Nishan steers CCC to winning start

By M. Shamil Amit  

An unbeaten quick fire knock of 122 in just 63 balls inclusive of 15 boundaries and five sixes by opener Nishan Madushka paved the way for CCC to record a convincing nine wickets win over BRC in the Major Club limited over tournament encounter played at the SSC ground.  

BRC taking first lease of the wicket made a score of 182 and CCC thanks to Madushka who shared two valuable partnerships, first an opening wicket stand of 105 runs in only 58 balls and an unbroken 78 runs for the second wicket with Pawan Ratnayake helped them to reach the target in just 18.4 overs to give them a winning start.  

Half tons by Sohan de Livera and Pasindu Sooriyabandara laid the foundation for Moors SC to record an easy 66 run victoryon the D/L method over Kandy Customs CC in the match played at Reid Avenue.  

In the other matches played Police SC along with Badureliya SC and Ragama CC recorded wins over Nugegoda S&WC, Kurunegala YCC and Chilaw Marians CC while the match between Bloomfield and Panadura SC ended in a no result.  

Results

At SSC – CCC won by nine wickets
BRC 182 for 9 in 50 overs (Linal Subasinghe 32, Dilshan de Soysa 29, Dushan Hemantha 29, Keshan Wijeratne 24: Sonal Dinusha 3/31, Chathuranga de Silva 2/27)  
CCC 183 for 1 in 18.4 overs (Lasith Croospulle 23, Nishan Madushka 122 n.o., Pawan Ratnayake 34 n.o.)  

At Reid Avenue – Moors SC won by 66 on D/L
Moors SC 262 for 4 in 34 overs (Sohan de Livera 79, Pasindu Sooriyabandara 66, Janishka Perera 45, Malsha Tharupathi 32 n.o.: Yohan Maddege 2/47)  
Kandy Customs CC 103 for 6 in 21.3 overs (Thevindu Dickwella 32, Sahan Kosala 29 n.o.: Garuka Sanketh 2/12, Rohan Sanjaya 2/29)  

At Moratuwa – Police SC won by 75 runs on D/L
Police SC 250 for 8 in 49 overs (Heshan Dhanushka 53, Dhanuja Induwara 40, Vishad Randika 36, Nadeera Balasooriya 31: Ruvin Seneviratne 2/38)  
Nugegoda S&WC 157 in 37 overs (Supun Kavinda 61, T.M. Sampath 30: Dilum Sudeera 3/25, Rashmika Hirushan 2/13)  

At Maggona – Badureliya SC won by 137 runs
Badureliya SC 178 for 8 in 50 overs (Sadeep Kawshika 70, Sasanka Nirmal 42: Kasun Ekanayake 3/33, Vikum Sanjaya 3/40)  
Kurunegala YCC 41 in 18.2 overs (Alankara Asanka 4/14, Shean Wijesinghe 2/5, Ruchira Koshitha 2/9, Nirmala Ratnayake 2/13)  

At Galle – Ragama CC won by five wickets
Chilaw Marians CC 141 in 37.5 overs (Supun Waduge 46, Irushka Thimira 25, Heshan Hettiarachchi 22 n.o.: Santhush Gunatileke 4/20, Nipun Malinga 2/20, Kalhara Senaratne 2/29, Pulina Tharanga 2/33)  
Ragama CC 142 for 5 in 25.4 overs (Gaviru Senhas 33, Santhush Gunatileke 25, Ravindu Sembukutty 27 n.o.)  

At Dombagoda – Ace Capital CC won by 22 runs on D/L
Negombo CC 115 in 35.2 overs (Keshan Wanniarachchi 39: Thanuka Dabare 6/28, Wanuja Sahan 2/22)  
Ace Capital CC 105 for 6 in 33.3 overs (Thanuka Dabare 32, Sammu Ashan 30 n.o.: Pasindu Ushettige 2/18)  

At Panadura – No Result
Bloomfield 83 for 2 in 11.2 overs (Ron Chandraguptha 43, Hasitha Boyagoda 25 n.o.) vs Panadura SC