Health Sports Club emerge State Services ‘B’ division cricket champs

Sri Lanka Health team (front row from left) Pramuditha Dulanjana, Tharindu Jayasinghe,  Rukshan Senanayake, Anil Sanjaya; (Standing from left) Sithum Tharanga,  Kasun Misso, K.G. Rasika, Chandana Dhanapala, Neil de Silva, Nishantha Karunaratne,  Dinusha Chathuranga, Sandun Prasanna, Samantha Kumara, Chamil Madushanka 
Pic by P.D.  DE SILVA

By P.D. DE SILVA 

Sri Lanka Health Sports Club defeated  Sri Lanka Customs by 19 runs  in the final of the Sri Lanka State Services ‘B’ division cricket tournament played at Godigamuwa. 

Invited to bat first, Sri Lanka Health posted 222 with notable contributions from Tharindu Jayasinghe, Chamil Madushanka and skipper Chandana Dhanapala. Malshan Perera was the pick of the Customs bowlers capturing four wickets. 

In the chase, Sandun Prasanna and Neil de Silva shared seven wickets between them to restrict Sri Lanka Customs to 203. Manoj Samarasekera topped the score card with 65 off 100 balls while Liyon Madushan scored 45 runs off 51 balls. 

Brief scores
Sri Lanka Health Sports Club ‘B’ 222 in 45.3 overs 
(Tharindu Jayasinghe 52, Chamil Madushanka 33, Chandana Dhanapala 30, Anil Sanjaya 20, Malshan Perera 4-34, Manoj Samarasekera 2-59)
Sri Lanka Customs ‘B’ 203 in 46.3 overs (Manoj Samarasekera 65, Liyon Madushan 45, Malshan Perera 28, Sandun Prasanna 4-13, Neil de Silva 3-44, Nishantha Karunaratne 2-27)