Sinhalese Sports Club v Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club – Premier Limited Over Tournament, 2012/13 (Group B) – Match Update – Bloomfield win by 10 runs
In a rain-affected clash at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground in Colombo, the Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club secured a 10-run win over the Sinhalese Sports Club in their Group B game during the ongoing Premier Limited Over Tournament on December 27.
The match commenced with Bloomfield winning the toss and choosing to field first. The team's bowling attack proceeded to put up a decent performance, led by Vishwa Fernando (6.1-4-4-3) and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gangodawila-Appuhamilage-Sanjaya-Kumara-Gangodawila-c58377,
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sayakkara-Kankanamge-Chatura-Randunu-c88968 all chipped in with one wicket each.
The top-order, comprising http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jayan-Kaushal-Silva-c66641 (61) and skipper Thilina
Kandamby (53) managed to get the innings back on track with a massive 117-run partnership for the fourth wicket. Their combined efforts got the team total from 21 to 138 by the 31st over, after which the skipper was sent packing by Munaweera.
Silva followed 6 overs later, sent back to the pavilion by Gangodawila, and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sachithra-Madushanka-Senanayake-c87813 (22), and Dasun Shanaka (18) attempted to keep the innings moving forward with small contributions. However, Lakshitha soon took care
of Lokuarachchi, while Senanayake and Shanaka were snapped up by Indrasiri.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chathupama-Gunasinghe-c50519 (13*) and Amil Prasad (8*) at the crease, the Sinhalese SC finished by posting a final total of 241.
Bloomfield lost two early wickets in top-order batsmen Dilshan Munaweera (1) and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kaluarachchige-Primosh-Asitha-Perera-c70029 (61*) got the team on steady ground. Their unbeaten
partnership of 106 runs had gotten the team up to 124 by the 31st over, when rain put an end to play. As per D/L calculations, the revised target for Bloomfield would have been 115 runs from 31 overs, and with the team at 124 already, the visitors
ended by winning the match by a margin of 10 runs.
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