St. Thomas’ Mount Lavinia Masters beat Sri Lanka Police Masters by 35 runs at Police Park, Thimbirigasyaya

Thomian Masters electing to bat, 179 / 8 – ( 25 Overs ) Naresh Adikaram 55 ( 1×6, 7×4, 47 balls ), Chaminda Silva 43, Anura Bulankulama 30, Ranil Peiris 12, Extras 10 – Naresh Adikaram / Anura Bulankulama 71 runs for the 02nd wicket, Naresh Adikaram / Chaminda Silva 32 runs for the 04th wicket, Chaminda Silva / Dhammika Bulankulama 39 runs for the 05th wicket – lost the last 03 wickets for the addition of 09 runs – Kapila Mahinda 3 / 28, Nihal Soyza 2 / 22, Skipper Chamara Silva 2 / 30.

Police Masters in reply, 144 all out – ( 23.1 Overs ) Kapila Mahinda 31, Vipula Serasinghe 29, Nihal Soyza 24, Skipper Chamara Silva 19, Premalal Wickrama 13 – Kapila Mahinda / Nihal Soyza 43 runs for the 02nd wicket, Nihal Soyza / Vipula Serasinghe 25 runs for the 03rd wicket, Chamara Silva / Premalal Wickrama 21 runs for the 06th wicket – the last 05 wickets fell for the addition of 13 runs – Chaminda Silva 2 / 15, Skipper Johann Peiris 2 / 27, Ruwan Sirisena 02 victims, Dhammika Bulankulama 02 run out assists.

Umpires : Sisil Gunasekera & Lasith De Silva
Scorer : Thushara Cooray
Photos courtesy Amal Ekanayake & Arjun Waidyasekera

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Lanka Cavaliers Masters beat Mercantile Cricket Association Masters by 06 wickets at Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo – Retain the Tyronne De Silva Challenge Trophy – Lead the series 9 – 8

MCA Masters led by Mahesh De Alwis electing to bat, 142 all out – ( 24.4 Overs ) Namal Seneviratne 36, Punyakantha Abeygunasekera 27, Thushan Amarasuriya 21, Tharindra Kaluperuma 16, Mahesh Wijewardena 12, Extras 13 – Namal Seneviratne / Tharindra Kaluperuma 43 run opening stand, Namal Seneviratne / Punyakantha
Abeygunasekera 20 runs for the 02nd wicket, Punyakantha Abeygunasekera / Thushan Amarasuriya 31 runs for the 03rd wicket, Punyakantha Abeygunasekera / Duminda Pinto 21 runs for the 05th wicket – the last 06 wickets fell for the addition of 23 runs – Krishan Dharmasena 4 / 25, Mahesh Wijenayake 3 / 18, Niranjan Dabare 1 / 15, Ravi Subasinghe 1 / 24 & 02 catches.

Lanka Cavaliers Masters captained by Nalliah Devarajan in reply, 143 / 4 – ( 18 Overs ) Sanjaya Attanayake 65no ( 4×6, 4×4, 38 balls ), Riyaz Farook 23no, Nalliah Devarajan 20, Varuna Waragoda 16, Vajira Wijegunawardena 12 – lost the first 03 wickets for the addition of 31 runs – Sanjaya Attanayake / Nalliah Devarajan 70 runs for the 04th wicket – Anush Perera 2 / 21, Lakmal de Silva 1 / 19, Duminda Pinto 1 / 22.

Umpires : Kamal Mallawaarachchi & Anuranga Appuhamy
Scorer : Gimanthi Wattegedara

Report assisted by Chamara Perera
Photos courtesy Nalliah Devarajan

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