Overseas Matches 2007/08

LANKAN CRICKET CLUB v SARACENS SPORTS CLUB Played at R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, February 15, 16, 17, 2008. Premier Championship 2007/08 - Tier B Match drawn. (Points: Lankan Cricket Club 2.97, Saracens Sports Club 11.6) SARACENS SPORTS CLUB 1 W.G.R.K.Alwis c Weerasinghe b Dhammika 50 2 P.K.Bodhisha not out 226 3 †W.A.S.Niroshan lbw b Fernando 14 4 *G.N.Abeyratne st Shantha b Weerasinghe 16 5 W.S.D.Fernando run out (Namal) 7 6 S.C.Serasinghe b Weerasinghe 113 7 N.M.S.M.Sepala c S.L.Perera b Weerasinghe 18 8 M.L.R.Karunaratne lbw b Kumara 13 9 L.D.P.Nishantha lbw b Fernando 15 10 P.M.Pushpakumara not out 11 11 L.A.S.Vishwaranga Extras b 1, lb 3, w 1, nb 15 20 —— (8 wickets, declared) 503 FoW (1): 1-76 (1), 2-103 (3), 3-141 (4), 4-150 (5), 5-376 (6), 6-419 (7), 7-447 (8), 8-482 (9) LANKAN CRICKET CLUB 1 C.M.Withanage c Pushpakumara b Vishwaranga 5 c Nishantha b Karunaratne 30 2 D.G.N.de Silva st Niroshan b Karunaratne 43 run out 31 3 †G.A.L.W.Shantha b Pushpakumara 10 lbw b Pushpakumara 6 4 *Y.N.Tillakaratne st Niroshan b Serasinghe 40 c sub (G.K.Amarasinghe) b Nishantha 67 5 J.R.G.Namal run out (Alwis) 0 (6) c Niroshan b Nishantha 3 6 D.G.R.Dhammika c Niroshan b Serasinghe 36 (5) c sub (R.S.A.Palliyaguruge) b Nishantha 86 7 S.L.Perera c Vishwaranga b Serasinghe 1 not out 13 8 D.R.F.Weerasinghe not out 22 not out 8 9 L.D.I.Perera c Alwis b Serasinghe 0 10 K.G.D.Fernando b Pushpakumara 3 11 P.D.M.P.N.Kumara c Nishantha b Pushpakumara 1 Extras b 1, lb 3, w 5, nb 9 18 b 5, lb 1, nb 5 11 —— —— 179 (6 wickets) 255 FoW (1): 1-9 (1), 2-49 (3), 3-73 (2), 4-78 (5), 5-142 (6), 6-145 (4), 7-146 (7), 8-146 (9), 9-153 (10), 10-179 (11) FoW (2): 1-67 (2), 2-74 (1), 3-98 (3), 4-229 (4), 5-232 (5), 6-234 (6) Lankan Cricket Club Bowling O M R W L.D.I.Perera 10.2 0 81 0 Kumara 12 3 64 1 Dhammika 29 5 95 1 1nb Fernando 20 2 107 2 1w,13nb Weerasinghe 27 4 86 3 1nb Tillakaratne 7 0 27 0 Namal 7 0 29 0 Withanage 3 0 10 0 Saracens Sports Club Bowling O M R W O M R W Nishantha 11 2 28 0 6nb (2) 7 1 19 3 2nb Vishwaranga 9 2 28 1 1w,2nb (1) 3 0 15 0 3nb Pushpakumara 13.4 3 32 3 13 3 47 1 Alwis 1 0 5 0 1nb Serasinghe 15 4 39 4 (4) 15 4 69 0 Karunaratne 9 1 43 1 (5) 15 1 69 1 Abeyratne (6) 6 1 22 0 Bodhisha (7) 3 0 8 0 Umpires: W.Jayasena and R.R.Wimalasiri. Referee: A.M.J.G.Amerasinghe. Toss: Lankan Cricket Club Close of Play: 1st day: Saracens Sports Club (1) 239-4 (Bodhisha 98*, Serasinghe 44*, 57.3 overs); 2nd day: Lankan Cricket Club (1) 73-3 (Tillakaratne 8*, Namal 0*, 18 overs). P.K.Bodhisha’s 226 took 351 balls and included 22 fours and 6 sixes. S.C.Serasinghe’s 113 took 170 balls and included 18 fours and 1 six. 467 Sri Lanka in 2007/08