Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tillakaratne Sampath	b Mendis	80	103	-	8	3	77.66
Damitha Hunukumbura	b de Silva	10	39	-	1	0	25.64
Nisal Randika	run out (Tharanga)	79	101	-	9	2	78.21
Rumesh Buddika	c de Silva b Tharanga	54	80	-	6	1	67.50
Chamara Silva	b Mendis	57	71	-	8	0	80.28
Harsha Vithana	c Paranavitana b Mendis	2	8	-	0	0	25.00
Navindu Vithanage †	st †Sarathchandra b Mendis	0	7	-	0	0	0.00
Suraj Randiv (c)	c Vithanage b Tharanga	0	8	-	0	0	0.00
Charitha Buddhika	c Paranavitana b de Silva	7	40	-	0	0	17.50
Madura Lakmal	c Paranavitana b de Silva	34	53	-	3	2	64.15
Gayan Sirisoma	not out	1	20	-	0	0	5.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 9, nb 5)	19
Total	87.3 Ov (RR: 3.92)	343
Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Damitha Hunukumbura, 11.3 ov), 2-183 (Nisal Randika, 39.3 ov), 3-184 (Tillakaratne Sampath, 41.1 ov), 4-295 (Chamara Silva, 64.2 ov), 5-297 (Rumesh Buddika, 65.3 ov), 6-298 (Navindu Vithanage, 66.5 ov), 7-299 (Harsha Vithana, 68.2 ov), 8-299 (Suraj Randiv, 69.2 ov), 9-322 (Charitha Buddhika, 81.1 ov), 10-343 (Madura Lakmal, 87.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Suranga Lakmal	16	4	48	0	3.00	73	6	1	0	0
Shaminda Eranga	19	2	76	0	4.00	80	5	4	0	2
Pramod Madushan	7	0	34	0	4.85	28	5	0	0	2
Dhananjaya de Silva	7.3	3	20	3	2.66	36	2	1	0	0
11.3 to DN Hunukumbura, . 21/1 81.1 to TCB Fernando, . 322/9 87.3 to AML Perera, . 343/10
Ramith Rambukwella	9	0	45	0	5.00	35	7	0	0	1
Jeevan Mendis	21	5	74	4	3.52	83	6	1	0	0
41.1 to TN Sampath, . 184/3 64.2 to LPC Silva, . 295/4 66.5 to KVN Nirmal, . 298/6 68.2 to HE Vithana, . 299/7
Pulina Tharanga	8	2	32	2	4.00	34	4	1	0	0
65.3 to MLR Buddika, . 297/5 69.2 to S Randiv, . 299/8

Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sithara Gimhan	c Vithana b Randiv	35	46	-	5	1	76.08
Dhananjaya de Silva	c Sampath b Sirisoma	33	58	-	3	1	56.89
Tharanga Paranavitana	c Sampath b Sirisoma	7	23	-	0	0	30.43
Kithuruwan Vithanage	lbw b Randiv	2	7	-	0	0	28.57
Pulina Tharanga	st †Nirmal b Randiv	0	6	-	0	0	0.00
Jeevan Mendis	b Buddika	82	79	-	4	8	103.79
Manoj Sarathchandra †	c & b Randiv	2	13	-	0	0	15.38
Ramith Rambukwella	c Fernando b Randiv	0	3	-	0	0	0.00
Shaminda Eranga	c Silva b Randiv	3	11	-	0	0	27.27
Pramod Madushan	not out	17	49	-	3	0	34.69
Suranga Lakmal (c)	c Sampath b Perera	5	12	-	1	0	41.66
Extras	(b 4, w 1)	5
Total	51.1 Ov (RR: 3.73)	191
Fall of wickets: 1-68 (Sithara Gimhan, 16.4 ov), 2-70 (Dhananjaya de Silva, 19.1 ov), 3-73 (Kithuruwan Vithanage, 20.3 ov), 4-75 (Pulina Tharanga, 22.3 ov), 5-79 (Tharanga Paranavitana, 23.6 ov), 6-92 (Manoj Sarathchandra, 28.4 ov), 7-100 (Ramith Rambukwella, 30.1 ov), 8-124 (Shaminda Eranga, 34.2 ov), 9-184 (Jeevan Mendis, 46.5 ov), 10-191 (Suranga Lakmal, 51.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Charitha Buddhika	6	2	13	0	2.16	31	2	0	0	0
Gayan Sirisoma	16	5	45	2	2.81	78	3	3	0	0
19.1 to DM de Silva, . 70/2 23.6 to NT Paranavitana, . 79/5
Tillakaratne Sampath	3	1	22	0	7.33	13	2	2	0	0
Suraj Randiv	21	3	70	6	3.33	93	3	4	0	0
16.4 to S Gimhan, . 68/1 20.3 to KDK Vithanage, . 73/3 22.3 to DHAP Tharanga, . 75/4 28.4 to DM Sarathchandra, . 92/6 30.1 to RLB Rambukwella, . 100/7 34.2 to RMS Eranga, . 124/8
Madura Lakmal	2.1	0	16	1	7.38	6	3	0	0	0
51.1 to RAS Lakmal, . 191/10
Chamara Silva	1	0	4	0	4.00	5	1	0	0	0
Rumesh Buddika	2	0	17	1	8.50	7	2	1	1	0
46.5 to BMAJ Mendis, . 184/9

