Miscellaneous News And Scores From Sri Lanka (17 Dec 1995)

Sri Lanka team stay in Adelaide

By Dinesh Weerawansa

Sri Lanka team which beat the west Indies by four wickets to start their World Series Cup campaign in style,will remain in Adelaide till Monday before moving on to Sydney. Arjuna Ranatunga and his men will witness Sunday`s second match between the West Indies and Australia at the Adelaide Oval before travelling to Sydney on Monday (18) to prepare for their next three-nation tournament match against Australia to be played on Thursday.

Veal`s Park in 60-run win

By our Badulla Sports Cor

A fine spell of 5 for 18 by Mohammed Niyas enabled Veal`s Park Sports Club to beat Old Uvites Sports Club by 60 runs in their Division III Badulla District league cricket encounter played on Sunday at the Badulla Cricket grounds.

Batting first Veal`s Park SC were 182 for 9 in 42 overs. Kelum Punchihewa captured 6 wickets for 32 runs and Old Uvites were bundled out for 122 in 30.3 overs by M. Niyas. T. Hettiarachchie top scored with 29 runs for Uvites.

Veal`s Park SC 182 (M. Shiran 15, M. B. Dinesh 18, M. Niyas 12, M. Farouk 16, M. Harisdeen 15 n.o., M. Sahiran 20, A. M. M. Uvais 22, Kelum Punchihewa 6 for 32).

Old Uvites SC 122 (Asitha 10, T. Hettiarachchie 29, T. Razikeen 17, Kelum Punchihewa 12, M. Niyas 5 for 18, M. Haniffa 2 for 26, M. Harisdeen 2 for 11).

A fine knock of 124 not out by former Pakistan Test cricketer Aftab Balooch helped the visiting Karachi Airport Gymkhana Club to defeat Old Trinitians Sports Club by two wickets in a limited over cricket match played at Katugastota yesterday.

Old Trinitians SC 241 for 5 in 40 overs (R. de Raffayal 35, G. Jayasuriya 34, Mervin Perera 64, C. P. P. Raj Retd Hurt 15, Bernard Perera 74 not out, P. Amerasinghe 15 not out, N. Ahamed 2 for 24).

Pakistan Karachi Airport Gymkhana Club 260 for 8 in 39.3 overs (R. Ali 11, N. Ahamed 15, S. Sabahudeen 23, Aftab Balooch 124 not out, M. Nadheem 12, S. Jalaluddin 52, J. Weerasekera 2 for 45, M. Perera 2 for 49).

Nihal Soysa 170

Nihal Soysa hit a superb 170 with 11 fours to help Police to amass 351 against Moratuwa SC in the Segment ``A`` Coca-Cola Sara Trophy division one cricket match played at Police Park yesterday.

Moratuwa SC dismissed for 124 on Friday were 77 for 3 at close.

Moratuwa SC 124 and 77 for 3 (U. Abeywardena 17, S. Soysa 29 not out, M. Narayana 22, Nihal Soysa 2 for 21).

Police 119 for 4 overnight 351 all out (S. Gunaratne 44, Nihal Soysa 170, D. Goonewardena 14, S. Rajaguru 21, B. Silva 42, M. Kudagodage 41 n.o., S. Perera 7 for 120).

Galle CC -1st innings points

By Asoka Jayakody, Kurunegala Sports Cor

Galle Cricket Club has already taken first innings points in their Coca-Cola division one segment `B` cricket tournament match at the Welegedera Stadium.

Galle CC made 244 and 69 for 2 wickets, while Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club made 116.

Galle CC 221/8 wkts overnight 244 all out (N. Shiroman 39, D. Wickremasinghe 26, S. A. Faumy 44, Asoka de Silva 55, Malaka de Silva 18 not out, Vinod Samarawickrema 5 for 47, R. Amunugama 3 for 39, Ajit Ekanayake 2 for 56) and 69 for 2 wkts at close (Saman Fonseka 24 not out, Nuwan Shiroman 22, M. U. Bandara 2 for 28).

KYCC 116 (Ajit Balalla 26, J. C. Gamage 3 for 30, S. M. Faumy 3 for 44, Asoka de Silva 3 for 13).

Sussex under-20 161 and 12 for no wkt.

Southern Province Combined XI 7 for no wkt 236 for 7 wkts off 90 overs (P. Siriwardena 15, P. I. W. Jayasekera 16, S. Kulatunga 60, J. Nandakumara 83, L. S. Suwandaratne 24, P. Smith 2 for 33, J. Palmer 2 for 52).

