Sri Lankan Domestic News And Scores (20 Dec 1995)

SSC LEAD IN SARA TROPHY STANDINGS

Sinhalese Sports Club takes a close lead in the latest points table of the Sara Trophy div. 1 tournament conducted by the Cricket Board. With just one outright win and four first innings wins in five outings SSC managed to get 56.2 points and occupy the top spot though Galle CC and Sebastianites have two outright wins each. In the second place is Galle CC (53.4 points) followed by Bloomfield (53.2), CCC (45.8) and Sebastianites (45.6).

CRICKET BOARD LIMITED OVER TOURNEY PRE-QUARTERS ON DECEMBER 23

The pre-quarter-finals of the division 1 and 11 fifty overs cricket tournament conducted by the Cricket Board, will be worked off on Saturday (23). The eight `pre-quarters` will be played at CCC grounds, NCC grounds,Colts grounds, Sara Stadium,BRC grounds,Moors grounds, Reid Avenue and at Tyronne Fernando Stadium. The quarter- finals will be worked off at the Sara Stadium, and NCC, CCC and Colts grounds on December 24. The semi-finals are scheduled for December 30 at the NCC and Bloomfield grounds and the final on December 31 at SSC grounds.

KANDY CC TAKE COMMANDING LEAD IN SARA TROPHY SEGMENT `B` POINTS TABLE

Kandy Cricket Club take a close lead in the latest points table of the Sara Trophy division 1 Segment `B` tournament conducted by the Cricket Board. Kandy CC have won four matches outright in five outings to gain a commanding aggregate of 77.2 points. In the second place is Old Cambrians (48.8), followed by Matara SC (45.4) and Kurunegala SC (45.1).

SLSCA TAKE HONOURS IN DRAWN GAME

The Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association President`s XI took major honours in their three-day fixture against the visiting Sussex under-20 side which ended in a draw at the Moratuwa Stadium on Wednesday.

The home side went on to compile 267 for 6 in their second innings while setting the opposition a victory target of 239 runs from 73 overs.

But Sussex collapsed to 164 for 7 with Nimesh Perera claiming five wickets. He finished with a matchbag of 9 wickets.

Earlier Mahela Jayawardena went on to hit a superb 104 that included three sixes and thirteen boundaries.He also added 84 runs for the third wicket with Anoushka Polonowita. Chief Scores: SLSCA Presidents XI: 145 and 267 for 6 decl (M. Jayawardena 104, A. Polonowita 24, P. Hewage 24 n.o C. Jayasinghe 35, W. Samaranayake 21 n.o J. Palmer 3 for 70). Sussex under-20 173 and 164 for 7 (R. Thelvell 14, R. Jenkins 24, J. Chpelin 33, R. Holland 30, J. Palmer 27, J. Batts 11 n.o. N. Perera 5 for 51).

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