Chamari Atapattu excels all-round but yet finishes on losing side

Chamari Atapattu in full swing during her knock of 99 for Chilaw Marians CC

By Sa’adi Thawfeeq

Navy SC’s Inoka Ranaweera displays the ball with which she took a career best 6 for 18 to rout Air Force SC B for 48

Oshashi Ranasinghe (left) and Yashoda Mendis hit a 50 apiece to carry Air Force SC A to victory over Chilaw Marians CC

Sri Lanka Women’s and Chilaw Marians CC skipper Chamari Atapattu scored an attractive 99 off 72 balls (4 sixes, 13 fours) and claimed 2 wickets for 23 with her off-breaks, but her single-handed effort was not enough to stop Air Force SC A from winning by eight wickets in a SLC Women’s Division One cricket tournament match played at FTZ grounds, Katunayake yesterday.

Yashoda Mendis (67 off 91 balls) and Oshashi Ranasinghe (56 n.o. off 66 balls) put on an unbroken 94-run stand, and off-spinner Inoshi Priyadharshani took four wickets with her off-spin to star in Air Force’s victory.

Sri Lanka Women’s ODI slow left-arm spinner Inoka Ranaweera took a career best 6 wickets for 18 runs to bowl Navy SC to an eight-wicket win over Air Force SC B who were shot out for 48. Amadhi Wijesingha, an 18-year-old all-rounder from Ratnavali Balika Vidyalaya, excelled with bat and ball to bring Colts CC a 37-run win over Army SC B. Amadhi top scored with a patient 58 off 93 balls to enable Colts total 132-9 off 45 overs and then followed it up with figures of 3 for 24 with her right-arm medium-paced seamers to dismiss Army SC B for 95.

The left-arm spin of Sugandika Kumari and off-breaks of Ganesha Chamari who took seven wickets between them resulted in Army SC A beating Seenigama CC by four wickets. Seenigama CC were put out for 105 and Army SC A lost six wickets chasing down the total.   

Results

At MCC Hikkaduwa: Army SC A beat Seenigama CC by 4 wickets

• Seenigama CC 105 (47.3) (Vishmi Rajapaksa 40, Imesha Dulani 30, Nilakshi Silva 2/13, Sugandika Kumari 3/10, Ganesha Chamari 4/16)
•  Army SC A 109-6 (33.2) (Anuska Sanjeewani 39, Sulesha Sathsarani 2/31, Kaveesha Dilhari 2/28)

At Panagoda: Colts CC beat Army SC B by 37 runs

• Colts CC 132-9 (45) (Gaganie Silva 21, Amadhi Wijesingha 58, Sandali Weerasinghe 20, Madhara Samarakoon 2/33, Nilangika de Silva 4/15)
•  Army SC B 95 (39.1) (Sakunthala de Silva 27, Roshini Perera 24, Malki Madara 2/25, Nimasha Madushani 2/16, Amadhi Wijesingha 3/24)

At Air Force, Katunayake: Navy SC beat Air Force SC B by 8 wickets

•  Air Force SC B 48 (31) (Chaturani Gunawardana 9, Inoka Ranaweera 6/18)
• Navy SC 49-2 (14.4) (Sathya Sandeepani 22 n.o.)

At FTZ, Katunayake: Air Force SC A beat Chilaw Marians CC by 8 wickets

•  Chilaw Marians CC 149-9 (50) (Chamari Atapattu 99, Chamari Polgampola 2/34, Inoshi Priyadharshani 4/21, Malsha Shehani 2/11)
•  Air Force SC A 150-2 (32.1) (Yashoda Mendis 67 n.o., Oshashi Ranasinghe 56 n.o., Chamari Atapattu 2/23)

Inoshi Priyadharshani who took four wickets for Air Force SC A in action