NCC, Bloomfield, Tamil Union, CCC, and Panadura SC recorded outright victories in their Major League Three-day Cricket Tournament fixtures yesterday.
Ashian Daniel’s impressive 12-wicket haul propelled NCC to win over Air Force at Katunayake. Despite Chanaka Komasaru, the veteran leg-spinner, posting remarkable figures of 8 for 96 for Baduraliya SC, it was in vain as Bloomfield clinched a 2-wicket victory in their match at Surrey Grounds, Maggona.
Chief scores
* At Katunayake. NCC beat Air Force SC by 4 wickets. Air Force: 153 (Rosko Thattil 63, Lasith Embuldeniya 4/72, Ashian Daniel 5/51 and 218 Kemira Wijenayake 85, Ashian Daniel 7/73).
NCC: 282 (Kamil Mishara 120*, Moving Subasinghe 4/68, and 90 for 6 wickets Lahiru Udara 46, Moving Subasinghe 3/65, Madushanka Premaratne 3/65, Madushanka Premaratne 3/14).
* At Maggona Surrey Grounds. Bloomfield beat Baduraliya SC by 22 runs. Bloomfield: 120 (Parvez Rasool 6/43,Chanaka Komasaru 3/66 and 240 all out Nipun Karunanayake 70, Lahiru Madushanka 56,Chanaka Komasaru 8/96). Baduraliya SC 122 (Maduranga Soyza 46,Sahan Nanayakkara 6/51,and 216 all out Ayana Siriwardena 60, Parvez Rasool 71,Sahan Nanayakkara 5/73)
* At Katunayake. Tamil Union beat Ace Capital CC by 148 runs.
Tamil Union: 124 (Dhananjaya de Silva 55,Wanuja Sahan 6/46,Roshan Jayatissa 4/58and 251 all out Dhananjaya de Silva 87,Roshan Jayatissa 5/96,Wanuja Sahan 3/90). Ace Capital CC: 112 (Shiran Fernando 4/29,and 115 all out Kavindu Amantha34,Ravindu Fernando 6/26)
* At P.Sara Oval grounds. CCC beat Ragama CC by 5 wickets. Ragama CC: 194 (Nishan Madushka 101,Janith Liyanage 47,Asitha Fernando 3/42,Ashan Priyanjan 5/45 and 171 all out Santhush Gunatilleka 80,Daminda Fernando 35,Sonal Dinusha 6/36). CCC: 262 (Kamindu Mendis 89,Anjala Bandara 50,Sashika Dulshan 5/51 and 104 for 5 wickets Ashan Priyanjan 32*, Sashika Dulshan 4/52)
* At BRC grounds. Panadura SC beat BRC by 2 wickets. BRC 369 Dushan Hemantha 102, Dulash Udayanga 51, Rajeewa Weerasinghe 6/95, and 133 all out Dushan Hemantha 75, Rajeewa Weerasinghe 6/69, Nimesh Vimukthi 3/43). Panadura SC: 217 (Roshan Wijenayake 55,Indika de Saram 35 and 286 for 8 wickets Saranga Rajaguru 58,Indika de Saram 62,Raminda Winesooriya 75,Mohammed Shiraz 3/63,Umeshka Morais 3/75)
* At Moors grounds. Moors SC: 154 and 232 and Police SC: 265 and 63 for 7 wickets (match drawn).
* At Moratuwa. Match drawn. Sebastianites: 342 for 8 declared and Chilaw Marians CC: 223 for 4 wickets.
* At Galle. match drawn. Galle CC: 408 and Army SC: 364 for 7 wickets.
* At SSC grounds. match drawn. SSC: 454 for 9 wickets and 285 for 5 declared, Kandy Customs CC: 312 and 304 for 5 wickets at close.
* At Colts grounds. match drawn. Negambo CC: 147 and 261 for 8 wickets declared, Colts CC: 220 and 79 for 9 wickets at close.
Dhammika Ratnaweera