CCC on top

CCC have already obtained first innings points from Singha SC in a tall scoring game in the Coca-Cola Division I cricket tournament for the Saravanamuttu Trophy at Maitland Crescent yesterday. Singha made 266 on Friday and CCC in turn were 318 for 7 at stumps yesterday.

The highlights yesterday were the three half centuries made by CCC`s Chaminda Handunettige (54 with seven boundaries), Ashley de Silva (52 with six fours) and Asanga Seneviratne (73 with 11 fours and a six in 124 minutes), who continues his good form with the bat.

Handunettige and De Silva put on 110 runs for the first wicket, while Varuna Waragoda (48) and Seneviratne made 120 runs for the fourth wicket.

Singha SC: 266 in 94 overs (Janaka Kumudu 45, S. Jayantha 34, T. Sampath 19, Anura de Silva 19, Gayan Silva not out 74, P. Chandana 25, Wendell Labrooy 3 for 47, Mario Villavarayan 3 for 61, Lalith Sagara 2 for 43).

CCC: 318 for 7 at close (Chaminda Handunettige 54, Ashley de Silva 52, Asanga Perera 18, Varuna Waragoda 48, Asanga Seneviratne 73, Jerome Jayaratne 11, Lalith Sagara 11, Wendell Labrooy 22, Nishan Danasinghe 2 for 58, Nuwan Pushpakumara 3 for 64). (L.G.)

Panadura ahead

By Kapila Somaratne,Panadura Group cor.

S. H. U. Karnain top scored with 73 (8 fours) to help Moors SC to total 213 in reply to Panadura SC 316 in their Segment `A` match in the Coca-Cola Sara Trophy division one played at Panadura Esplanade yesterday.

Panadura SC who obtained first innings points were 17 for no loss at close of play.

Panadura: 316 and 17 for no loss.

Moors SC: 213 (S. H. U. Karnain 73, S. A. de Silva 48, N. de Silva 47, R. Abeygunasekera 25, S. D. Anurasiri 4 for 79, S. Kumara 4 for 41, K. Silva 2 for 9).

BRC set for innings win

U. Hettiarachchi scored a well compiled 84 and C. Perera hit a fine 79 and shared 147 runs stand for the 3rd wicket to put BRC in a strong position and poised for an outright win against Nomads in their Segment `B` match of the Coca-Cola Sara Trophy tournment played at Havelock Park yesterday.

Nomads: 142 and 132 for 5 (D. Balasuriya 46, H. Tillekeratne 37, C. de Silva 22, A. Ranaweera 3 for 29).

BRC: 170 for 2 overnight 372 all out (U. Hettiarachchi 84, C. Perera 79, I. Ramachandra 37, A. Ranaweera 25, T. Gajaweera 30, D. Basnayake 2 for 33, S. Wickremarachchi 4 for 79). TF25

Kandy CC set for outright win

Consistent batting by Kandy Cricket Club`s middle order batsmen helped them to total 333 and gain first innings points over Negombo Cricket Club in their Coca-Cola Cricket Tournament Division I Segment `B` match played at the Asgiriya Stadium yesterday.

The match will be continued today at 9.45 a.m.

Krishan Gunawardena 57 with 4 fours and skipper Upali Kodituwakku 68 with 9 fours batted well for the Kandy team who look set for their fourth outright win.

Negombo CC 162 and 79 for 2 in 26 overs (S. Weerakoon 21 not out, B. Rajapakse 50 not out).

Kandy CC 97 for 3 contd 333 all out in 114.3 overs (D. Ariyaratne 43, M. Rifass 45, I. Beddegama 44, K. Gunawardene 57, D. Arnolda 27, U. Kodituwakku 68, C. Kodikara 10, R. Dole 2 for 54, S. Samaratunga 3 for 41, N. Samarawickrema 3 for 94).

Royal 230/8 dec

Thurstan were 96 for 4 in reply to Royal`s first innings total of 230 for 6 declared on the first day of their inter-school cricket encounter at Reid Avenue yesterday.

Janaka Gajanayake (52) with 5 fours and Kavinda Nanayakkara (57) with 5 boundaries were the chief run getters for Royal.

Hemantha Boteju who had a successful division one season for Bloomfield top scored for Thurstan with 50 with 6 fours and a six.

The match will be continued today at 9.45 am.

Royal 230 for 6 declared off 63 overs (Janaka Gajanayake 52, Anoushka Polonowita 26, Kavinda Nanayakkara 57, Malindra Ratnayake 24, Hemantha Boteju 3 for 46, Danushka Kumara 2 for 23).

Thurstan 96 for 4 off 32 overs at stumps (Hemantha Boteju 50, Chamara Liyanage 26, Anuka Samarakkody 3 for 19).

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