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A five-wicket haul by left-arm spinner Upul Indrasiri who ended with a match bag of eight wickets paved the way for Negombo CC, who conceded a first innings lead, to record an outright win by five wickets over Lankan CC in the Premier Tier A Plate Championship inter-club cricket encounter concluded at De Zoysa Stadium in Moratuwa yesterday.
In the other two matches that ended yesterday at the Colts and NCC grounds, Moors SC and Tamil Union recorded easy first innings wins against Badureliya SC and SSC respectively.
Ramesh Mendis scored 61 for Moors SC - Pic by Kushan Pathiraja
Results
At Moratuwa – Negombo CC won by five wickets
Lankan CC 270 and (67/5 overnight) 111 (Risith Upamal 36, Chanaka Ruwansiri 30, Kasun Abeyratne 20: Upul Indrasiri 5 for 13, Roshen Fernando 3 for 29)
Negombo CC 238 and 147 for 5 (Pasindu Lakshanka 29, Dilshan Munaweera 25, Ashen Silva 18, Rosco Thattil 38 n.o., Madawa Warnapura 33 n.o: Dunith Wellalage 3 for 60)
At Colts – First innings win for Moors SC
Moors SC 340 and (74/1 overnight) 305 for 6 declared (Ramesh Mendis 61, Sachithra Serasinghe 60, Nipun Karunanayake 58, Mohamed Shamaz 48, Pabasara Waduge 36, Adeesha Thilanchana 28 n.o.: Lahiru Samarakoon 2 for 33)
Badureliya SC 149 and 120 for 9 (Dushan Hemantha 43, Salinda Ushan 23, Lahiru Samarakoon 17: Kavishka Anjula 6 for 35, Praveen Jaywickrama 3 for 43)
At NCC – First innings win for Tamil Union
SSC 254 and 271 for 5 (Charith Asalanka 94, Sandun Weerakkody 68, Sammu Ashan 37, Dasun Shanaka 30, Krishan Sanjula 20 n.o.: Maduka Liyanapathiranage 2 for 51)
Tamil Union (294/5 overnight) 349 (Ranmith Jayasena 82, Tharanga Paranavithana 71, Dhananjaya de Silva 53, Dhakshitha Fernando 49, Yohan Mendis 31, Maduka Piyanapathiranage 25: Jeffrey Vandersay 4 for 91, Sachithra Senanayake 3 for 63, Dhammika Prasad 2 for 37)