Galle Cricket Club 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tillakaratne Sampath	lbw b Eranga	2	4	-	0	0	50.00
Damitha Hunukumbura	c Paranavitana b de Silva	11	27	-	1	0	40.74
Nisal Randika	lbw b de Silva	3	8	-	0	0	37.50
Rumesh Buddika	c de Silva b Lakmal	16	37	-	1	0	43.24
Chamara Silva	lbw b Lakmal	8	11	-	1	0	72.72
Harsha Vithana	lbw b Lakmal	13	14	-	2	0	92.85
Madura Lakmal	c Rambukwella b Mendis	6	16	-	1	0	37.50
Navindu Vithanage †	c Mendis b Eranga	14	27	-	2	0	51.85
Suraj Randiv (c)	b Eranga	12	53	-	1	0	22.64
Charitha Buddhika	b Lakmal	28	33	-	2	2	84.84
Gayan Sirisoma	not out	2	6	-	0	0	33.33
Extras	(b 4, lb 2, nb 5)	11
Total	38.3 Ov (RR: 3.27)	126
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Tillakaratne Sampath, 0.4 ov), 2-15 (Nisal Randika, 3.5 ov), 3-23 (Damitha Hunukumbura, 9.5 ov), 4-33 (Chamara Silva, 12.1 ov), 5-58 (Rumesh Buddika, 16.1 ov), 6-65 (Harsha Vithana, 18.4 ov), 7-67 (Madura Lakmal, 19.3 ov), 8-88 (Navindu Vithanage, 28.3 ov), 9-106 (Suraj Randiv, 34.6 ov), 10-126 (Charitha Buddhika, 38.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Shaminda Eranga	13	0	50	3	3.84	55	5	1	0	5
0.4 to TN Sampath, . 2/1 28.3 to KVN Nirmal, . 88/8 34.6 to S Randiv, . 106/9
Dhananjaya de Silva	8	0	28	2	3.50	32	3	0	0	0
3.5 to KGN Randika, . 15/2 9.5 to DN Hunukumbura, . 23/3
Suranga Lakmal	6.3	2	20	4	3.07	27	2	0	0	0
12.1 to LPC Silva, . 33/4 16.1 to MLR Buddika, . 58/5 18.4 to HE Vithana, . 65/6 38.3 to TCB Fernando, . 126/10
Jeevan Mendis	9	2	20	1	2.22	42	1	1	0	0
19.3 to AML Perera, . 67/7
Ramith Rambukwella	2	0	2	0	1.00	10	0	0	0	0

Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club 2nd Innings (T: 279 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sithara Gimhan	c Silva b Randiv	20	47	-	2	0	42.55
Dhananjaya de Silva	c Randika b Randiv	124	131	-	14	3	94.65
Tharanga Paranavitana	not out	67	109	-	5	0	61.46
Manoj Sarathchandra †	c Vithana b Sirisoma	7	15	-	0	0	46.66
Kithuruwan Vithanage	b Sirisoma	0	1	-	0	0	0.00
Pulina Tharanga	not out	46	24	-	5	3	191.66
Extras	(b 12, lb 1, nb 1, w 1)	15
Total	54.2 Ov (RR: 5.13)	279/4
Did not bat: Suranga Lakmal (c), Shaminda Eranga, Pramod Madushan, Jeevan Mendis, Ramith Rambukwella
Fall of wickets: 1-72 (Sithara Gimhan, 14.4 ov), 2-198 (Dhananjaya de Silva, 43.4 ov), 3-219 (Manoj Sarathchandra, 48.1 ov), 4-219 (Kithuruwan Vithanage, 48.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Harsha Vithana	2	0	10	0	5.00	7	1	0	0	0
Madura Lakmal	3	0	11	0	3.66	12	0	0	1	1
Suraj Randiv	24.2	1	123	2	5.05	91	17	2	0	0
14.4 to S Gimhan, . 72/1 43.4 to DM de Silva, . 198/2
Gayan Sirisoma	12	0	74	2	6.16	32	6	3	0	0
48.1 to DM Sarathchandra, . 219/3 48.2 to KDK Vithanage, . 219/4
Rumesh Buddika	6	0	18	0	3.00	25	2	0	0	0
Tillakaratne Sampath	7	0	30	0	4.28	22	0	1	0	0

Close of Play

Thu, 03 Mar - day 1 - Galle CC 1st innings 322/9 (Madura Lakmal 14*, Gayan Sirisoma 0*, 82 ov)

Fri, 04 Mar - day 2 - Galle CC 2nd innings 87/7 (Navindu Vithanage 14*, Suraj Randiv 6*, 28 ov)

Sat, 05 Mar - day 3 - Tamil Union 2nd innings 279/4 (54.2 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Colts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo
Toss	Galle Cricket Club, elected to bat first
Series	AIA Premier League Tournament
Season	2015/16
Series result	Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club won the 2015/16 AIA Premier League Tournament
Hours of play (local time)	10am start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00
Match days	3,4,5 March 2016 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Asanga Jayasooriya Nilan De Silva
Reserve Umpire	Saman Jayamahamudali
Match Referee	Janaka Kumudu
Points	Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club 16.35, Galle Cricket Club 3.745

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Tamil Union Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
HE Vithana	2	0	10	0	5
AML Perera	3	0	11	0	3.66 (1 nb)
S Randiv	24.2	1	123	2	5.05
RMGK Sirisoma	12	0	74	2	6.16
MLR Buddika	6	0	18	0	3
TN Sampath	7	0	30	0	4.28

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