Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sithara Gimhan	c Karunanayake b Pussegolla	46	74	-	4	2	62.16
Manoj Sarathchandra †	lbw b de Silva	57	62	-	7	1	91.93
Tharanga Paranavitana	b Pussegolla	60	139	-	4	0	43.16
Jeevan Mendis	c Nanayakkara b Pussegolla	24	24	-	4	1	100.00
Kithuruwan Vithanage (c)	c Jayawardena b de Silva	49	100	-	6	0	49.00
Dinuk Wikramanayaka	not out	49	63	-	4	2	77.77
Pulina Tharanga	c Jayakody b de Silva	1	7	-	0	0	14.28
Ramith Rambukwella	b de Silva	3	19	-	0	0	15.78
Chamika Karunaratne	run out (Akram)	7	10	-	1	0	70.00
Charith Jayampathi	lbw b Pussegolla	0	1	-	0	0	0.00
Lahiru Samarakoon	c Jayakody b Pussegolla	12	26	-	1	0	46.15
Extras	(lb 3, w 3)	6
Total	87.3 Ov (RR: 3.58)	314
Fall of wickets: 1-101 (Sithara Gimhan, 21.5 ov), 2-109 (Manoj Sarathchandra, 24.5 ov), 3-147 (Jeevan Mendis, 33.1 ov), 4-242 (Kithuruwan Vithanage, 64.6 ov), 5-242 (Tharanga Paranavitana, 67.3 ov), 6-251 (Pulina Tharanga, 70.2 ov), 7-274 (Ramith Rambukwella, 76.5 ov), 8-284 (Chamika Karunaratne, 78.6 ov), 9-284 (Charith Jayampathi, 79.1 ov), 10-314 (Lahiru Samarakoon, 87.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Imran Khan	16	0	62	0	3.87	64	7	1	2	0
Vinodh Perera	17	1	63	0	3.70	-	-	-	1	0
Shashrika Pussegolla	31.3	6	102	5	3.23	136	7	3	0	0
21.5 to S Gimhan, . 101/1 33.1 to BMAJ Mendis, . 147/3 67.3 to NT Paranavitana, . 242/5 79.1 to WMC Jayampathi, . 284/9 87.3 to SMLD Samarakoon, . 314/10
Malith de Silva	16	1	66	4	4.12	61	6	2	0	0
24.5 to DM Sarathchandra, . 109/2 64.6 to KDK Vithanage, . 242/4 70.2 to DHAP Tharanga, . 251/6 76.5 to RLB Rambukwella, . 274/7
Mohammed Akram	7	2	18	0	2.57	30	2	0	0	0

Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nisal Francisco	c Tharanga b Rambukwella	45	70	-	7	0	64.28
Mohammed Akram	c Gimhan b Jayampathi	1	5	-	0	0	20.00
Lahiru Jayakody	c Vithanage b Jayampathi	2	15	-	0	0	13.33
Nipun Karunanayake (c)	c Wickramanayaka b Samarakoon	4	5	-	0	0	80.00
Shashrika Pussegolla	c Wickramanayaka b Rambukwella	24	44	-	2	1	54.54
Adeesha Nanayakkara	run out (Gimhan)	13	21	-	2	0	61.90
Thiran Dhanapala †	c †Sarathchandra b Mendis	0	9	-	0	0	0.00
Sachin Jayawardena	c †Sarathchandra b Rambukwella	0	2	-	0	0	0.00
Vinodh Perera	c Wickramanayaka b Rambukwella	0	4	-	0	0	0.00
Imran Khan	not out	15	30	-	2	0	50.00
Malith de Silva	lbw b Mendis	4	26	-	1	0	15.38
Extras	(nb 7)	7
Total	37.2 Ov (RR: 3.08)	115
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Mohammed Akram, 2.1 ov), 2-7 ( Lahiru Jayakody, 4.6 ov), 3-25 (Nipun Karunanayake, 9.2 ov), 4-79 (Nisal Francisco, 20.6 ov), 5-82 (Shashrika Pussegolla, 22.5 ov), 6-89 (Thiran Dhanapala, 25.5 ov), 7-90 (Sachin Jayawardena, 26.2 ov), 8-90 (Vinodh Perera, 26.6 ov), 9-95 (Adeesha Nanayakkara, 29.5 ov), 10-115 (Malith de Silva, 37.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Charith Jayampathi	5	1	12	2	2.40	25	1	0	0	2
2.1 to MNM Akram, . 1/1 4.6 to JALH Jayakody, . 7/2
Lahiru Samarakoon	6	1	18	1	3.00	29	2	0	0	1
9.2 to KPNM Karunanayake, . 25/3
Chamika Karunaratne	3	0	28	0	9.33	10	5	0	0	4
Ramith Rambukwella	13	0	38	4	2.92	60	4	1	0	0
20.6 to N Francisco, . 79/4 22.5 to PGCSP Pussegolla, . 82/5 26.2 to SMD Jayawardena, . 90/7
Jeevan Mendis	10.2	2	19	2	1.83	52	2	0	0	0
25.5 to TR Dhanapala, . 89/6 37.2 to KMM de Silva, . 115/10

Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sithara Gimhan	c Nanayakkara b Perera	8	19	-	0	0	42.10
Dinuk Wikramanayaka	c Perera b de Silva	30	41	-	4	0	73.17
Tharanga Paranavitana	b de Silva	36	36	-	4	1	100.00
Chamika Karunaratne	c Jayakody b Karunanayake	38	17	-	0	5	223.52
Ramith Rambukwella	c †Dhanapala b de Silva	0	2	-	0	0	0.00
Charith Jayampathi	c Karunanayake b de Silva	0	1	-	0	0	0.00
Jeevan Mendis	not out	5	6	-	0	0	83.33
Pulina Tharanga	not out	2	4	-	0	0	50.00
Extras	(w 1)	1
Total	21 Ov (RR: 5.71)	120/6d
Did not bat: Manoj Sarathchandra †, Kithuruwan Vithanage (c), Lahiru Samarakoon
Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Sithara Gimhan, 5.2 ov), 2-63 (Dinuk Wikramanayaka, 13.5 ov), 3-85 (Tharanga Paranavitana, 17.1 ov), 4-85 (Ramith Rambukwella, 17.3 ov), 5-85 (Charith Jayampathi, 17.4 ov), 6-117 (Chamika Karunaratne, 20.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Imran Khan	7	0	38	0	5.42	24	5	0	1	0
Vinodh Perera	6	1	23	1	3.83	-	-	-	0	0
Malith de Silva	4	0	26	4	6.50	14	0	3	0	0
13.5 to D Wickramanayaka, . 63/2 17.1 to NT Paranavitana, . 85/3 17.3 to RLB Rambukwella, . 85/4 17.4 to WMC Jayampathi, . 85/5
Nipun Karunanayake	4	0	33	1	8.25	6	0	3	0	0
20.1 to C Karunaratne, . 117/6

Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club 2nd Innings (T: 320 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mohammed Akram	c †Sarathchandra b Samarakoon	6	58	-	0	0	10.34
Nisal Francisco	c Rambukwella b Karunaratne	34	47	-	6	0	72.34
Lahiru Jayakody	st †Sarathchandra b Tharanga	53	122	-	6	0	43.44
Nipun Karunanayake (c)	st †Sarathchandra b Rambukwella	62	82	-	8	0	75.60
Shashrika Pussegolla	not out	5	48	-	0	0	10.41
Adeesha Nanayakkara	not out	9	23	-	0	1	39.13
Extras	(nb 2, w 1)	3
Total	63 Ov (RR: 2.73)	172/4
Did not bat: Thiran Dhanapala †, Sachin Jayawardena, Malith de Silva, Imran Khan, Vinodh Perera
Fall of wickets: 1-39 (Nisal Francisco, 14.4 ov), 2-53 (Mohammed Akram, 19.6 ov), 3-157 (Nipun Karunanayake, 46.4 ov), 4-161 ( Lahiru Jayakody, 55.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ramith Rambukwella	18	8	40	1	2.22	86	3	1	0	0
46.4 to KPNM Karunanayake, . 157/3
Dinuk Wikramanayaka	2	0	8	0	4.00	9	1	0	0	0
Jeevan Mendis	13	3	39	0	3.00	59	6	0	0	0
Charith Jayampathi	10	3	37	0	3.70	44	5	0	1	1
Chamika Karunaratne	4	2	4	1	1.00	21	0	0	0	0
14.4 to N Francisco, . 39/1
Lahiru Samarakoon	7	0	33	1	4.71	27	5	0	0	1
19.6 to MNM Akram, . 53/2
Pulina Tharanga	9	5	11	1	1.22	45	0	0	0	0
55.3 to JALH Jayakody, . 161/4

Close of Play

Wed, 28 Dec - day 1 - Tamil Union 1st innings 183/3 (Tharanga Paranavitana 41*, Kithuruwan Vithanage 17*, 49.3 ov)

Thu, 29 Dec - day 2 - Bloomfield 1st innings 115

Fri, 30 Dec - day 3 - Bloomfield 2nd innings 172/4 (63 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club Ground, Colombo
Toss	Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club, elected to bat first
Series	Premier League Tournament Tier A
Season	2016/17
Hours of play (local time)	10am start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00
Match days	28,29,30 December 2016 - day (3-day match)
FC debut	Lahiru Samarakoon
Umpires	Ranmore Martinesz Ravindra Kottahachchi
Match Referee	Mahesh Jayasekera
Points	Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club 12.27, Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club 3.84

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Bloomfield Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
RLB Rambukwella	18	8	40	1	2.22
D Wickramanayaka	2	0	8	0	4
BMAJ Mendis	13	3	39	0	3
WMC Jayampathi	10	3	37	0	3.7 (1 nb)
C Karunaratne	4	2	4	1	1
SMLD Samarakoon	7	0	33	1	4.71 (1 nb)
DHAP Tharanga	9	5	11	1	1.22

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