By Ishani Upatharitha

[caption id="attachment_170154" align="alignleft" width="280"] Chanaka Komasaru[/caption]

Chanaka Komasaru, left-arm leg-spinner, helped record victory for Ace Capital Cricket Club, against Badureliya Cricket Club, with an impressive figures of 6/14 in their first Major Club 50-over Tournament fixture played at Maggona yesterday (27).

Along with Ace Capital, Kalutara TC, Colts CC, Army CC, Chilaw Marians CC, Tamil Union C&AC, Police SC, and CCC won their games on day one of the competition which will go on till 28 November. Notably, amongst the clubs that were beaten yesterday are SSC, who suffered a 15-run loss at the hands of Police under the Duckworth-Lewis Method at NCC grounds, Colombo.

Three matches were called off yesterday due to wet ground conditions.

They were: Kurunegala Youth CC vs. Kandy Customs SC at Welagedara Stadium, Bloomfield vs. Panadura SC at Bloomfield, and Moors SC vs. Lankan CC at Moors.

Yesterday’s results:

* At Maggona, Ace Capital CC beat Badureliya CC by 123 runs:

Ace Capital CC: 243/9 (50) (Umesh Karunarathna 81 n.o., Thanuka Dabare 34, Janak Prakash 34, Sanjika Ridma 31; Buddhika Sanjeewa 3/71, Alankara A. Silva 2/45)

Badureliya CC: 120 (29.1) (Jeevan Mendis 32, Ranesh Perera 31; Chanaka Komasaru 6/14, Janak Prakash 3/20)

* At Dombagoda, Army CC beat Air Force by seven wickets:

Air Force SC: 140/8 (50) (Asantha Singappuli 41 n.o., Dilhan Cooray 35, Movin Subasinghe 28; Gayan Chandraboos 2/23, Heshan Hettiarachchi 2/32)

Army CC: 141/3 (21) (Thisara Perera 60 n.o., Ashan Randika 57; Lasanda Rukmal 2/32)

* At Colts, Colts beat Galle by 17 runs (D/L method):

Colts CC: 226/6 (50) (Sangeeth Cooray 45, Angelo Mathews 45, Jehan Daniel 36, Vishad Randika 28 n.o., Hashan Dumindu 23; Rajith Priyan 2/40)

Galle CC: (target 207 in 47 overs) 189/7 (47) (Dulash Udayanga 36 n.o., Dilshan Kanchana 36, Chanaka Ruwansiri 35, Rajith Priyan 25 n.o.; Kavishka Anjula 4/37)

* At P. Sara Oval, Tamil Union beat Sebastianites by two runs (D/L method):

Sebastianites: 186 (42.5) (Adeesha Nanayakkara 55, Madushan Ravichandrakumar 36, Manoj Sarathchandra 30, Sacha De Alwis 22; Jeffrey Vandersay 3/43, Navod Paranavithana 2/26, Pramod Madushan 2/28)

Tamil Union: (target 147 in 37 overs) 149/4 (37) (Kamesh Nirmal 57, Damith Perera 45, Ravindu Fernando 25 n.o.; Tharindu Ratnayake 2/26)

* At NCC, Police SC beat SSC by 15 runs (D/L method):

SSC: 190/7 (36) (Krishan Sanjula 76, Lahiru Aththanayake 25, Roshen Silva 22, Kavindu Nadeeshan 21 n.o.; Nalin Priyadarshana 2/27)

Police SC: (target 122 in 25.1 overs) 137/4 (25.1) (Maduranga Zoysa 55, Kithuruwan Vithanage 32 n.o., Tilakaratne Sampath 22)

* At CCC, CCC beat BRC by 76 runs:

CCC: 230/7 (47) (Sonal Dinusha 93 n.o., Pawan Rathnayake 53, Chamindu Wijesingha 22, Ron Chandraguptha 20; Malindu Shehan 2/26, Thilina Thushara 2/62)

BRC: 154 (38.2) (Shasheen Fernando 35, Raminda Wijesooriya 28, Dan Mousley 20; Sandun Mendis 2/16, Chamindu Wijesinghe 2/18, Lahiru Gamage 2/25, Malinda Pushpakumara 2/30)

* At Welisara, Kalutara Town Club beat Navy SC by two wickets:

Navy SC: 160 (42.4) (Madura Madusanka 36 n.o., Anuk Fernando 33, Aravinda Akurugoda 24, Shalith Fernando 20; Shenal De Silva 5/41, Asanka Manoj 3/23)

Kalutara TC:  164/8 (41.2) (Inshaka Siriwardena 31 n.o., Vishara Fernando 28, Shenal De Silva 28, Ruchira Munasinghe 20; Anuk Fernando 3/38, Aravinda Akurugoda 2/23)

* At MCG - Katunayake, Chilaw Marians beat Saracens by 149 runs:

Chilaw Marians CC: 289/8 (50) (Romesh Buddika 54, Jay Pandey 39, Ameer Zeeshan 39, Vishwa Chathuranga 30, Charuka Tharindu 29 n.o., Thikshila De Silva 28, Kasun Vidura 20; Praveen Sandamal 2/28, Sandun Mendis 2/49, Mohomed Dilshad 2/55)

Saracens SC: 140 (43.1) (Nipun Karunanayaka 28, Praveen Sandamal 27, Pasindu Ishan 23; Dasun Senevirathna 2/13, Sheshan Silva 2/20, Thikshila De Silva 2/30).

Sri Lanka Cricket Major Club 50-over Tournament 2021/22
Group ‘A’	Group ‘B’
NCC	Ragama CC
Army SC	Badureliya CC
Moors SC	Tamil Union C&AC
Navy SC	SSC
Kurunegala YCC	Bloomfield C&AC
CCC	Colts CC
Negombo CC	Saracens SC
Nugegoda S&WC	Chilaw Marians CC
BRC	Galle CC
Kandy Customs SC	Panadura SC
Kalutara TC	Police SC
Lankan CC	Sebastianites Club
Air Force SC	Ace Capital CC

Today’s (28) Fixtures:

Negombo CC vs. Nugegoda S&WC at MCG - Katunayake

Police SC vs. Badureliya CC at Police Park - Colombo