SSC prevail in low-scoring thriller to register first win

SLC Major Clubs T20 Tournament 2023

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Six matches of the SLC Major Clubs T20 Tournament were played today (28th May) at several venues across the island.

Shashrika Pussegolla’s all-round brilliance helped Sebastianites C & AC record a convincing win over Nugegoda SWC at P. Sara Oval Grounds, Colombo.

After being put into bat first, Nugegoda SWC were restricted to 108/9 in the allotted 20 overs. Pussegolla and Tharindu Rathnayake starred with the ball picking up 3 wickets each for Sebastianites C & AC.

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Sebastianites C & AC cruised to the target in 16 overs with 7 wickets in hand thanks to the contributions made by Abishek Liyanarachchi (50*) and Pussegolla (30).

Sinhalese Sports Club registered a thrilling 9-run win over Kurunegala YCC in a low-scoring encounter worked off today at P. Sara Oval Grounds, Colombo.

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After being bowled out for a paltry score of 94, SSC came out with a superb bowling effort to restrict Kurunegala YCC to just 85 runs. Left-arm seamer Kalana Perera was the pick of the bowlers for the victorious SSC as he bagged 3 scalps for 10 runs.

BRC recorded a convincing win over Negombo CC in the Group D encounter between the sides played today at Panagoda Grounds. After posting a solid total of 144 on the board courtesy of Lakshan Gamage’s excellent half-century, BRC managed to restrict the opposition to just 91 runs thanks to Duvindu Tillakaratne’s brilliant spell.

Brief Scores

Nugegoda SWC – 108/9 (20) Tharindu Kaushal 38*, TM Sampath 21, Shashrika Pussegolla 3/12, Tharindu Rathnayake 3/20, Mohamed Dilshad 2/19

Sebastianites C & AC – 109/3 (16) Abishek Liyanarachchi 50*, Shashrika Pussegolla 30

Result – Sebastianites C & AC won by 7 wickets 

Police SC – 115 (20) Dhanuja Induwara 22, Danal Hemananda 21, Dhanosh De Silva 4/9

Sri Lanka Air Force SC – 116/6 (16.2) Movin Subasinghe 55, Adithya Siriwardhana 23, Nalin Priyadarshana 2/25

Result – Sri Lanka Air Force SC won by 4 wickets

Ragama CC – 139/8 (20) Ranmith Jayasena 38, Avishka Tharindu 27, Lahiru Madushanka 3/22, Adeesha Thilanchana 2/27

Bloomfield C & AC – 140/6 (19.4) Nipun Karunanayake 36*, Sandun Weerakkody 33, Adeesha Thilanchana 22*, Shashika Dulshan 2/16

Result – Bloomfield C & AC won by 4 wickets

Sinhalese Sports Club – 94 (16.5) Avishka Fernando 39, Dilanka Auwardt 3/14, Aravinda Premarathne 3/15

Kurunegala YCC – 85 (17.4) Naveen Fernando 46, Kalana Perera 3/10, Nisala Tharaka 2/20, Prabath Jayasuriya 2/25

Result – SSC won by 9 runs

BRC – 144/7 (20) Lakshan Gamage 52, Bhagya Dissanayake 36, Bhanuka Rajapaksa 26, Sheshan Fernando 2/31

Negombo CC – 91 (17.1) Johanne De Zilva 26, Dimuth Sandaruwan 22, Duvindu Tillakaratne 3/15, Malindu Shehan 2/15

Result – BRC won by 53 runs

Tamil Union C & AC – 147/7 (20) Sammu Ashan 48, Kamesh Nirmal 35, Senal De Silva 2/10, Naren Muralidaran 2/29

Badureliya SC – 123/6 (20) Vishara Fernando 39, Anuk Fernando 39, Hasitha Amarasinghe 29, Isuru Udana 3/22, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth 2/20

Result – Tamil Union C & AC won by 24 runs

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