Colts Cricket Club v Badureliya Sports Club – Premier Limited Over Tournament, 2012/13 (Group A) – Match Update – Colts CC claim massive 8-wicket win
Timely half-tons from Shehan Fernando and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harsha-Eranga-Vithana-c61939 led the Colts Cricket Club to a comprehensive 8-wicket win over the Badureliya Sports Club, in their Group A match during the ongoing Premier Limited Over Tournament, played on December 11 at the Colts
Cricket Club Ground in Colombo.
Badureliya SC won the toss and chose to bat first, but the team remained out of sorts throughout the match, with the Colts’ Akila Dananjaya (10-1-31-4) and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/H-Ishan-Anjana-Jayaratne-c61103 (8-1-34-3) teaming up to apply steady pressure on the opposition’s batsmen. Chathuranga
Kumara and Kanishka Alvitigala, meanwhile, chipped in with one scalp each.
A total of four batsmen from Badureliya SC’s batting line-up were able to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adrian-Roger-Kirshaw-Pierson-c42135 it out at the crease long enough to register double-digit scores, while the rest failed to step up to the challenge.
Skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Maparalalage-Damith-Gunaratne-Mapa-Bandara-c74329 contributed
just 9, while http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Panagamuwa-Lihiru-Sampath-Gamage-c80675 failed to score any runs at all.
Tail-enders http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alankara-Asanka-Sriyan-Silva-c42834 (4) and Rohan Laksiri (6) were dismissed by Dananjaya before they could work their way up to solid scores, and by the 42nd over, Badureliya SC were all out, at a dismal final total of 135.
The Colts CC breezed through the chase, and managed to complete it successfully within 29 overs, losing just 2 wickets in the process. Meanwhile, Badureliya SC’s bowlers remained lacklustre, and failed to defend their team’s total.
The opening partnership between batsmen http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pithigala-Arachchi-Saliya-Saman-Jeewantha-c82310. However, Fernando powered on, and established a massive 101-run second wicket stand
with Harsha Vithana (60*).
Their combined efforts got the Colts CC up to 128, after which Fernando was finally dislodged by Rohan Laksiri. However, Vithana and wicketkeeper batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mathurage-Don-Kushal-Janith-Perera-c75082 (5*) got the team home safe, enabling them to reach 141 with 8 wickets and 130
deliveries remaining.
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