Suwanji Madanayake dazzles at Masters’ cricket

Veteran Suwanji Madanayake - Man of the match in all three encounters 

Inter-club veteran Suwanji Madanayake produced three all-round performances this time to steer Colombo Masters to win all their three encounters against Pathana Golden Oldies, National Services Cricket Association and Coimbatore Rockets in the Masters tournament.

Against Pathana Oldies Madanayake plucked three wickets and smashed 52, had 4 for 40 and stroked 20 against Nationalised Services and capped it all by making an unbeaten 35 and taking two wickets against a team called Coimbatore Rockets in a T20 match.

Results:

Pathana Golden Oldies 184/9 in 40 overs (Panduka Kumararathne 23, Dilshan Sameera 66 not out, Damith Dushantha 23, Riyad Fowzie 2/39, Dulip Wickramarathne 2/36, Suwanji Madanayake 3/30)

Colombo Masters- 188/8 in 36.1 overs (Suwanji Madanayake 52, Shezard Nizar 14, Nuwan Perera 25, Sanjeewa Ranatunga 29, Eranga Devapura 21, Sujan Rodrigo 18 not out, Sachith Jayasinghe 2/38, Damith Arjuna 2/23)

Man of the Match - Suwanji Madanayake (3/30 and 52

Nationalised Services- 205 in 39.2 overs (Nuwan Samarasinghe 33, Isuru Ariyarathne 59, Iwantha Udyogya 31, Amila Kodithuwakku 19 not out, Dulip  Wickramarathne 3/27, Thilan Wijesinghe 2/44, Suwanji Madanayake 4/40)

Colombo Masters- 208/8 in 39.2 overs (Samantha Lorensuhewa 44, Wijayananda Perera 13, Suwanji Madanayake 20, Dilshan Amarasinghe 18, Sujan Rodrigo 13, Renuka Nonis 25, Riyad Fowzie 21 not out, Thilan Wijesinghe 19 not out, Manoj Nishantha 2/30, P.A.H. Chaminda 2/21, Nuwan Samarasinghe 2/44)

Man of the Match- Suwanji Madanayake (4/40 and 20 runs)

Colombo Masters- 188 in 20 overs (Darshana Amarasiri 21, Suwanji Madanayake 35 not out, Suranjith Dharmasena 20, Sujan Rodrigo 36 not out, Kapila Shantha 26, Ravikumar 3/27, Jayaraj 2/23)

Coimbatore Rockets- 110 in 16.5 overs (Prabukumar 39 not out, Nandakumar 19, Dhandapani 17, Gihan Shiromal 3/21, Suwanji Madanayake 2/22, Shezard Nizar 3/3 (hat-trick)

Man of the Match- Suwanji Madanayake (2/22 a.nd 35 runs)