- BATSMENRB4s6sSRExtras10 (b 4, lb 5, w 1)TOTAL168 all out (56.1 Overs, RR: 2.99)Fall of wickets: 1-41 (Pathum Dilshan, 12.4 ov), 2-46 (Murtaza Trunkwala, 13.6 ov), 3-88 (Duleeka Thissakuttige, 27.4 ov), 4-97 (Tillakaratne Sampath, 32.2 ov), 5-102 (Rahul Gunasekara, 33.1 ov), 6-153 (Ranitha Liyanarachchi, 47.5 ov), 7-155 (Jeson Perera, 50.4 ov), 8-155 (Chalana de Silva, 50.6 ov), 9-162 (Tharindu Kaushal, 52.4 ov), 10-168 (Lahiru Gamage, 56.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB MVT Fernando 10 2 36 1 3.6 0 0 C Wijesinghe 4 0 13 0 3.25 1 0 SMA Priyanjan 15 3 32 2 2.13 0 0 GS Dinusha 6.1 2 14 3 2.27 0 0 PC de Silva 12 1 38 2 3.16 0 0 PADLR Sandakan 9 0 26 1 2.88 0 0
- BATSMENRB4s6sSRExtras18 (b 9, lb 5, nb 4)TOTAL250 all out (67 Overs, RR: 3.73)Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Lasith Croospulle, 1.4 ov), 2-19 (Nimesha Gunasinghe, 5.3 ov), 3-48 (Minod Bhanuka, 11.1 ov), 4-201 (Ashan Priyanjan, 50.3 ov), 5-212 (Sonal Dinusha, 53.1 ov), 6-212 (Pavan Rathnayake, 54.1 ov), 7-218 (Pawan Pathiraja, 57.1 ov), 8-224 (Chaturanga de Silva, 57.3 ov), 9-229 (Chamindu Wijesinghe, 61.5 ov), 10-250 (Vishwa Fernando, 66.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB PLS Gamage 15 4 37 0 2.46 0 2 AMCD Abeysinghe 7.3 1 32 2 4.26 0 1 C de Silva 22 6 57 4 2.59 0 0 RM Liyanarachchi 3.3 0 27 0 7.71 0 1 PHT Kaushal 4 0 24 0 6 0 0 NR Gunasekera 2 0 11 0 5.5 0 0 TN Sampath 13 1 48 4 3.69 0 0
- BATSMENRB4s6sSRExtras18 (b 11, lb 6, w 1)TOTAL257 all out (63 Overs, RR: 4.07)Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Jeson Perera, 9.1 ov), 1-97* (Pathum Dilshan, retired not out ), 2-158 (Duleeka Thissakuttige, 39.4 ov), 3-163 (Tillakaratne Sampath, 40.4 ov), 4-178 (Rahul Gunasekara, 43.6 ov), 5-179 (Lahiru Gamage, 44.4 ov), 6-195 (Ranitha Liyanarachchi, 47.4 ov), 7-215 (Murtaza Trunkwala, 54.1 ov), 8-216 (Pathum Dilshan, 55.3 ov), 9-251 (Tharindu Kaushal, 61.4 ov), 10-257 (Chalana de Silva, 62.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB PC de Silva 11 2 33 0 3 0 0 MVT Fernando 12 3 32 2 2.66 0 0 C Wijesinghe 3.4 0 10 1 2.72 0 0 SMA Priyanjan 5 1 27 0 5.4 0 0 GS Dinusha 17.2 0 97 3 5.59 0 0 PADLR Sandakan 14 1 41 4 2.92 1 0
- BATSMENRB4s6sSRExtras4 (b 2, lb 1, w 1)TOTAL75/8 (28.3 Overs, RR: 2.63)Did not bat: MVT FernandoFall of wickets: 1-0 (Nimesha Gunasinghe, 0.1 ov), 2-40 (Lasith Croospulle, 8.1 ov), 3-44 (Minod Bhanuka, 9.6 ov), 4-48 (Pavan Rathnayake, 10.5 ov), 5-57 (Pawan Pathiraja, 13.4 ov), 6-57 (Ashan Priyanjan, 14.1 ov), 7-72 (Sonal Dinusha, 24.3 ov), 8-72 (Chaturanga de Silva, 24.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB C de Silva 14 6 26 3 1.85 0 0 PLS Gamage 3 0 15 0 5 1 0 TN Sampath 11.3 2 31 5 2.69 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Colombo Cricket Club , elected to field first
Season
Hours of play (local time)
10am start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00
Match days
30 June, 1,2 July 2023 (3-day match)
Umpires
Match Referee
Points
Colombo Cricket Club 12.625, Nugegoda Sports Welfare Club 4.825
Close of Play
- Fri, 30 Jun - day 1 - Colombo Cricket Club 1st innings 143/3 (P Rathnayake 63*, SMA Priyanjan 38*, 33 ov)
- Sat, 1 Jul - day 2 - Nugegoda Sports Welfare Club 2nd innings 200/6 (MS Trunkwala 105*, PHT Kaushal 5*, 49.1 ov)
- Sun, 2 Jul - day 3 - Colombo Cricket Club 2nd innings 75/8 (28.3 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- MVTP Dilshan (2) retired hurt on 41* from 97/1 to 215/7
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SLC Major League Tournament
| Group A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| SSC | 10 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 109.145 |
| COLT | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 99.89 |
| RAG | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 78 |
| BRC | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 72.46 |
| CCC | 10 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 70.09 |
| NEGO | 10 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 68.54 |
| KCCC | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 59.305 |
| NSWC | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 55.695 |
| PAN | 10 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 48.14 |
| GAL | 10 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 47.29 |
| SLARM | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 39.9 |
| Group B | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| PSC | 10 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 114.245 |
| NCC | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 107.235 |
| ACCC | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 104.28 |
| Tamil | 10 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 85.84 |
| MOORS | 10 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 83.195 |
| BLOOM | 10 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 81.09 |
| BSC | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 66.965 |
| CHLM | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 55.665 |
| KYCC | 10 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 43.25 |
| AFSC | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 40.295 |
| SEB | 10 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 35.955 |
