Ashan Randika with a brilliant knock of 72 runs guided the defending champions Army SC beat Negombo CC by 102 runs on the opening day of the SLC T20 Inter Club Cricket tournament match match which was played at Welisara.
Shehan Weerasinghe and Umegha Chaturanga were the main wreckers capturing 4 and 5 wickets respectively for Army torestrict the Negombo CC team for a paltry 116 runs.
Bloomfield CC playing against Panadura SC recorded a comfortable 10 wicket win. Bloomfield bowlers Kasun Rajitha 2/18, Ramesh Mendis 2/13, Lahiru Fernando 2/12 and Lahiru Samarakoon 2/05 demolished the batting line up of Panadura for the lowest total of 74 yesterday in only 16.4 overs.
Bloomfield reached the target in 8.2 with openers Nipun Karunaratne (47n.o.) and Adeesha Nanayakkara (26 n.o.) scoering well to go past the target .
In a another game played at Panagoda Colts CC recorded the biggest victory when they trounced
Results
Air Force by seven wickets.
Army SC: 218 in 19.5 overs (Ashan Randika 72, Janith Silva 43, Leo Francisco 25, Shehan Weerasinghe 4/33, Umegha Chaturanga 2/39)
Negombo CC: 116 in 16.3 overs (Prasansana Jayamanne 27, Janith Silva 4/22)
* At BRC. NCC won by 16 runs.
NCC: 120/9 in 20 overs (Angelo Perera 46, Ferveez Maharoof 31, Eranga Rathnayake 5/20) *Kalutara TC: 104 in 18.4 overs (Sameera Sandamal 29, Pasindu Madushan 26, Chaturanga de Silva 3/24, Lasith Malinga 2/30, Lahiru Kumara 2/12)
* At Colts. Ragama CC won by 4 wickets.
BRC: 182/6 in 20 overs (Rumesh Buddika 57, T.N. Sampath 46, Pravinath Wijesuriya 25, Ishan Jayarathne 2/29, Janith Liyanage 2/37)
Ragama CC: 186/6 in 19.1 overs (Lahiru Milantha 47, Sameera de Zoysa 45 n.o., Ishan Jayarathne 38 n.o., T.N. Sampath 3/22)
* At Bloomfield. CCC won by 6 wickets.
Saracens SC: 148 in 20 overs (Ruvindu Gunasekara 56, Ashen Bandara 28, Harsha Cooray 19, Sachith Pathirana 2/25, Lakshan Sandakan 2/28)
CCC: 149/4 in 18.4 overs (Dilshan Munaweera 75, Kusal Mendis 21, Andy Solomons 2/22)
* At Panagoda. Colts CC won by 7 wickets.
Colts CC: 198/3 in 20 overs (Avishka Fernando 74, Sadeera Samarawickrame 58, Roscoe Thattil 2/27)
Air Force SC: 141 in 19.4 overs (Udayawansha Parakrama 20, Sachika Udara 20, Prabath Jayasooriya 4/17, Mohommed Ali 2/28)
* At Katunayake. Badureliya CC won by 63 runs.
Badureliya CC: 163/6 in 20 overs (Sanjaya Chaturanga 59 n.o., Dilhan Cooray 49, Shathik Nimalsha 2/40, Nuwan Sampath 2/25)
Navy SC: 100 in 14.5 overs (Nuwan Sampath 32, Buddika Hasaranga 23, Savith Priyan 2/16, Sanjaya Chaturanga 2/17)
* At Welsisara. Bloomfield CC won by 10 wickets.
Panadura SC: 74 in 16.1 overs (Kashif Naved 14, Kasun Rajitha 2/18, Ramesh Mendis 2/13, Lahiru Fernando 2/12, Lahiru Samarakoon 2/05)
Bloomfield CC: 78/0 in 8.2 overs (Nipun Karunanayake 47 n.o., Adeesha Nanayakkara 26 n.o.)
* At BRC: Chilaw Marians CC won by 7 wickets.
Police SC: 121 in 19.4 overs (Srimantha Wijerathne 22, Samith Dushantha 18, Nimesh Vimukthi 18, Shehan Jayasuriya 3/24, Asitha Fernando 3/25)
Chilaw Marians CC: 125/3 in 14.4 overs (Rohit Damodaran 56 n.o., Thikshila de Silva 36, Dhanuka Pathirana 1/25)
* At Bloomfield. Tamil Union won by 3 wickets.
Lankan CC: 135/7 in 20 overs
(Dinushka Malan 35, Chanaka Ruwansiri 30, Geeth Kumara 28, Suranga Lakmal 2/26, Jeewan Mendis 2/23)
Tamil Union: 138/3 in 15.3 overs (Dhananjaya de Silva 42, Kithuruwan Vithanage 27, Navin Kavikara 2/25)
* At Colts. Moors SC won by 3 wickets.
SSC: 137 in 19.1 overs (Dimuth Karunarathna 48, Adeesha Thilanchana 3/17)
* Moors SC: 138/7 in 19.5 overs (Adeesha Thilanchana 45, Thilaksha Sumansiri 26, Sachithra Senanayake 3/10)
Match schedule for today
Bloomfield A & CC vs CCC at Colts
Army SC vs Panadura SC at Colts
Saracens CC vs Negombo CC at Welisara
Tamil Union A & CC vs Air Force SC at Welisara
Colts CC vs Galle CC at Police Park
Ports Authority CC vs Lankan CC at Police park
NCC vs Police SC at Bloomfield
Chilaw Marians CC vs BRC at Bloomfiled
Ragama CC vs Kalutara TC at BRC
SSC vs Baduraliya SC at BRC
Moors SC vs Kurunegala YCC at Panagoda
(YK)