Overseas Matches 2007/08

MORATUWA SPORTS CLUB v SARACENS SPORTS CLUB Played at Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa, January 25, 26, 27, 2008. Premier Championship 2007/08 - Tier B Saracens Sports Club won by ten wickets. (Points: Moratuwa Sports Club 2.675, Saracens Sports Club 15.69) MORATUWA SPORTS CLUB 1 R.C.Rupasinghe b Nishantha 10 c and b Nishantha 5 2 R.A.A.I.Perera lbw b Serasinghe 51 lbw b Nishantha 4 3 *W.S.T.Fernando b Abdeen 5 c Niroshan b Abdeen 9 4 L.T.A.de Silva c Niroshan b Serasinghe 1 b Nishantha 8 5 †R.M.Mendis c Abeyratne b Pushpakumara 14 c Niroshan b Abdeen 36 6 H.U.K.de Silva st Niroshan b Karunaratne 63 (7) lbw b Nishantha 30 7 M.D.S.Perera b Karunaratne 1 (8) not out 26 8 A.L.D.M.Deshapriya c Alwis b Karunaratne 1 (6) st Niroshan b Karunaratne 14 9 S.J.C.de Silva not out 10 b Pushpakumara 8 10 S.P.Rupasinghe lbw b Serasinghe 0 st Niroshan b Nishantha 0 11 P.C.M.Fernando lbw b Nishantha 6 lbw b Karunaratne 9 Extras b 6, lb 1, nb 5 12 b 2, lb 7, nb 3 12 —— —— 174 161 FoW (1): 1-19 (1), 2-26 (3), 3-32 (4), 4-75 (2), 5-140 (5), 6-141 (7), 7-151 (8), 8-158 (6), 9-159 (10), 10-174 (11) FoW (2): 1-5 (2), 2-18 (3), 3-19 (1), 4-39 (4), 5-62 (6), 6-104 (5), 7-110 (7), 8-119 (9), 9-122 (10), 10-161 (11) SARACENS SPORTS CLUB 1 W.G.R.K.Alwis run out (H.U.K.de Silva) 73 not out 62 2 P.K.Bodhisha c R.C.Rupasinghe b Deshapriya 0 not out 50 3 M.I.Abdeen lbw b Deshapriya 1 4 P.M.Pushpakumara lbw b P.C.M.Fernando 1 5 N.M.S.M.Sepala c Mendis b Deshapriya 7 6 *G.N.Abeyratne c M.D.S.Perera b Deshapriya 23 7 W.S.D.Fernando c Mendis b P.C.M.Fernando 36 8 S.C.Serasinghe c R.A.A.I.Perera b S.J.C.de Silva 34 9 M.L.R.Karunaratne not out 20 10 †W.A.S.Niroshan lbw b S.J.C.de Silva 6 11 L.D.P.Nishantha lbw b S.P.Rupasinghe 1 Extras b 3, lb 3, w 2, nb 6 14 b 3, lb 3, nb 4 10 —— —— 216 (no wicket) 122 FoW (1): 1-4 (2), 2-23 (3), 3-24 (4), 4-51 (5), 5-94 (6), 6-131 (1), 7-166 (7), 8-204 (8), 9-211 (10), 10-216 (11) Saracens Sports Club Bowling O M R W O M R W Nishantha 13.1 4 33 2 2nb 23 7 53 5 3nb Abdeen 5 1 21 1 14 6 33 2 Serasinghe 22 6 44 3 (4) 8 2 14 0 Alwis 2 0 5 0 (6) 3 0 9 0 Pushpakumara 12 3 26 1 14 7 15 1 Bodhisha 6 1 23 0 Karunaratne 9 4 15 3 (3) 17.4 6 28 2 Moratuwa Sports Club Bowling O M R W O M R W P.C.M.Fernando 14 1 49 2 1w 4 0 21 0 Deshapriya 11 0 52 4 3nb 2 0 14 0 2nb S.J.C.de Silva 10 1 42 2 9.2 1 31 0 S.P.Rupasinghe 7.4 0 42 1 2nb 6 1 29 0 2nb M.D.S.Perera 15 6 25 0 1nb (6) 2 0 14 0 W.S.T.Fernando (5) 5 2 7 0 Umpires: R.A.Kottahachchi and S.H.Sarathkumara. Referee: N.Fredrick. Toss: Saracens Sports Club Close of Play: 1st day: Saracens Sports Club (1) 42-3 (Alwis 33*, Sepala 5*, 12 overs); 2nd day: Moratuwa Sports Club (2) 99-5 (Mendis 32*, H.U.K.de Silva 24*, 46 overs). 447 Sri Lanka in 2007/08