Jayasuriya guides SSC to an innings win

By: M. Shamil Amit

A matchbag of nine wickets by spinner Prabath Jayasuriya and a half century by Manoj Sarathchandra helped SSC to record a comfortable innings and 62-run win over Colts CC in their Major Club three-day Cricket Tournament match played at the Colts Grounds. This was SSC’s third outright win of the tournament.

Chief scores

• At Colts Grounds (SSC won by innings and 62 runs)

Colts CC: 131 and 111 (Kavishka Anjula 41, Prabath Jayasuriya 5/47)

SSC: 304/8 decl (Manoj Sarathchandra 86, Akila Dhananjaya 5/184).

• At Maggona (NCC won by three wickets)

Chilaw Marians CC: 208 and 214 (Kasun Vidura 65, Lasith Embuldeniya 4/79)

NCC: 226 (Niroshan Dickwella 105, Lasith Lakshan 4/60) and 200/7 (Kavin Bandara 87 n.o, Lasith Lakshan 3/77).

• At Police Park (Police SC won by 67 runs)

Police SC: 181 and 204 (Priyamal Perera 90, Dushan Vimukthi 6/68)

Sebastianites CC: 198 and 120 (Malinda Pushpakumara 5/54).

• At BRC Grounds (BRC won by one wicket)

Nugegoda S & WC: 178 and 131 (Duvindu Tilekeratne 5/48)

BRC 178 and 132/9 (Nimanda Madusanka 33, Suwath Mendis 3/28).

• At Katunayake (First innings win for Galle CC)

Negombo CC: 133 and 278/7 decl (Pasindu Lakshanka 67, Sachithra Perera 3/83)

Galle CC: 169 and 35/7 (Nishan Peiris 4/10).

• At Moratuwa (First innings win for CCC)

Kandy Customs CC: 258 and 52/3 (Imal Liyanage 33, Vishwa Fernando 3/24)

CCC: 398/6 decl (Minod Bhanuka 144, Yohan Maddege 3/83).

• At P. Sara Oval (First innings win for Tamil Union)

Air Force SC: 238 and 198 (Anhimanyu Chauhan 68, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth 4/53)

Tamil Union: 308 (Sithara Hapuhinna 109, Lasanda Rukmal 3/54).