Hashantha, Chandana help Marians win

Chris Dhambarage

CRICKET: Two sparkling half centuries from skipper Hasantha Fernando and Chandana Aravinda helped Chilaw Marians SC beat SSC by five wickets in their SLC Premier inter club limited overs cricket tournament match worked off at Maitland Place yesterday.

SSC: 201 for 9 in 50 overs (T. Paranavithana 30, M. Atapattu 10, C. Vidanapathirana 20, H. Fernando 2 for 41, D. Hettiarachchi 3 for 21).

Chilaw Marians SC: 206 for 5 in 36.5 overs (M. Perera 30, C. Aravinda 51, H. Fernando 56 n.o, J. Gunaratne 26 n.o)

Kelum 88

Kelum Fernando struck a superb 88 as Bloomfield brought down the high riding Ragama outfit by seven wickets in their SLC Premier inter club limited overs cricket tournament match played at Reid Avenue yesterday.

Ragama CC: 129 in 37 overs (M. Thotuwilage 19, K. Weeraratne 41)

Bloomfield: 130 for 3 in 20.4 overs (K. Fernando 88)

Amila 4/21

Amila Prasad snapped up four wickets to help Colts CC beat Saracens SC by 70 runs in their SLC Premier inter club limited overs cricket tournament match played at Havelock Park yesterday.

Colts CC: 180 in 50 overs (H. Vithana 56, M. Wickremasinghe 35, P. Nishantha 3 for 25, S. Kumara 2 for 31)

Saracens SC: 110 in 32.3 overs (N. Abeyratne 20, G. Joseph 26, A. Mathews 2 for 33, A. Prasad 4 for 21)

CCC beat BRC

Tharindu Mendis hit an unbeaten half century as CCC defeated BRC on the Duckworth Lewis scoring method in their Premier inter club limited overs cricket tournament match played at Havelock Park yesterday.

CCC: 230 for 7 in 50 overs (M. van Dort 31, K. Ranaweera 50, N. Randhika 37, T. Mendis 53 n.o, R. Dhammika 4 for 37)

BRC: 148 for 8 in 40 overs (V. Perera 31, G. Senaratne 20, L. Perera 30, D. Arnolda 26, S. Silva 3 for 30, S. Kelum 2 for 20, N. Perera 2 for 26)

Easy for NCC

Former Sri Lanka all rounder Upul Chandana hit a run a ball 40 to help NCC beat Baduraliya CC by six wickets in their SLC Premier limited overs inter club cricket tournament match played at Maitland Place yesterday.

Baduraliya CC: 182 for 9 in 50 overs (S. Silva 28, H. Wickremaratne 35, T. Sampath 50, K. Kulasekera 2 for 23, C. Komasaru 2 for 17)

NCC: 183 for 4 in 44.1 overs (K. Gunawardena 28, I. Muthaliph 40, U. Chandana 40, L. Fernando 23 n.o)

Panadura victorious

Panadura SC put up a fine all round performance to register an upset victory on the Duckworth Lewis scoring method in their SLC Premier inter club limited overs cricket tournament match played at the P. Saravanamuttu Stadium yesterday.

Panadura SC: 213 for 8 in 47 overs (S. Umayanga 38, G. Perera 23, C. Mapatuna 33, K. Gangodawila 30, P. Wickrema 29, J. Peiris 2 for 38)

Tamil Union: 124 for 8 (R. Tissera 23, N. Perera 27, M. Rupasinghe K. Peiris 2 for 38, R. Abeywardena 3 for 18)

Airmen fly high

Sri Lanka Air Force SC defeated Kurunegala YCC on the Duckworth and Lewis scoring method in their SLC Premier inter club limited overs cricket tournament match played at Rifle Green yesterday.

Air Force SC: 277 in 49.3 overs (S. Perumpulli 34, A. Kumara 72, R. Lasantha 33, C. Tissera 2 for 51, N. Erandhika 2 for 29)

Kurunegala YCC: 164 for 6 in 36.5 overs (T. Waduge 51, A. Vithanage 20, C. Gamage 2 for 36, S. Madanayake 2 for 32)