Mercantile Masters beat Colombo Masters by 86 runs

CVC Inaugural Veterans Tournament 2024 – 05th Match P Sara Oval ( Tamil Union ), Colombo

Mercantile Cricket Association Masters electing to bat, 283 / 7 – ( 40 Overs ) Duminda Somaweera 102 ( 9×6,4×4, 62 balls ), Skipper Sanjaya Attanayake 74 ( 1×6, 11×4, 52 balls ), Thusitha Karunaratne 38, Mahesh Wijenayake 21, Punyakantha Abeygunasekera 15, Varuna Waragoda 12, Extras 14 – Varuna Waragoda / Thusitha Karunaratne 26 runs for the 02nd wicket, Thusitha Karunaratne / Punyakantha Abeygunasekera 33 runs for the 03rd wicket, Thusitha Karunaratne / Sanjaya Attanayake 22 runs for the 04th wicket, Sanjaya Attanayake / Duminda Somaweera 146 runs for the 06th wicket, Duminda Somaweera / Mahesh Wijenayake 43 runs for the 07th wicket – Suwanji Madanayake 3 / 42, Wijayananda Perera 02 victims.

Colombo Masters Cricket Association in reply, 197 all out – ( 38.5 Overs ) Chaminda Rajapaksha 65 ( 4×6, 6×4, 58 balls ), Wijayananda Perera 29, Lasantha Perera 22, Riyad Fawsi 19,
Amal Karunaratne 12, Extras 22 – lost the first 04 wickets for the addition of 41 runs – Wijayananda Perera / Riyaz Farook 26 runs for the 05th wicket, Riyad Fawsi / Lasantha Perera 23 runs for the 07th wicket, Lasantha Perera / Chaminda Rajapaksha 76 runs for the 08th wicket – the last 03 wickets fell for the addition of 19 runs – Mahesh Wijenayake 3 / 28, Wendhal Labrooy 2 / 14, Ravi Subasinghe 2 / 28.

Player of the Match : Duminda Somaweera – MCA Masters

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Photos courtesy Sisila Indraratne