Sri Lanka Premier Limited Over Tournament, 2012/13 – December 13, 2012 – Group B Round-up [Part 1]
Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club defeats Galle Cricket Club by 7 runs
at the Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club Ground, Colombo
A concentrated bowling performance from the Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club proved the team’s main strength, with all 6 bowlers in the attack picking up at least one wicket, while http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Eldeniya-Meda-Gedara-Dilshan-Yasika-Munaweera-c55846, Tharanga Lakshitha, and Rasmi
Jinan all claimed 2 scalps each. Combined, they managed to cut the Galle Cricket Club off at 165, all out.
Earlier, the Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club’s batsmen had posted a total of 172 runs before they were all out. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ahangama-Baduge-Tharanga-Lakshitha-c42297 (30) had resisted the efforts of Rajith Priyan (9-0-25-3) and Kaushalya
Gajasinghe (8-1-37-2) to lead the team up to a score which the Galle CC were ultimately unable to chase down.
Ragama Cricket Club beats Sinhalese Sports Club by 4 runs at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
The Ragama Cricket Club’s bowling attack earned the team a narrow 4-run victory after cutting the Sinhalese Sports Club off at 217 as they attempted to chase 222. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kaushalya-Weeraratne-c70497 (10-2-39-3) led the attack, and was assisted in his efforts by Lahiru
Jayaratne (7-0-31-2), and Dhananjaya de Silva (9-1-46-2). The Sinhalese SC’s skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SHT-Kandamby-c2522 top-scored for the team with 60, and was the only batsman who managed to put up a fight, while the rest failed to capitalise on their starts.
Earlier, the team’s batsmen had worked hard to rack up a decent total, despite the assaults of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gerald-Ian-Daniel-c59852 (52) chipped
in with a supporting performance, and the Ragama CC registered a final total of 221, which they just managed to defend at the end.
Lankan Cricket Club wins by 5 wickets against Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club
at the Navy Ground, Welisara
The Lankan Cricket Club succeeded in chasing down the 213-run target set for them by the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pestheruweliyanralalage-Dihlan-Mario-Anthony-Cooray-c81477 (56*), and Deshan Dias (39*) led the chase, and their efforts
eventually nullified the damage done by Dulanjana Mendis (10-0-41-4).
Earlier, the Lankan CC’s Ruwan Sampath (10-0-30-4) and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Watta-Waduge-Pubudu-Taraka-c96327 (7-0-40-3) had led the bowling attack against the Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club batsmen, and allowed only two players to exceed single figures. Yohan Kumara had been dismissed on 73, but Duleeka
Thissakuttige had carried on until the end, remaining unbeaten on 91. However, his efforts eventually went in vain.
Continued in Part 2 ...
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