CIC defeated ABN Amro Bank and Ceylon Business Appliances (CBA) in two Mercantile 'H' Division cricket tournament matches played at the MCA grounds recently.
In their first game they beat ABN Amro Bank by four wickets and followed up with an eight wicket win over Ceylon Business Appliances. ABN Amro Bank were dismissed for 114 runs with Sapumal Herathge claiming 5 for 10. In reply CIC scored 120 for 6 with skipper Vajira Sugathapala stroking an unbeaten half century which included two sixes and four boundaries.
In their second outing CIC dismissed Ceylon Business Appliances for just 91 runs and then reached their target in 25 overs.
ABN Amro Bank: 114 in 24.1 overs (Murray Fernandesz 16, Shalinka de Silva 16, Sudarsha Perera 19, Praveen Fernando 20, Sapumal Herathge 5 for 10, Vajira Sugathapala 3 for 40)
CIC: 120 for 6 in 24.4 overs (Marlon Fernandopulle 15, Vajira Sugathapala 55 n.o, Dayan Wijesuriya 2 for 18, Sudarsha Perera 2 for 25)
CBA: 91 in 30 overs (M.Kamil 25, N.Dias 3 for 9, S.Wijesinghe 2 for 14, V.Sugathapala 2 for 26)
CIC: 92 for 2 in 24.2 overs (M.Fernandopulle 40, S.Wijesinghe 32 n.o.) Other results
Seylan Bank 'C' vs Burns Philip.
Rain no play.
Deutsche Bank beat International Distilleries by 06 wickets (Match reduced to 26 overs a side)
I. Distilleries: 85 for 9 in 26 overs. D.Bank: 87 for 4 in 19.2''
Ginza SC beat Lanka Orix Leasing Co. by 05 runs.
(Match reduced to 20 overs a side.
Ginza 100 for 9 in 20 overs, LOLC 95 all out in 19 overs.
Mackwoods Smith beat Janashakthi ''B'' by 05 runs.
Mackwoods 143 all out in 28 overs, Janashakthi B 138 all out in 29.5 overs.
Standard Chartered Bank beat Celltel Lanka by 18 runs.
(Match reduced to 19 overs a side)
SCB 140 for 4 in 19 overs. Celltel 122 for 8 in 19 overs.
Access SC beat Reckitt & Colman by 09 wickets.
Reckitt's 89 all out in 21.5 overs, Access 91 for 1 in 14.3 overs.
Arpico ''B'' beat Sanken Lanka by 52 runs.
Arpico ''B'' 164 all out in 30 overs, Sanken 112 all out in 26.4 overs.
J.L. Morrisons beat Ceylon Business Appliances by 04 wickets.
(Match restricted to 22 overs a side).
CBA 87 for 8 in 22 overs, JLM 88 for 6 in 20.4 overs.
East West Information beat Trelleborg Lanka by 08 wickets.
Trelleborg 63 all out 23.2 overs, East West 66 for 2 in 12 overs.
Union Assurance Ltd ''B'' beat Mackwoods Ltd. by 08 wickets.
Mackwoods 71 all out in 29.2 overs, UAL ''B'' 77 for 2 in 17.2 overs.
David Peiris Motor Co. beat Confifi Group B by 04 wickets.
Confifi ''B'' 48 all out in 14.5 overs. DPMC 49 for 6 in 10.1 overs.
Burns & Philip beat International Distilleries by 08 wickets.
IDL 108 all out in 29 overs, B&P 110 for 2 in 24 overs.
Profreight Lanka beat Aitken Spence B by 07 wickets.
Aitken Spence ''B'' 77 all out in 26 overs. Profreight 78 for 3 in 15.2 overs.
Access SC beat Janashakthi Group ''B'' by 9 wickets (Match reduced to 15 overs a side).
Janashakthi ''B'' 71/4 in 15 overs, Access 76/1 in 9.1 overs.
