Chilaw Marians cruise to easy win

By M. Shamil Amit

Dilshan Sanjeewa and Lasith Croospulle shone with centuries in Chilaw Marians CC’s convincing first innings win over Bloomfield in their SLC Emerging Trophy Inter-Club Cricket Tournament encounter which concluded at Katunayake yesterday. 

Meanwhile, half centuries by Johanne de Zilva and Salith Fernando helped Navy SC to record an easy first innings against the SSC in another match which ended at the SSC Grounds yesterday.

At Katunayake (1st innings win for Chilaw Marians CC)
Bloomfield: 157 
Chilaw Marians CC (94/1 overnight): 435/7 (Lasith Croospulle 112, Sanoj Wijetunga 53, Imesh Upamal 40, Kavindu Irosh 38, Kavindu Bandara 30, Dilshan Sanjeewa 132 n.o, Kasun Abeyratne 2/43).
At SSC Grounds (1st innings win for Navy SC)
SSC (79/5 overnight): 126 (Ahan Wickramasinghe 68, Savindu Peiris 4/29, Kavitha Dilshan 4/36)
Navy SC: 239/4 (Johanne de Zilva 82, Navod Samarakoon 45, Dinal Ishen 21, Salith Fernando 51 n.o, Himesh Ramanayake 2/36, Akash Senaratne 2/73).