 (39.5) (Suhanga Wijewardana 23, Madura Madushanka 23, Thushara Madushanka 20, Seekkuge Prasanna 2/25, Asela Gunaratne 2/13, Shehada Zoysa 5/37) lost to Army SC 140-3 (31) (Lakshan Edirisinghe 59*, Asela Gunaratne 59*, Pasindu Madushan 2/28) by seven wickets. – (ST)
