Teenage left-arm fast bowler Nuwan Soysa took a match bag of seven wickets for 69 runs to enable SSC come from behind and defeat Galle CC outright by 134 runs in their Sara trophy (Segment 'A') cricket match concluded at the Galle esplanade yesterday.
Inspired by an unbeaten century from Marvan Atapattu (135 not out in 205 balls with 6 fours), SSC who conceded a first innings lead of 29 runs to Galle CC came back strongly to bowl out the opposition in the second innings for 172, after setting them a victory target of 307 in 83 overs.
SSC 196 and 335 for 8 decl. in 67.1 overs (M. S. Atapattu 135 n.o., Nisal Fernando 77, R. C. Jayawardana 26, Suranjith Silva 35, C. Mudalige 2 for 64, H. Rajapakse 3 for 69)
Galle CC 225 in 78.4 overs (D. Sudarshana 57, S. M. Faumy 33, H. Rajapakse 20 n.o., N. Soysa 3 for 23, K. J. Silva 2 for 67, R.C. Jayawardana 3 for 29, Suranjith Silva 2 for 23) and 172 in 71.5 overs (A. Rideegammana 64, D. Wickremasinghe 16, Malaka de Silva 26, N. Soysa 4 for 46, K. J. Silva 2 for 32).
KALPAGE 10 FOR 75
Former Test all-rounder Ruwan Kalpage took a match bag of 10 wickets for 75 runs to bowl Bloomfield to a massive 416-run outright win over Kalutara TC in a Sara trophy (Segment 'A') match played at Reid Avenue yesterday.
Kalutara TC chasing an improbable target of 558 to win in four sessions were bowled out for 141, 15 minutes after lunch with Kalpage taking 7 for 37 off 19 overs. The all-rounder capped a fine game by scoring twin fifties with the bat.
Bloomfield 432 for 3 decl. and 250 for 8 decl.;
Kalutara TC 125 and 63 for one contd. 141 in 56.5 overs (N. Tillekeratne 64, Padmanath Perera 19, S. Fonseka 23, R. Kalpage 7 for 37)
DON CONTINUES FINE FORM
Former Sri Lanka left-arm spinner Don Anurasiri continued his fine bowling form for the season by taking 6 for 42 to give Panadura SC an outright win by 126 runs in their Sara trophy (Segment 'A') match against Singha SC concluded at Panadura esplanade yesterday.
Panadura SC 169 and 176;
Singha SC 90 and 129 (S. Jayantha 31, A. Achitha 25 n.o., D. Anu- rasiri 6 for 42).
Moratuwa beaten
Off-spinner Mohamed Rifan took 5 for 35 and P. K. Aluwihare hit a rapid 34 off 15 balls with five sixes to steer Kurunegala SC to a five-wicket outright win over Moratuwa SC in their division I (Segment 'B') match played at the Tyronne Fernando Stadium yesterday.
Moratuwa SC 234 and 112 for 6 contd. 168 (C. Fernando 27, S. Fer- nando 22, M. Narayanage 29, M. Rifan 5 for 35, D. Vithanage 2 for 49, T. Herath 2 for 35).
Kurunegala SC 246 and 160 for 5 in 26 overs (T. Herath 37, P. K. Aluwihare 34, D. Lakshman 56, P. Ganegoda 4 for 63).