Premier League Tournament :

Malinda, first bowler to complete 50 wickets for the season

by Sajeewa Jayakody

Ports Authority Cricket Club's Malinda Pushpakumara became the first bowler to complete 50 wickets in the Sri Lanka's on-going Premier League Tournament on Saturday.

The 27-year-old left arm spinner, who took the wicket of Badurliya Sports Club's tail-ender Gayan Sirisoma, completed this milestone for the second consecutive year.

Pushpakumara bagged four scalps for 26 as Badurliya SC were bowled out for 211 runs on the second day of their Super Eight match played at the Bloomfield grounds, Colombo.

Super Eight

Ports Authority vs Badurelia SC at Bloomfield

Ports Authority: 367 all out in 80.5 overs (Shanuka Dissanayake 94, Malinda Pushpakumara 74, Mahela Udawatte 70, Isuru Udana 50, Ashan Priyanjan 30, Gayan Sirisoma 7-113).

Badureliya SC: 211 all out in 65.3 overs (Amal Athulathmudali 42, Milinda Siriwardene 37, Gihan Rupasinghe 31, Malinda Pushpakumara 4-26, Isuru Udana 2-24, Madushanka Ekanayake 2-43) and 18-0 in 8 overs (Amal Athulathmudali 10 n.o, Imesh Udayanga 8 n.o).

CCC vs NCC at Panagoda

CCC: 304 all out in 74.1 overs (Chamara Silva 128, Lahiru Abeyratne 54, Roshan Anuruddha 32 n.o, Sohan Boralessa 5-111, Saranga Rajaguru 2-41, Chaminda Vidanapathirana 2-63)

NCC: 351-5 in 91 overs (Jehan Mubarak 161 n.o, Pavan Wickramasinghe 81, Angelo Perera 47, Dulanjana Mendis 3-96, Hasantha Fernando 2-50)

Moors vs Bloomfield at Colts

Moors: 362 all out in 104.4 overs (Chathuranga de Silva 93, Kaushalya Gajasinghe 74, Dilhara Lokuhettige 54, Kosala Kulasekara 38, Janaka Gunaratne 31, Vishwa Fernando 5-94, Lahiru Madushanka 2-45)

Tamil Union vs Army at NCC

Army: 334 all out in 83.4 overs (Shalika Karunanayake 146, Asela Gunaratne 97, Sanjika Ridma 41, Ramith Rambukwella 3-74, Shaminda Eranga 3-90, Nisala Tharaka 2-33, Dinuk Wickramanayake 2-35) and 48-2 in 20.3 overs

Tamil Union: 207 all out in 61.4 overs (Manoj Saratchandra 50, Dinuk Wickramanayake 32, Rumesh Buddhika 31, Roshan Jayatissa 6-54, Ravindra Palliyaguruge 2-46).

Plate Championship

Chilaw Marians vs Air Force at Katunayake

Air Force: 112 all out in 45.5 overs (Yasodha Lanka 37, Lahiru Gamage 5-25, Saliya Samantha 3-26, Nimesh Perera 2-14)

Chilaw Marians: 134-9 in 44 overs (Akila Isanka 4-21, Asiri Karunaratne 3-44, Buddhika Sandaruwan 2-30)

Ragama CC vs Saracens at CCC

Ragama CC: 297-2 in 81 overs (Udara Jayasundara 153 n.o, Nilushan Nonis 94).

SSC vs Colts at Dambulla

SSC: 10-1 in 8 overs