Moratuwa & Kirillapone ( Women’s ) & Tissamaharama / Ambalanthota / Katharagama ( Men’s ) Are Champions

Commercial Bank Inter Branch / Department Softball Cricket Tournament 2025 – Thurstan College, University of Colombo, Colombo Colts, Mercantile Cricket Association

Women’s : 06 a side : 54 teams, 54 matches

Quarter Finals

Nugegoda bt Keyzer Street / Maradana by 05 wickets Keyzer Street / Maradana electing to bat, 60 / 0 – ( 04 Overs ) Slisha Fernando 38no, Extras 14. Nugegoda in reply, 61 / 1 – ( 3.2 Overs ) Ushani Liyanage 26no, Lakjayani Thilakarathna 21no, Extras 14, Rukshani Perera 1 / 19.

Moratuwa / Kirillapone bt Corporate Banking Unit by 03 wickets
Corporate Banking put into bat, 48 / 3 – ( 04 Overs ) Extras 32.
Moratuwa / Kirillapone in reply, 52 / 2 – ( 3.5 Overs ) Nayomi Fernando 42no, Kalathma Jayaweera 1 / 02, Skipper Ama Gajanayake 1 / 13.

Embilipitiya / Rathnapura City bt Export Department by 40 runs
Embilipitiya / Rathnapura City electing to bat, 69 / 0 – ( 04 Overs ) Dihana Rajini 36no, Extras 25,Export Department in reply, 29 / 1 – ( 04 Overs ) Lasitha Dedigama 20no, Dinusha Jayasuriya 1 / 01.

RPD – Retail Rivivers bt Contact Centre by 19 runs
RPD – Retail Revivers electing to bat, 64 / 1 – ( 04 Overs ) Shania Gunawardene 32no, Dulanji Wedage 16no, Extras 12, Senali Ramanayake 1 / 16.
Contact Centre in reply, 45 / 1 – ( 04 Overs ) Senali Ramanayake 22no, Extras 17, Dulanji Wedage 1 / 08.

Semi Finals

Moratuwa / Kirillapone bt Embilipitiya / Rathnapura City by 03 wickets
Embilipitiya / Rathnapura City electing to bat, 32 / 4 – ( 04 Overs ) Extras 24, Udeshika Perera 2 / 08, Prasanthika Jayasena 1 / 01, Nayomi Fernando 1 / 04.
Moratuwa / Kirillapone in reply, 33 / 2 – ( 3.4 Overs ) Yashodya Silva 14no, Prasanthika Jayasena 11no, Dinusha Jayasooriya 1 / 03, Dihana Rajini 1 / 08.

RPD – Retail Revivers bt Nugegoda by 22 runs
RPD – Retail Revivers electing to bat, 81 / 0 – ( 04 Overs ) Shania Gunawardene 25no, Diandra De Silva 14no, Extras 42.
Nugegoda in reply, 59 / 1 – ( 04 Overs ) Ushani Liyanage 34no, Extras 13, Chandri Premaratne 1 / 15.

03rd Place Play Off
Nugegoda bt Embilipitiya / Rathnapura City by 38 runs Embilipitiya / Rathnapura City electing to bat, 73 / 1 – ( 04 Overs ) Dihana Rajini 34no, Extras 36, Manulya Karunathilaka 1 / 17.
Nugegoda in reply, 35 / 0 – ( 04 Overs ) Ushani Liyanage 22no, Lakjayani Thilakarathna 10no.

Final
Moratuwa / Kirillapone bt RPD – Retail Revivers by 63 runs Moratuwa / Kirillapone put into bat, 82 / 1 – ( 04 Overs ) Udeshika Perera 42no ( 5×6, 3×4, 14 balls ), Prasanthika Jayasena 11no, Extras 23, Shania Gunawardene 1 / 19.
RPD – Retail Revivers in reply, 19 / 1 – ( 04 Overs ) Shania Gunawardene 11, Nayomi Fernando 1 / 07.

Men’s : 11 a side : 154 teams, 206 matches

Quarter Finals

Jaffna – Regional Office, Puthukudiyiruppu bt Kaduwela by
22 runs
Jaffna – Regional Office, Puthukudiyiruppu put into bat, 72 / 2 – ( 04 Overs ) Jeevanathan Mydeen 28, Extras 32, Heshan Nagasinghe 1 / 19.
Kaduwela in reply, 50 / 0 – ( 04 Overs ) Sameera Ranasinghe 31no, Extras 11.

