By Srian Obeyesekere

Ragama CC all-rounder Janith Liyanage hogged the limelight with a scintillating run a ball match winning 126 and 5-wicket haul in helping his side to its maiden in crushing Kurunegala Youth CC by a comprehensive 138 runs in yesterday’s SLC 50-Over Major Clubs Tournament at the P. Saravanamuththu International Stadium.

Liyanage’s innings was showcased by 11 boundaries and 5 sixes as Ragama CC ran up a 296 for 8 off 50 overs.

Kurunegala YCC was bowled out for 158 runs with Liyanage getting back into the action picking 5 wickets for 29.

Meanwhile, Sinhalese Sports Club continued their unbeaten run defeating Ace Capital Cricket Club by 86 runs on skipper Charith Aslanka’s all-round performance scoring 64 in a score of 262 and claiming 2 wickets for 22 in decimating Ace Capital CC for 176 on their home grounds for their fourth win in bolstering their title hopes.

Negombo Cricket Club topped the Group A points table by their third win against Police Sports Club by a comprehensive 7 wickets on a score of 127 for 3 off 26.4 overs on Pasindu Lakshnka’s 52 having restricted their opponents to 123 for 8 in 45 overs at Katunayake.

CCC got the better of Moors SC by 2 wickets on a pivotal 76 by Minod Bhanuka in a score of 162 for 8 off 28.1 overs in overhauling their opponents 158 off 44 overs at the Moors Grounds.

Galle had it easy against Sebastianites C&AC notching a 5-wicket win reaching 207 for 5 off 49 overs on half centuries by Irosh Samarasinghe 62 and Buddika Hasaranga unbeaten on 59 in overhauling their opponents204 off b47.3 overs at their home grounds.

Bloomfield C&AC beat Panadura SC by 2 wickets Meanwhile, Bloomfield C&AC edged to a 2-wicket win over Panadura SC scoring 133 for 8 on Lahiru Madushanka’s unbeaten 41 in overhauling their opponents 130 on their home grounds. A remarkable feature was Bloomfield’s Sahan Nanayakkara returning splendid figures of 4 for 19.

CHIEF SCORES:

Tamil Union C & AC beat Air Force by 3 wickets

Air Force Sports Club – 153 (46.2 Overs) Kemira Wijenayake 43, Geeth Kumara 28, Praboda Srimal 26, Raveen de Silva 4/29, Dilum Sudeera 2/35) CCC, ,

Tamil Union Cricket & Athletic Club – 154/7 (38.5 Overs) Ravindu Fernando 50*, Ron Chandraguptha 30, Dilshan Mannapperuma 2/31, Movin Subasingha 2/32, Chanaka Ruwansiri 2/33)

 Galle CC beat Sebastianites C&AC by 5 wickets

 Sebastianites Cricket & Athletic Club – 204 (47.3 Overs) Thevindu Senarathne 50, Dushan Vimukthi 39, Ravija Sandaruwan 32, Isitha Wijesundara 22, Tharinda Guruge 3/29, Pasindu Madushan 3/43, Mihiranga Silva 2/43

Galle Cricket Club – 207/5 (49 Overs) (Irosh Samarasooriya 62, Buddika Hasaranga 59*, Shalith Fernando 23, Vishva Wijeratne 21, Isitha Wijesundara 2/31, Dushan Vimukthi 2/33)

 Negombo CC beat Police SC by 7 wickets

Police Sports Club – 123/8 (45 Overs) Danal Hemananda 40*, Vishad Randika 21, Danushka Sandaruwan 3/19, Chanura Fernando 3/23

Negombo Cricket Club – 127/3 (26.4 Overs) Pasindu Lakshanka 52, Dilshan Munaweera 36, Angelo Jayasinghe 20*)

Ragama CC beat Kurunegala YCC by 138 runs

Ragama Cricket Club – 296/8 (50 Overs) (Janith Liyanage 126, Nishan Madushka 84, Binura Fernando 36, Chaminda Bandara 4/77, Sameera Sadamal 3/51

Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club – 158 (37.1 Overs) (Naveen Fernando 63, Sanoj Darshika 34, Janith Liyanage 5/29, Nipun Malinga 2/26, Shashika Dulshan 2/34)

CCC beat Moors SC by 2 wickets

Moors Sports Club – 158 (44 Overs) (Ramesh Mendis 33, Sohan de Livera 31, Lahiru Samarakoon 25, Sonal Dinusha 3/27, Nuwan Thushara 2/21, Ashan Priyanjan 2/28, Asitha Fernando 2/35)

Colombo Cricket Club – 162/8 (28.1 Overs) (Minod Bhanuka 76, Pavan Rathnayake 34, Malsha Tharupathi 4/42, Praveen Jayawickrama 3/30)

Kandy Customs Cricket Club – 132 (39.3 Overs) Deshan Dias 38, Imesh Udayanga 27, Seekkuge Prasanna 4/24, Manushka Samith 2/23)

Sri Lanka Army SC beat Kandy Customs by 4 wickets

Sri Lanka Army Sports Club – 133/6 (36.1 Overs) 

(Pathum Kumara 47, Shehan Fernando 41*, Asela Gunaratne 23, Yohan Maddege 2/17)

Kandy Customs Cricket Club 132 (39.3/50 overs)

 Panadura SC 130 (39.1 Overs) (Hashen Ramanayake 57, Mishen Silva 19, Nimantha Peiris 10, Chamath Wickramasinghe 4/19, Manelker De Silva 2/15, Lahiru Madushanka 2/22, Asitha Wanninayake 1/22, Sahan Nanayakkara 1/25)

Bloomfield Cricket & Athletic Club – 133/8 (41.2 Overs) 

(Lahiru Madushanka 41*, Nipun Karunanayake 28, Manelker DeSilva 17, Asitha Wanninayake 11, Nimesh Vimukthi 3/25, Vishwa Lahiru 2/21, Traveen Mathew 2/25)

 Badureliya SC beat NCC won by 15 runs

Badureliya Sports Club – 187 (43.1 Overs) (Parvez Rasool 69, Ranesh Silva 40, Ayana Siriwardhana 26, Chamika Karunaratne 3/24, Ashian Daniel 3/39, Matheesha Pathirana 2/46)

NCC 172 (34.4 Overs) (Ahan Wickramasinghe 52, Kamil Mishara 51, Chamika Karunaratne 25, Pathum Nissanka 16, Nirmala Rathnayake 3/51, Parvez Rasool 2/34, Ruchira Koshitha 2/34, Alankara Asanka Silva 1/29)

SSC beat Ace Capital CC by 86 runs

Sinhalese Sports Club – 262 (49.5 Overs) (Charith Asalanka 64, Krishan Sanjula 49, Nuwanidu Fernando 29, Dasun Shanaka 28, Sithum Disanayaka 3/46, Nimsara Atharagalla 3/62)

 Ace Capital Cricket Club – 176 (38 Overs) (Thanuka Dabare 39, Ravindu Rathnayake 32, Kavindu Amantha 28, Dasun Shanaka 2/17, Charith Asalanka 2/22, Kavindu Nadeeshan 2/32, Prabath Jayasuriya 2/42)