Army SC, Kandy Customs CC record third outright win

By M. Shamil Amit

Army SC and Kandy Customs CC recorded outright wins in the Major Club cricket tournament against Air Force SC and Lankan CC respectively.

Army SC got the better of Air Force SC by four wickets while Kandy Customs CC overcame Lankan CC by five wickets.

The other matches concluded CCC, Moors SC, Bloomfield C&AC, NCC, Nugegoda S&WC and Saracens SC recorded first innings win.

Results:

At Katunayake – Army SC won by four wickets

Air Force SC: 204 and (28/3 overnight) 211 (Kemira Wijenayake 51, Roscoe Thattil 47, Movin Subasinghe 31, Supeshala Jayatileke 27, Madushan Ravichandrakumar 20: Seekkuge Prasanna 5/88, Asela Gunaratne 3/34)
Army SC: 309 for 9 declared and 109 for 6 (Ashan Randika 37, Lakshan Manasinghe 31 n.o.: Gayan Sirisoma 3/37, Movin Subasinghe 2/44)

At Thurstan – Kandy Customs CC won by five wickets

Lankan CC: 210 and 76 (Kasun Abeyratne 21: Sachithra Perera 6/28)
Kandy Cusroms CC: 254 (Ian Dev Singh 66, Mithun Jayawickrama 63, Chanaka Wijesinghe 60, Imesh Udayanga 22, Rashmika Madusanka 15: Miranga Wickramage 7/75, Kasun Abetratne 2/22) and 34 for 5 (Miranga Wickramage 3/13, Damitha Silva 2/8)

At CCC – First innings win for CCC

CCC: 191 and (224/5 overnight) 293 (Pawan Pathiraja 71, Minod Bhanuka 31, Nimesh Gunasinghe 25, Lasith Abeyratne 15, Chamindu Wijesinghe 102 n.o.: Chathura Randunu 4/100, Nuwan Pradeep 3/43, Nipuna Kariyawasam 3/16)
Police SC: 116 and 130 for 4 (Heshan Dhanushka 25, Nadeera Balasooriya 70 n.o.: Malinda Pushpakumara 4/46)

At Braybrooke Place – First innings win for Moors SC

Sebastianites C&AC: 197 and 212 for 9 (Ryan Fernando 47, Sachitha Jayatileke 47, Lahiru Fernando 34, Tharindu Ratnayake 15, Chamikara Edirisinghe 24 n.o.: Theesan Vithushan 4/63, Thilanga Udeshana 3/46)
Moors SC: (325/6 overnight) 355 (Sohan de Livera 126, Pasindu Sooriyabandara 62, Ayana Siriwardena 38, Mohamed Shamaaz 26, Risira Weerasuriya 17, Ramesh Mendis 65 n.o.: Tharindu Ratnayake 5/146, Chamikara Edirisinghe 3/111)

At Reid Avenue – First innings win for Bloomfield C&AC

Bloomfield C&AC: 400 for 9 declared
Badureliya SC: (31/0 overnight) 182 (Malinda Maduranga 59, Chalana de Silva 37, Ranesh Silva 36, Gihan Rupasinghe 17, Dunith Jayatunga 16: Hasnain Bokhari 3/57, Maduka Liyanapathiranage 2/16, Usman Ishak 2/51) and 22 for 2    

At NCC – First innings win for NCC

NCC: 183 and (198/1 overnight) 372 for 3 declared (Kaveen Bandara 56, Sandun Weerakkody 41, Upul Tharanga 17, Lahiru Udara 201 n.o., Sahan Arachchige 51 n.o.)
Ace Capital CC: 151 and 210 for 5 (Lasith Croospulle 62, Thanuka Dabare 46, Harsha Cooray 25, Pramud Hettiwatte 23, Wanuja Sahan 42 n.o.: Sahan Arachchige 2/22, Nipun Ransika 2/72)

At FTZ Katunayake – First innings win for Nugegoda S&WC

Negombo CC: 284 and 36 for 1 (Pasindu Lakshanka 15 n.o.)
Nugegoda S&WC: (56/0 overnight) 294 (Rumesh Buddika 63, Abishek Liyanaarachchi 60, Karan Kaila 41, Murtaza Trunkwala 31, Pathum Dilshan 27, Naveen Fernando 23, Dilhara Polgampola 16: Upul Indrasiri 4/76, Jatin Saxena 3/52)

At Welisara – First innings win for Saracens SC

Saracens SC: 278 and 204 for 5 (Milinda Siriwardena 60, Navindu Withanage 57, Sithara Gimhan 19, Dushan Vimukthi 36 n.o., Nipun Karunanayake 23 n.o.: Navin Kavikara 2/98)
Navy SC: (151/4 overnight) 196 (Vinodh Perera 61, Malinga Maligaspe 55, Rashmika Mevan 23, Buddika Madushan 19: Dushan Vimukthi 8/75, Mohamed Dilshad 2/50) and 28 for 2