Major Club Tier ‘B’ Limited Over SSC, Galle CC maintain unbeaten record

By M. Shamil Amit

SSC and Galle CC continued their winning streak as they coasted to their third successive wins to maintain their unbeaten record in the ongoing Major Club Tier ‘B’ limited over tournament.

SSC pulled off a five-wicket win over Malay CC, who met their waterloo in the match played at Katunayake, while Galle CC defeated Moratuwa SC by 45 runs in the match played at Panagoda.

Moratuwa SC, along with Leo CC and Negombo CC, recorded wins against United Southern SC, Navy SC and Ragama CC, respectively.

Chief scores:

At Katunayake – SSC won by 5 wickets

Malay CC 206/9 in 50 overs (Nilantha Jayasinghe 54, Kevin Samuel 32, Woshitha Amarasinghe 24; Pramod Madushan 3/28)

SSC 207/5 in 43.3 overs (Krishan Sanjula 73 rtd., Kenul de Zoysa 33, Dasun Shanaka 32; Kaveesh Sathsara 2/46)

At Panagoda – Galle CC won by 45 runs

Galle CC 196 in 49.5 overs (Nikil Jayaweera 47, Hansamana de Silva 25; Shehada Zoysa 3/29, Theekshana Wickramasinghe 2/46)

Army SC 151 in 36.5 overs (Sukitha Dewthilina 35, Krishantha Sandaruwan 34, Tharindu Dilanka 32; Kaveen Rukshan 4/36, Subaru Rajapakse 3/44)

At Moratuwa – Moratuwa SC won by 60 runs

Moratuwa SC 137/7 in 20 overs (Anushka Perera 44; Sasanka Nirmal 2/17, Sasika Perera 2/24, Dhanosh de Silva 2/31)

United Southern SC 77 in 18.4 overs (Amitha Dabare 4/11, Sahan Kaushalya 2/11, Ushan Sathsara 2/16)

At Welisara – Leo CC won by 8 wickets

Navy SC 219 in 49.3 overs (Sumalka Fernando 70, Asith Weerasuriya 30, Raveen Tharindu 62 n.o.; Vishwa Rajapakse 3/38, Arul Pragash 3/64)

Leo CC 221/2 in 46.1 overs (Hiruna Sigera 87, Kalana Madusanka 35, Nethma Karunaratne 57 n.o., Akeel Inham 26 n.o.; Janith Fernando 2/51)

At Braybrooke Place – Negombo CC won by 162 runs

Negombo CC 313/9 in 50 overs (Dulaj Ranatunga 90, Umesh Lakshan 87, Pulina Tharanga 46; Upul Indrasiri 2/27, Vidarshana Vishmitha 2/64, Vikum Sanjaya 2/67, Ivanka Sanjula 2/69)

Ragama CC 151 in 35.4 overs (Sameen Kandanaarachchi 38, Kavindu Ranasinghe 28; Priyashan Silva 3/25, Amitha Sandeepa 3/47, Hansaja Hiruna 2/31)