Test spinner Ramesh Mendis bowls Moors SC to victory

Sri Lanka Test spinner and Moors SC Captain Ramesh Mendis bowled his team to their first win of the ongoing SLC Major Club 50-over tournament with a five-wicket haul at Moors SC grounds yesterday.

In a match reduced to 35 overs a side due to bad weather conditions, Police SC were dismissed for 105 in 28.5 overs with Mendis returning figures of 5/23 with his off-breaks and Sri Lanka Under-19 all-rounder Malsha Tharupathi 2/15 with his leg-spin. Moors SC knocked the runs off in 23 overs reaching 106-3 with Janishka Perera contributing an unbeaten 35 off 36 balls.

Sebastianites squeezed out a four-run win on the DLS method against CCC at Panadura. In a 34-over match CCC recovered from losing their first six wickets for 82 runs to post a decent total of 177 in 33.5 overs. Sonal Dinusha led CCC’s recovery with a valiant 80* off 88 balls (6 fours, 2 sixes). Fast bowler Isitha Wijesundara was the wrecker-in-chief with career best figures of 4/23. Sebastianites chasing a revised target of 104 off 21 overs scored 107-4 with Dushan Vimukthi 37* off 39 balls (3 fours, 2 sixes).

Colts’ young pair of Dunith Wellalage and Jehan Daniel struck fifties apiece and shared a fifth wicket partnership of 116 to help them secure their second win and retain top position in Group A at Colts grounds. Colts lost their first four wickets for 23 before Wellalage (51 off 60 balls, 3 fours, 1 six) and Daniel (71 off 74 balls, 3 fours, 3 sixes) lifted them to 213-8 off 39 overs. Ragama CC chasing a revised target of 170 off 27 overs were restricted to 103-7 mainly by spinners Muditha Lakshan (4/28) and Akila Dananjaya (2/16), giving Colts a win by 66 runs on the DLS method.  

Wet ground conditions at Welagedara Stadium saw the match between Kurunegala YCC and Galle CC end in a no-result without a ball being bowled. – (ST)