The Sinhalese Sports Club defeated Police Sports Club by eight wickets to secure their place in the semi-finals next weekend. SSC won the match with ease. They bowled out Police SC for just 112 in 36.2 overs before knocking off a Duckworth Lewis adjusted target of 111 in just 16 overs.

The start of the match was delayed due to overnight rain. Play finally began at 11.15am and the scheduled overs were then reduced to 44. However, Duckworth Lewis was introduced after a bizarre interruption in play. Not because of rain or bad light, but because at 1am, a Sri Lankan army helicopter landed on the outfield and held up play for 60 minutes.

SSC won the toss and had no hesitation in putting the Police into bat. There batsmen never settled against the SSC bowling attacking. Dilhara Fernando continued his impressive early season form with two for 14, the erstwhile campaigner, Pramodya Wickramasinghe, chipped in with two wickets for 10 runs and Tilan Samaraweera picked up two wickets with his off spin.

The only Police batsmen to linger long at the crease were Thamara Aberathne, who scored 22, and Nihal Zoysa, who top scored with 27.

SSC began their run chase in attacking fashion. Once again Avishka Gunawardene was in swashbuckling form. He added 46 runs for the first wicket with Upeka Fernando, his contribution being 26 from just 21 balls, including one six and three fours.

Marvan Attapattu joined Fernando at the fall of Gunawardene’s wicket. It was Upeka Fernando though who stole the show. He was a delight to watch and scored 40 runs from only 33 balls. When he was dismissed Mahela Jayawardene (19) and Attapattu (22) guided SSC to the victory target.

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