Colombo CC Thrash Police SC by 187 Runs

SLC Major Club Limited Overs ( 50 ) Championship 2025 – Maitland Place ( CCC ) – Knockout Stage – Final

Colombo CC electing to bat, 387 / 5 – ( 50 Overs ) Pavan Rathnayake 158no ( 9×6, 13×4, 94 balls ) – career best – Nishan Madushka 88 ( 1×6, 13×4, 85 balls ), Kamindu Mendis 59 ( 10×4, 52 balls ), Skipper Sonal Dinusha 53 ( 2×6, 2×4, 51 balls ), Extras 17 – lost the first 02 wickets for the addition of 18 runs – Nishan Madushka / Kamindu Mendis 130 runs for the 03rd wicket, Pavan Rathnayake / Sonal Dinusha 190 for the 05th wicket, Pavan Rathnayake / Chamindu Wijesinghe 25 runs unbroken for the 06th wicket – first 10 overs : 75 / 2, 25 overs : 159 / 3, last 10 overs : 143 / 1 – Charuka Jayathilake 2 / 65, Charuka Pramod 2 / 92.

Police SC in reply, 200 all out – ( 40.2 Overs ) Priyamal Perera 57 ( 1×6, 5×4, 56 balls ), Kusal Perera 31, Jason Fernando 26, Vishad Randika 22 – Dhanuja Induwara / Nadeera Balasooriya 22 run opening stand – the first 02 wickets fell for the addition of 04 runs – Kusal Perera / Vishad Randika 40 runs for the 03rd wicket – lost the next 03 wickets for the addition of 20 runs – Priyamal Perera / Jason Fernando 68 runs for the 06th wicket – lost the last 05 wickets for the addition of 46 runs – first 10 overs : 59 / 2, 25 overs : 144 / 5, last 10.2 overs : 41 / 3 – Inuka Karannagoda 4 / 32, Chamindu Wijesinghe 2 / 36, Skipper Sonal Dinusha, Sahan Kosala & Lasith Croospulle
02 catches each.

Player of the Final : Pavan Rathnayake – Colombo CC
Best Bowler of the Tournament : Movin Subasinghe – Burgher RC
Best Batter of the Tournament : Sangeeth Cooray – Colombo Colts CC
Best All-Rounder of the Tournament : Thanuka Dabare – Chilaw Marians CC
Player of the Tournament : Nishan Madushka – Colombo CC

Runners Up : Police SC
Captain – Ashen Bandara
Head Coach – Nishantha Weerasinghe
Assistant Coach – Lasantha Prasad
Manager – CI Susan Perera
Cricket Secretary – SSP Nuwan Asanka
Director of Sports – SSP Kamal Pushpakumara
Chairman, Cricket – SDIG Ajith Rohana
Scorer – Umesh Anjana

Champions : Colombo CC
Captain – Lakshan Sandakan, Sonal Dinusha
Head Coach – Ashan Priyanjan
Assistant Coach – Woshantha Silva
Manager – Lasantha Jayawardene
Cricket Secretary – Kanchana Dasanayake
Cricket Convenor – Nalin Aponso
Scorer – Manikkage Nandalal

Most Runs
408 : Sangeeth Cooray – Colombo Colts CC ( 1×100, 4×50 )
393 : Nishan Madushka – Colombo CC ( 1×100, 2×50 )
296 : Ramesh Mendis – Moors SC ( 3×50 )
296 : Dilshan de Soysa – Badureliya SC ( 1×100, 2×50 )
278 : Sithara Gimhan – Moors SC ( 1×100, 1×50 )
276 : Dhananjaya De Silva – Colombo CC ( 1×100, 1×50 )

Best Batting
174 : Nishan Madushka – Colombo CC
158no : Pavan Rathnayake – Colombo CC
158no : Sithara Gimhan – Moors SC
130no : Dhananjaya De silva – Colombo CC
121no : Ranesh Silva – Ace Capital CC
120 : Dinesh Chandimal – Colombo Colts CC

Most Wickets
20 : Vijayakanth Viyaskanth – Tamil Union C & AC ( 2x4w )
16 : Movin Subasinghe – Burgher RC ( 1x5w )
15 : Dilum Sudeera – Police SC ( 1x4w )
13 : Thanuka Dabare – Chilaw Marians CC ( 1x5w, 1x4w )
13 : Lasith Embuldeniya – Nondescripts CC
13 : Hivin Kenula – Moors SC

Best Bowling
6 / 19 : Movin Subasinghe – Burgher RC
6 / 23 : Nimesha Gunasinghe – Ace Capital CC
6 / 34 : Muditha Lakshan – Colombo Colts CC
5 / 42 : Traveen Mathew – Ace Capital CC
5 / 44 : Thanuka Dabare – Chilaw Marians CC

Most Catches
07 : Sahan Kosala – Colombo CC
07 : Himasha Liyanage – Ace Capital CC
06 : Isuru Fernando – Burgher RC
06 : Nadeera Balasooriya – Police SC

Best Fielding
04 ct : Sahan Kosala – Colombo CC
03 ct : Thanuka Dabare – Chilaw Marians CC
03 ct : Devan Vishvaka – Colombo CC
03 ct : Kevin Perera – Nugegoda Sports & WC

Most Dismissals
11 : Tharindu Harshana – Bloomfield C & AC
09 : Anjala Bandara – Colombo CC
09 : Hiran Jayasundara – Chilaw Marians CC
08 : Aadham Hilmy – Colombo Colts CC

Best Wicket Keeping
04 vic : Pawan Sandesh – Colombo CC
04 vic : Anjala Bandara – Colombo CC
04 vic : Randunu Ganganath – Colombo Colts CC
04 vic : Aadham Hilmy – Colombo Colts CC
04 vic : Risira Weerasuriya – Burgher RC
04 vic : Janeth Kaushal – Badureliya SC

Highest Partnerships
228 runs unbroken for the 04th wicket :
Sithara Gimhan / Ramesh Mendis – Moors
190 runs for the 05th wicket :
Pavan Rathnayake / Sonal Dinusha – Colombo CC
189 runs for the 02nd wicket :
Sangeeth Cooray / Dinesh Chandimal – Colombo Colts
182 runs unbroken opening stand :
Tharindu Harshana / Ron Chandraguptha – Bloomfield
167 run opening stand :
Ravindu Rasantha / Sangeeth Cooray – Colombo Colts

Highest Totals
387 / 5 – ( 50 Overs ) : Colombo CC
340 / 7 – ( 50 Overs ) : Colombo CC
328 / 9 – ( 50 Overs ) : Nondescripts CC
317 / 3 – ( 46.3 Overs ) : Moors SC *
316 / 8 – ( 50 Overs ) : Colombo CC *
316 / 7 – ( 50 Overs ) : Panadura SC
316 / 5 – ( 50 Overs ) : Colombo Colts CC
* same match

Lowest Totals
67 all out – ( 22,5 Overs ) : Kurunegala Youth CC
89 all out – ( 22.1 Overs ) : Badureliya SC
103 all out – ( 20.2 Overs ) : Nondescripts CC
103 all out – ( 33.2 Overs ) : Colombo Colts CC

14 Teams, 45 Matches, 11 Venues, 11 Days

Report / Photos courtesy SLC Media & Oshada Bandara