David Peiris Motor Co. beat Velona's by 56 runs. DPMC 117 for 9 in 30 overs, Velona 61 all out in 23.4 overs.
Airport Garden Hotel beat Colombo Hilton ''B'' by 07 wickets.
Col. Hilton ''B'' 77 all out in 17.3 overs, AGH 85/3 in 16 overs.
Seylan Bank ''C'' beat Standard Chartered Bank by 37 runs.
Seylan ''C'' 137 all out in 28.2 overs SCB 100 all out in 25.2 overs.
Habib Bank beat National Devp. Bank by 101 runs. (Match restricted to 27 overs a side)
Habib 218 for 9 in 27 overs, NDB 117 all out in 22 overs.
Celltel Lanka beat Deutsche Bank by 07 wickets.
Deutsche Bank 94 all out in 21 overs. Celltel 99/3 in 15 overs.
Dharmadutha in under-13 cricket second round
Badulla sports correspondent
Dharmadutha College qualified for the second round in the under-13 all-island Horlicks inter-school cricket tournament when they beat St. Thomas' College, Gurutalawa and St. Thomas' College, Bandarawela played recently at the Badulla esplanade.
Gehan Abeykoon excelled in both the encounters and claimed a total of 15 wickets for 51 runs.
He captured 8 wickets for 17 against STC, Gurutalawa and 7 wickets for 34 runs against STC, Bandarawela. Dharmadutha skipper D. V. Buddhika too scored an unbeaten century against STC, Gurutalawa.
Dharmadutha College vs STC Gurutalawa.
Dharmadutha College: 240 for 4 (D. V. Buddhika 114 not out, T. M. Gihan 42, Eranga Gunaratne 22 not out, D. J. Saman 20).
St. Thomas' College, Gurutalawa: 77 (D. Balawardena 16, U. Sasika 12, M. Kumar 11 and Gihan Abeykoon 8 for 17).
Dharmadutha College vs STC, Bandarawela
St. Thomas' College, Bandarawela: 78 (K. Sithumina 13, S. Kanchana 10, Gehan Abeykoon 7 for 34).
Dharmadutha College : 86 (G. Indika 15, T. M. Gifhan 10, Waruna Silva 10, Asela Dasanayake 4 for 25).
Old boys 6-a-side on Sunday
By Richard Dwight
The clash between the Old Royalists and the Old Antonians at 9.30 am, on the St. Peter's College grounds on Sunday November 16, will as a curtain-raiser, set the tempo for the Old Boys Six-a-side cricket tournament.
The Old Nalandians will take on the Old Peterites next to be followed by the Old Anandians encounter with the Old Joes and the preliminaries will wind up with the Old Benedictines meeting the Old Thomians.
Each match will be played to a finish, before the commencement of the other, with the two semi-finals taking place after lunch and the finals after tea at 4.30 pm.
This commemorative tournament, is being organised by the Peterite Old Boys Union, to celebrate their seventieth anniversary and has M. M. Organisation as sponsors, with quite a few co-sponsors assisting as well.
The teams comprise seasoned cricketers, who figure prominently in the local premier tournament and an exciting day's cricket is in store for the many.
It isn't certainly going to be cricket alone, for with the respective decorative tents, the venue will be transformed to provide a carnival atmosphere, so geared for fun and merriment of all.
Messrs Udaya Wickramasinghe, B.C. Cooray, Peter Manuel and K.T. Francis, will constitute the panel of umpires, while former Sri Lankan cricketer Roy Dias, will be the adjudicator .
The chief guest at the opening ceremony, will be the Rector of St. Peter's College Rev. Fr. Felician Perera, while the Minister of Local Government and Provincial Affairs, Alavi Mowlana an Old Peterite, will be the chief guest at the awards ceremony.
Awards will be made to the winning team and runner-up, best batsman, bowler and fielder, man of the final, man of the tournament and the best decorative tent.