Vijayakanth, Sineth steer Tamil Union to victory

Dhananjaya de Silva (Sri Lanka Captain) 

By M. Shamil Amit

Half centuries by Skipper Vijayakanth Viyaskanth and Sineth Jayawardena helped Tamil Union record an easy first innings win over Police SC in their SLC Major Club Under-23 Cricket Tournament encounter played at the P. Sara Oval in Colombo. 

Tamil Union taking first lease of the wicket made 264 and Police SC in their turn were able to muster only 155 runs.

Meanwhile, Badureliya SC and Negombo CC also recorded first innings wins against Bloomfield and NCC in two other matches played at Reid Avenue and FTZ Grounds in Katunayake respectively.

Chief scores: 
At P. Sara Oval – First innings win for Tamil Union.

Tamil Union: 264 (Vijayakanth Viyaskanth 83, Sineth Jayawardena 52, Thevindu Senaratne 31, Miranga Wickramage 28, Poorna Sulakshana 5/96, Sadeepa Ratnayake 3/57, Supun Fernando 2/45) and 45/2 (Sineth Jayawardena 21 n.o)

Police SC: 155/9 decl (Damith Kappagoda 39, Dhanuja Induwara 36, Sangeeth Shehara 27, Kavindu Dilhara 5/37, Vihas Thewmika 2/35, Kiranga Wickramage 2/35) and 284/9 decl (Irosha Akash 33, Damith Kappagoda 30, Thanuja Rajapakse 28, Bihanga Mendis 25, Tharusha Silva 24, Dhanuja Induwara 125 n.o, Vihas Thewmika 6/132, Miranga Wickramage 2/61).
At Reid Avenue - First innings win for Badureliya SC.

Badureliya SC: 133 (Yuthika de Silva 26, Ranesh Silva 23, Dunith Jayatunga 20, Kaveesha Piyumal 4/31, Tharindu Nirmal 3/37, Lahiru Abeysinghe 2/11) and 225 (Dunith Jayatunga 54, Shanikya Deshapriya 40, Rashmika Mevan 37, Nirmala Ratnayake 27, S. Kasun 27, Chamath Dilsara 3/33, Tharindu Nirmal 3/53, Kaveesha Piyumal 2/86)

Bloomfield: 127 (Lahiru Abeysinghe 25, Kaveesha Piyumal 23, Jayamin Muthukumarana 21, Nirmala Ratnayake 4/19, Ruchira Koshitha 2/43) and 135/9 (Lahiru Abeysinghe 39, Asitha Wanninayake 34, Ruchira Koshitha 5/43).

At Katunayake – First innings win for Negombo CC.

NCC: 174 (Vinuka Rubasinghe 54, Kusal Wijetunge 35, Kaveesh Sathsara 6/22) and 195/3 (Kusal Wijetunge 90, Sharith Suddeena 74)
Negombo CC: 203 (Hansaja Hiruna 36, Sandaruwan Chinthaka 29, Maleesha Silva 22, Kaveen Fernando 20, Yohan Eshan 34 n.o, Vihanga Gunaratne 4/36, Yenula Dewthusa 3/45, Sharith Sudeena 2/51).