England Over 50s bt Sri Lanka Over 50s by 93 runs & New Zealand Over 50s bt Australia Over 50s by 04 wickets

P Sara Oval, Colombo :
England Over 50s bt Sri Lanka Over 50s by 93 runs

England Over 50s put into bat, 269 / 8 – ( 45 Overs ) Giles Ecclestone 125 ( 2×6, 18×4, 98 balls ), Alex Richards 44, Kshiti Desai 23, Jon Whileman 20, Extras 17 – Alex Richards / Kshiti Desai 40 runs for the 02nd wicket, Alex Richards / Jon Whileman 41 runs for the 03rd wicket, Giles Ecclestone / David Snellgrove 38 runs for the 05th wicket, Giles Ecclestone / Liam Hickey 36 runs for the 06th wicket, Giles Ecclestone / Nick Phillips 47 runs for the 07th wicket – Suwanji Madanayake 2 / 41, Pujitha Uduwana 2 / 50.

Sri Lanka Over 50s in reply, 176 all out – ( 34.1 Overs ) Skipper Ruvin Peiris 46, Dilshan Amarasinghe 30, Duminda Somaweera 27, Suwanji Madanayake 12, Pujitha Uduwana 10, Extras 26 – Priyantha Rajapaksha / Ruvin Peiris 33 runs for the 03rd wicket, Ruvin Peiris / Dilshan Amarasinghe 36 runs for the 05th wicket, Dilshan Amarasinghe / Suwanji Madanayake 32 runs for the 06th wicket, Duminda Somaweera / Chaminda Rajapaksha 36 runs for the 08th wicket – lost the last 03 wickets for the addition of 18 runs – Sean Cooper 2 / 17, Richard Trotman 2 / 19.

Havelock Park ( Colts ), Colombo :
New Zealand Over 50s bt Australia Over 50s by 04 wickets to win the Stirling Hamman Challenge Cup

Australia Over 50s put into bat, 245 / 9 – ( 45 Overs ) Andrew Kratzmann 80 ( 1×6, 10×4, 83 balls ), Chris Holding 67 ( 8×4, 97 balls ), Glenn Giddings 49 ( 1×6, 5×4, 34 balls ), Extras 16 – 05 batters dismissed bowled – Chris Holding / Andrew Kratzmann 127 runs for the 03rd wicket, Andrew Kratzmann / Glenn Giddings 21 runs for the 04th wicket – lost the last 06 wickets for the addition of 58 runs – Lee Borcoski 4 / 34, Kevin Scott 2 / 18, Ben Homan 2 / 34.

New Zealand Over 50s in reply, 248 / 6 – ( 45 Overs ) Richard Petrie 114no ( 4×6, 11×4, 129 balls ) – carried his bat through – Andrew Hore 31, Skipper Adil Somani 27, Damian Grant 27, Extras 28 – Richard Petrie / Andrew Hore run opening stand, Richard Petrie / John Garry 30 runs for the 03rd wicket, Richard Petrie / Adil Somani 82 runs for the 04th wicket, Richard Petrie / Damian Grant 62 runs for the 05th wicket – Skipper Tony Clark 2 / 17, Stephen Gollan 2 / 39.

D S Senanayake College Ground, Colombo :
Canada Over 50s bt Colombo Masters Over 50s by 07 wickets

Colombo Masters Over 50s put into bat, 132 all out – ( 31.4 Overs ) Wijayananda Perera 38, Samantha Lorensuhewa 27, Skipper Amal Karunaratne 21, Extras 21 – lost the first 03 wicketsfor the addition of 07 runs – Wijayananda Perera / Amal Karunaratne 54 runs for the 04th wicket – the last 07 wickets fell for the addition of 56 runs – Rakesh Chauhan 3 / 14, Mathialagan Egwaralingam 2 / 25.

Canada Over 50s in reply, 136 / 3 – ( 20.2 Overs ) Uthayachelran Thurairajah 35 retired hurt, Skipper Iqubal Mohamed 35, Jude Vanniasinghe 25 – Uthayachelran Thurairajah / Iqubal Mohamed 57 runs for the 02nd wicket – Wijayananda Perera 1 / 17, Lasantha Perera 1 / 19, Samantha Lorensuhewa 02 victims.

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Photos courtesy Graham De Zilwa, Paulinus De S Wijeratne, Ricky Simms, Sisila Indraratne