Kamil Mishara’s innings of 145 scripted NCC’s win
Charuka Pramod bowled Police SC to
victory with 4/42
Kamil Mishara struck a thundering century – 145 off 72 balls (11 fours, 11 sixes) to celebrate his Test call and help NCC beat Bloomfield by 46 runs (DLS method) in a rain-affected Major Club T20 match played at the Colts grounds yesterday.
Mishara heard about his inclusion into the second Test squad only a few hours before the match and he celebrated in style as NCC rattled off an imposing 225-1. With Chamika Karunaratne (36* off 25 balls), Mishara put on an unbroken stand of 146 off 69 balls. Bloomfield chasing a revised target of 139 in 11 overs managed just 92-7. Seamers Chamika Gunasekara (3/13) and Chamika Karunaratne (2/13) and the off-breaks of Sahan Arachchige (2/15) restricted Bloomfield. The win saw NCC go to the top of Group B table with two wins.
SSC also joined their Maitland Place rivals at the top with a commanding 86-run win against Badureliya CC at the P Sara Oval. Skipper Nuwanidu Fernando top scored for SSC with 44 in their total of 174-8. Badureliya CC in reply were shot out for 88. Two left-arm spinners were among the wickets with Dunith Wellalage taking 3/9 for SSC and Malinda Pushpakumara 3/26 for Badureliya CC.
Tamil Union maintained their 100 percent record in Group A with their third successive win beating Moors SC by one wicket of the last ball to provide a nail-biting finish at Colts grounds. Moors SC batting first totaled 181-6 with Janishka Perera contributing 57 off 41 balls (6 fours). Tamil Union had their target revised to 156 off 16 overs. When they lost their ninth wicket at 134 in the 15th over, Moors SC seemed to have the game under their control. But Tamil Union’s last pair Vihas Thewmika (7*) and Vijayakanth Viyaskanth (16*) put on a plucky performance to see their team home scoring taking 16 runs off the final over.
Defending champions CCC secured an easy seven-wicket win against BRC at NCC grounds. BRC were restricted to 110-8 by left-arm spinner Inuka Karannagoda (3/12). CCC knocked the required runs off in 11.1 overs with Lasith Croospulle setting the pace with 24-ball 45 (7 fours, 1 six).
Runner-up Panadura SC were also victorious defeating Colts by 82 runs at the same venue. Half-centuries from Dilshan Munaweera (64 off 42 balls, 7 fours, 3 sixes) and Shalith Fernando (64 off 40 balls, 3 fours, 4 sixes) saw Panadura SC reach 197-4. Colts were bundled out for 115 by a fine all-round bowling performance. Hiran Jayasundara and Dhananjaya Lakshan scored 43 apiece to take Colts to 90-2 before they collapsed losing the remaining eight wickets for 25 runs.
Police SC registered their second win in as many matches defeating Kurunegala YCC by 31 runs at the P Sara Oval. Police SC hit up an impressive 207-3 with their top three batters making substantial contributions. Tillakaratne Sampath scored 77 off 45 balls (5 fours, 7 sixes), Chaturanga Jayathilake 44 off 39 and skipper Bhanuka Rajapaksa – 69 off 33 balls (4 fours, 6 sixes). Kurunegala YCC could make no headway being dismissed for 176 with an over left. Lakvin Abeysinghe (62 off 44 balls, 8 fours, 1 six) was the only batsman to make any impression against the right and left-arm seam of Charuka Pramod (4/42) and Nipun Premaratne (3/22). (ST)