SSC leg-spinner Suranjith Silva took a match bag of 9 for 131 to condemn Moors SC to a 282-run defeat in their Sara trophy division I (Segment 'A') match concluded at Maitland Place yesterday.
SSC 439 for 5 decl. and 61 for no loss contd. 251 for 7 decl. (M. Atapattu 35, A. Gunawardena 37, S. Ranatunga 52, A. Ranatunga 83, R. Priyadarshana 5 for 88, A. Jayasinghe 2 for 32)
Moors SC 215 and 193 (Nalin de Silva 40, A. Jayasinghe 34, K. Jayasinghe 26, Suranjith Silva 5 for 74, J. Silva 3 for 62) (P.J.)
TAMIL UNION BEAT ANTONIANS
Former Sri Lanka fast bowler Champaka Ramanayake took 5 for 30 to rout Antonians SC for 99 and bring Tamil Union a convincing innings and 108-run win in their Sara trophy division I (Segment 'A') match played at the Sara Stadium yesterday.
Antonians SC 236 and 99 (M. Prasanga 21, C. Ramanayake 5 for 30, S. Kumara 2 for 21, M. Muralitharan 2 for 7)
Tamil Union 443 for 8 decl. (V. Wijegunawardena 65, V. Waragoda 54, S. Kumara 24 n.o., M. Fernando 4 for 82, G. Perera 2 for 138) - (A.D.W.F.) POLICE BEAT SEBASTIANITES
(Dilwin Mendis, Moratuwa Sports Correspondent)
Police SC secured a six wickets win over Sebastianites in their division I Sara trophy Segment 'A' match concluded at the Moratuwa Stadium yesterday.
Sebastianites 173 and 97 for 2 contd. 177 (Nimesh Perera 76, V. Abeyunawardena 36, M. de Alwis 15, S. Fernando 23, V. Ranaweera 3 for 46, N. Soysa 2 for 44, P.K. Serasinghe 2 for 26, C. Silva 2 for 13)
Police SC 233 and 118 for 4 (S. Gunaratne 19, C. Silva 26, N. Soysa 40 n.o., R. Wimalasiri 21 n.o.) NOMADS BEAT MATALE CC
J.A. Mahindaratne took a match bag of 8 for 45 to bring Nomads a comprehensive 260-run win over Matale CC in their division I (Segment 'B') match played at Vihara Maha Devi Park yesterday.
Nomads 317 and 256 for 7 decl. (D. Balasuriya 30, A. Perera 64, R.Kumara 48, S. Umagiliya 37)
Matale CC 223 (A. Gamage 60, I. Prasad 32, K. Jayaweera 32, S. Perera 24, R. Kumara 3 for 13, J.A. Mahindaratne 3 for 40, C. Silva 2 for 60) and 90 (R. Punchihewa 52, S. Wickremarachchi 3 for 4, J.A. Mahindaratne 5 for 5) - (P.J.)