Ace Capital Cricket Club and Colombo Cricket Club managed to take upper hand in their two-day encounters against Colombo Malay Cricket Club and Leo Cricket Club ended in draws today (22nd August) at Katunayake and Kosgama.
Colombo Cricket Club’s Inuka Karannagoda delivering a match-defining bowling performance against Leo Cricket Club. The young bowler starred with a remarkable match bag of 8 wickets, showcasing his ability to dominate both innings.
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In the first innings, Karannagoda claimed 3 wickets for 31 runs, setting the tone for CCC’s bowling attack. He elevated his performance in the second innings, picking up 5 wickets for 72 runs to keep Leo Cricket Club under pressure.
Ace Capital’s left-arm spinner Wanuja Sahan continued his scintillating form, claiming an impressive match haul of 7 wickets against Malay Cricket Club. In the first innings, Sahan dismantled Malay Cricket Club’s batting lineup, taking 4 wickets for 44 runs. He followed up with 3 wickets for 102 runs in the second innings, keeping his team in the hunt.
Nondescripts Cricket Club dominated their encounter against Navy Sports Club which commenced today at NCC Grounds, Colombo.
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NCC posted a competitive 263 runs in their first innings. The innings was anchored by half-centuries from Jeewaka Sashin (60) and Uvin Perera (58). Navy Sports Club struggled in response, ending Day 1 at a precarious 84 runs for 4 wickets.
Brief Scores
Ace Capital Cricket Club – 378/8d (76.3) Pawan Pathiraja 153, Tanuja Rajapakse 53, Theeraka Ranatunga 47, Ranesh Silva 45, Lahiru Abeysinghe 33, Niman Umesh 3/90
Colombo Malay Cricket Club – 125 (42.1) PulasthiAthapaththu 32, Hirantha Jayasinghe 31, Kevin Samuel 23, Raveen De Silva 4/16, WanujaSahan4/44, SanithuWijeyarathne2/28 & 247/9 (64) WoshithaAmarasinghe45, Kevin Samuel 39, DhanajaEdirisinghe29, Niman Umesh 28, Viduneth Wilson 25, SavinduUthsara 20*, Thisara Ekanayake 4/50, WanujaSahan 3/102, Raveen De Silva 2/24
Result – Match Drawn
Colombo Cricket Club – 327 (77.5) AnjalaBandara 74, InukaKarannagoda 68, Sahan Kosala 60, Sethru Fernando 27*, DulnithSigera 27, Pawan Sandesh 27, Vishwa Rajapakse 4/101, OshadaGimhan 3/68, GithminColombage 2/57
Leo Cricket Club – 174/9 (49) Poorna Kalhara43, NethmaKarunarathne 40, Avintha De Alwis22, InukaKarannagoda3/31, Sethru Fernando 2/25, DuvinduRanathunga2/31, HirushaDewmika2/40 & 153/7 (45.4) JanithMihiranga 56, Steewan Fernando 37, InukaKarannagoda 5/72, ThisaruWanninayake 2/44
Result – Match Drawn
Nondescripts Cricket Club – 263 (67.1) JeewakaSashin 60, UvinPerera 58, VinukaRubasinghe 39, Raphael Hettige 34, Ishan Hettiarachchi 26, Ishan Anuradha 3/86, KavikaJayasundara 2/31, HansajaJayasingha 2/52
Navy Sports Club – 84/4 (20) UvinduPerera 47*, Shakthi Udara 2/23
Stumps – Day 1
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