Wellawatta 02nd Branch – Regional Office, Colombo South bt Colombo 07 by 10 wickets
Colombo 07 put into bat, 52 / 3 – ( 04 Overs ) Pasindu Denipitiya 45no, Randika Lakmal 2 / 00.
Wellawatta 02nd Branch – Regional Office, Colombo South in reply, 58 / 0 – ( 3.1 Overs ) Thivarahan Lingamoorthy 32no, Loganathan Sujeewan 18no.

Nelliady / Kilinochchi bt CCPU Unit by 40 runs
Nelliady / Kilinochchi put into bat, 87 / 2 – ( 04 Overs ) Pathmanathan Navatheepan 64no ( 10×6, 1×4, 15 balls ), Extras 13, Nalin Rathnayake 1 / 12.
CCPU Unit in reply, 47 / 3 – ( 04 Overs ) Extras 31, Sabhanathan Rajavaran 1 / 02, Jeyarasa Tharanitharan 1 / 17 & 02 catches.

Tissamaharama / Ambalanthota / Katharagama bt Centralized Operation Unit by 34 runs
Tissamaharama / Ambalanthota / Katharagama put into bat, 84 / 1 – ( 04 Overs ) Romesh Gamage 35, Gayana Preethimal 32no, Extras 17.
Centralized Operation Unit in reply, 50 / 3 – ( 04 Overs ) Malaka Premathilaka 25no, Extras 20, Gayana Preethimal 1 / 01, Asanka Kithsiri 1 / 19.

Semi Finals

Jaffna – Regional Office, Puthukudiyiruppu bt Wellawatta by 15 runs
Jaffna – Regional Office, Puthukudiyiruppu put into bat, 64 / 4 – ( 04 Overs ) Vannamyil Thenujan 25, Radhakrishnan Gayuwaran 12no, Extras 18, Randika Lakmal 2/ 09, Loganathan Sujeewan 2 / 13, Thivarahan Lingamoorthy 02 catches.
Wellawatta in reply, 49 / 6 – ( 04 Overs ) Thivarahan Lingamoorthy 24, Extras 13, Vannamyil Thenujan 1 / 03,Parimalaselvan Mahilan 1 / 09.

Tissamaharama / Ambalanthota / Katharagama bt Nelliady / Kilinochchi by 10 wickets
Nelliady / Kilinochchi put into bat, 30 / 4 – ( 04 Overs ) Asanka Kithsiri 2 / 07, Gimhan Ashirwada 1 / 00.
Tissamaharama / Ambalanthota / Katharagama in reply, 32 / 0 – ( 2.2 Overs ) Gayana Preethimal 18no.

03rd Place Play Off
Nelliady / Kilinochchi bt Wellawatta by 10 runs
Nelliady / Kilinochchi put into bat, 78 / 1 – ( 04 Overs ) Pathmanathan Navatheepan 22no, Sabhanathan Rajavaran 20no, Jeyarasa Tharanitharan 18, Extras 18, Loganathan Sujeewan 1 / 20.
Wellawatta in reply, 68 / 0 – ( 04 Overs ) Loganathan Sujeewan 40no, Thivarahan Lingamoorthy 21no.
The match was played in heavy rain & extremely slippery condition.

Final
Tissamaharama / Ambalanthota / Katharagama bt Jaffna – Regional Office, Puthukudiyiruppu by 10 wickets
Jaffna – Regional Office, Puthukudiyiruppu put into bat, 18 / 6 – ( 04 Overs ) 03 batters dismissed without scoring – Seneera Malinda 2 / 04, Gimhan Ashirwada 1 / 07, Gayana Preethimal 02 run outs.
Tissamaharama / Ambalanthota / Katharagama in reply, 23 / 0 – ( 1.1 Overs ) Gayana Preethimal 23no ( 3×6, 1×4, 06 balls ).
The match was played in heavy rain & extremely slippery conditions.

208 Teams, 260 Matches, 15 Pitches, 04 Venues

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