Kaveen Bandara guides NCC to third successive win

By M. Shamil Amit

An unbeaten 51 in 34 balls inclusive of five boundaries and two sixes by Kaveen Bandara paved the way for NCC to overcome Air Force SC by seven wickets and record their third successive win of the ongoing Major Club T20 cricket tournament played at P. Sara Stadium.

Bandara, along with Thaveesha Abishek, shared an unbroken 76-run stand for the fourth wicket for NCC, chasing 112 runs for victory, to reach the target in the 13th over.

Panadura SC recorded a close ten-run win over fancied and unbeaten Chilaw Marians CC in another match of the same tournament played at the SSC ground while Army SC defeated Police SC by five wickets in the match played at Maggona to record their first win of the tournament.

CCC and Moors SC too maintained their unbeaten run with wins against BRC and Negombo CC in the evening session matches played at the SSC ground and Maggona to record their third successive wins while Galle CC beat Kandy Customs CC at P Sara Stadium to record their first win.

Results:

At P Sara Stadium – NCC won by seven wickets
Air Force SC 111 for 8 in 20 overs (Praveen de Silva 31, Adithya Siriwardena 32 n.o.: Asel Sigera 3 for 11)
NCC 115 for 3 in 12.3 overs (Niroshan Dickwella 27, Kaveen Bandara 51 n.o., Thaveesha Abishek 26 n.o.: Kemira Wijenayake 2 for 18)

At SSC – Panadura SC won by ten runs
Panadura SC 122 for 7 in 20 overs (Sineth Jayawardena 32, Roshan Wijenayake 20, Lahiru Dilshan 17: Kavindu Nirmana 2 for 25)
Chilaw Marians CC 112 in 18.3 overs (Kasun Vidura 29, Chamod Sandaru 28, Kavindu Nirmana 20: Nimantha Peiris 3 for 28, Koshan Jayawickrama 2 for 22, Asela Sampath 2 for 26)

At Maggona – Army SC won by five wickets
Police SC 142 in 19.3 overs (Chathuranga Jayatileke 40, Priyamal Perera 22, Nadeera Balasooriya 20, Supun Madusanka 16: Lilan Rangana 3 for 26, Gayan Chandrabose 2 for 14)
Army SC 145 for 5 in 19.2 overs (Lakshan Edirisinghe 34, Asela Gunaratne 81 n.o.: Nadeera Balasooriya 2 for 20, Danal Hemananda 2 for 28)

At SSC – CCC won by five wickets
BRC 74 in 15.2 overs (Bhanuka Rajapakse 34: Sandun Mendis 3 for 21, Vishwa Fernando 2 for 15, Nuwan Thushara 2 for 1)
CCC 75 for 5 in 8.5 overs (Nimesh Gunasinghe 26, Pavan Ratnayake 21 n.o.: Umeshka Morais 3 for 6)

At Maggona- Moors SC won by eight wickets
Negombo CC 88 in 19.4 overs (Sheshan Fernando 32, Irosh Fernando 22, Himasha Liyanage 17: Lahiru Samarakoon 3 for 7, Malsha Tharupathi 2 for 11, Ramesh Mendis 2 for 22)
Moors SC 90 for 2 in 12.4 overs (Janishka Perera 22, Sohan de Livera 48 n.o.)

At P Sara Stadium – Galle CC won by 22 runs
Galle CC 139 for 7 in 20 overs (Shanuka Galagoda 30, Oshada Fernando 21, Vishwa Wijeratne 21, Inshaka Siriwardena 21: Sasith Manuranga 2 for 18, Gayan Sirisoma 2 for 22)
Kandy Customs SC 117 in 19.1 overs (Hasitha Rajapakse 47, Nimna Fernando 34, Mithun Jayawickrama 15: Tharusha Damindu 4 for 25, Tharindu Guruge 2 for 27)