Superb rear-guard action keeps Moors SC on top of Group A

Major Club Emerging 3-day tournament

An excellent rear-guard action from Moors SC’s ninth wicket pair Kavindu Ranasinghe (30) and Thilan Prashan

Left-arm spinner Dilum Sudeera Thilakaratne took a match bag of 13 wickets to bowl Tamil Union to an innings win over Badureliya SC

(35) who put on a priceless 61 runs saw them gain valuable first innings points from CCC to retain their position as Major Club Emerging three-day tournament Group A leaders in their match which ended in a draw at CCC grounds yesterday. In reply to CCC’s total of 241, Moors SC slid to 209-8 before they were rescued.

In a crucial Group B clash, Negombo CC took first innings points from NCC to come within two points of the leaders with a game in hand.

Dilum Sudeera Thilakaratne, the former 21-year-old left-arm spinner from Karandeniya Central College and Richmond College, took a match bag of 13 wickets for 81 runs including 8 for 21 in the second innings to rout Badureliya SC for 60 and bring Tamil Union an emphatic innings win.      

Former St. Aloysius’ College right-arm medium-fast bowler 21-year-old Kavindu Dilhara took a match bag of nine wickets for 63 to give Galle a win by 235 runs over Kalutara TC.

Saracens SC lifted themselves from the bottom of Group B with their first win of the tournament defeating Kurunegala YCC by 198 runs at the Welagedera Stadium. SSC, Sebastianites, Tamil Union, Ragama CC and Army SC also ran out winners in their respective matches. (ST)

Results  

At SSC: SSC beat Lankan CC by an innings and 229 runs

• SSC 361
• Lankan CC 52 and 80 (o/n 26-1) (Thiwanka Lakruwan 20, Kavishka Senadeera 3/13, Kalana Perera 3/33)  

At Moors: Match drawn (Moors SC take first inns points)

CCC 241 and 203-7 decl. (Hasindu Shamika 54, Ron Chandraguptha 87)

• Moors SC 278 (o/n 209-8) (Pasindu Sooriyabandara 64, Suwath Mendis 5/58)

At Katunayake: Sebastianites beat Air Force SC by two wickets

• Air Force SC 193 and 231 (o/n 130-1) (Kemira Wijenayake 50, Udayawansha Parakrama 40, Hansa Hiranya 56, Tharindu Ratnayake 5/93)  
• Sebastianites 217 and 208-8 (Sandun Fernando 68, Movin Subasingha 4/72)

At NCC: Match drawn (Negombo CC takes first innings points)

• Negombo CC 235 and 226 (o/n 130-3) (Amoda Widanapathirana 62, Rashmika Mevan 61, Thiwanka Kekulawala 6/50)
• NCC 185 and 90-1 (Johanne de Zilva 50*)

At Bloomfield: Match drawn (Bloomfield takes first inns points)

• Bloomfield 342 and 290-8 (Nipun Haggalla 70, Sanoj Darshika 138*)  
• Chilaw Marians CC 269 (o/n 267-9) (Irosh Fernando 62, Raveen Yasas 78, Dileepa Jayalath 4/86)

At Welagedera: Saracens SC beat Kurunegala YCC by 198 runs

• Saracens SC 227 and 214-8 decl. (o/n 114-3) (Chamalka Fernando 44, Dananjaya Bandara 4/53)
• Kurunegala YCC 112 and 132 (Dilan Senaviratne 31, Praveen Sandamal 4/12)

At Maggona: Tamil Union beat Badureliya SC by an innings and 196 runs

• Tamil Union 425
• Badureliya SC 169 (o/n 154-7) (Umayanga Suwaris 70, Dilum Sudeera 5/60) and 60 (Dilum Sudeera 8/21)

At Thurstan: Ragama CC beat Nugegoda SWC by an innings and 192 runs

• Ragama CC 451-7 decl.
• Nugegoda SWC 131 and 128 (o/n 20-2) (Bhagya Dissanayake 24, Kevin Perera 24, Shashika Dulshan 4/37)

At Panagoda: Army SC beat BRC by nine wickets

• BRC 151 and 188 (o/n 29-1) (Minhaj Jalil 47, Pubudu Bandara 40, Kaumal Nanayakkara 6/63)
• Army SC 281 and 60-1 (Samitha Dilshan 45*)

At Galle: Galle CC beat Kalutara TC by 235 runs

• Galle 207 and 169-9 decl.  
• Kalutara TC 74 and 68 (o/n 17-4) (Inshaka Siriwardana 27, Kavindu Dilhara 5/31)