Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club v Nondescripts Cricket Club – Premier Limited Over Tournament, 2012/13 (Group A) – Match Update – Nondescripts CC triumphs by 84 runs
A massive century from opening batsman Niroshan Dickwella set the Nondescripts Cricket Club up for a comfortable 84-run win over the Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club, in their rain-affected Group A match in the ongoing Premier Limited Over Tournament,
played on December 27 at the P Sara Oval in Colombo.
The Tamil Union CAC won the toss and elected to field first, but while http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ranasinghe-Arachchige-Suranga-Lakmal-c83928 (10-0-52-2) and Sachithra Serasinghe (10-0-38-2) chipped in with decent performances, the team’s bowlers were unable to stop Niroshan Dickwella in time.
Dickwella opened for his team and smashed a confident 140. While he was unable to receive help from his fellow top-order batsmen – skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MF-Maharoof-c1944 (11) – both of whom were dismissed early by Serasinghe, number four batsman
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CK-Kapugedera-c1269 (59) put in a solid performance, and joined Dickwella for a 148-run partnership for the third wicket.
Their combined efforts got the team total from 25 to 173 by the 34th over, after which Kapugedera succumbed to the assaults of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Angelo-Kanishka-Perera-c44682 (16) followed soon after, bowled by Lakmal, and Madushanka Ekanayake finally succeeded
in dislodging Dickwella by trapping him lbw in the 45th over.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Don-Ramesh-George-Subasinghe-c54341 (0) were all insipid, and by the end of 50 overs, with 9 wickets
down, and Sohan Boralessa (4*) and Dushmantha Chameera (3*) at the crease, the team posted a final total of 286.
The Tamil Union CAC failed to compensate during their turn at bat, and Lahiru Madushanka (5-0-16-3) and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mahela-Lakmal-Udawatte-c73806 (42) was the only one who managed
to put up a competitive performance, while the rest failed to apply themselves at the crease.
The wickets fell swiftly as TM Sampath (17) was trapped lbw by Boralessa, while Madushanka took care of Kithuruwan Vithanage (17) and Udawatte. Skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Muthukumarana-Landage-Rumesh-Buddika-c78139 (3), and Denuwan Rajakaruna (1) all made swift exits, and the
team had only managed to work their way up to 116 when the match was interrupted by rain. As per D/L calculations, the target would have been 201 runs from 28.2 overs, and the Nondescripts CC claimed an 84-run win.
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