Overseas Matches 2007/08

SARACENS SPORTS CLUB v SEBASTIANITES CRICKET AND ATHLETIC CLUB Played at Kadirana Cricket Grounds, Gampaha, February 22, 23, 24, 2008. Premier Championship 2007/08 - Tier B Saracens Sports Club won by six wickets. (Points: Saracens Sports Club 16.16, Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club 3.55) SARACENS SPORTS CLUB 1 W.G.R.K.Alwis c Tillakaratne b Kumara 34 b Arumathanthri 9 2 P.K.Bodhisha c Fernando b M.A.B.Peiris 53 not out 45 3 †W.A.S.Niroshan c Tillakaratne b Kumara 2 c Rajitha b M.A.B.Peiris 0 4 *G.N.Abeyratne c Arumathanthri b Silva 74 (6) not out 29 5 W.S.D.Fernando c Rodrigo b Rajitha 28 b M.A.B.Peiris 2 6 S.C.Serasinghe c M.A.B.Peiris b Arumathanthri 63 7 M.L.R.Karunaratne c T.L.T.Peiris b Rajitha 13 (4) c and b M.A.B.Peiris 0 8 A.V.S.Nikethana c Rodrigo b Arumathanthri 53 9 L.D.P.Nishantha lbw b Arumathanthri 6 10 P.M.Pushpakumara c M.A.B.Peiris b Arumathanthri 0 11 M.I.Abdeen not out 0 Extras b 9, lb 2, nb 4 15 b 5, lb 1 6 —— —— 341 (4 wickets) 91 FoW (1): 1-50 (1), 2-53 (3), 3-145 (2), 4-190 (5), 5-206 (4), 6-228 (7), 7-331 (8), 8-334 (6), 9-338 (9), 10-341 (10) FoW (2): 1-14 (1), 2-23 (3), 3-25 (4), 4-29 (5) SEBASTIANITES CRICKET AND ATHLETIC CLUB 1 H.A.H.U.Tillakaratne c Fernando b Abdeen 23 lbw b Pushpakumara 98 2 B.Y.Arumathanthri c Niroshan b Abdeen 4 c Niroshan b Serasinghe 27 3 H.P.G.Perera st Niroshan b Pushpakumara 8 c Pushpakumara b Karunaratne 18 4 M.A.B.Peiris b Serasinghe 11 b Serasinghe 18 5 †K.L.K.Fernando c Bodhisha b Serasinghe 15 (7) lbw b Nishantha 0 6 S.R.Kumar c Nishantha b Pushpakumara 13 (8) b Nishantha 1 7 T.L.T.Peiris lbw b Pushpakumara 12 (5) lbw b Nishantha 26 8 D.G.C.Silva c Nikethana b Pushpakumara 3 (9) c and b Pushpakumara 10 9 A.B.L.D.Rodrigo b Pushpakumara 8 (10) lbw b Serasinghe 54 10 B.S.Rajitha not out 7 (6) lbw b Nishantha 0 11 *M.N.T.H.Kumara lbw b Serasinghe 2 not out 36 Extras lb 5, nb 5 10 b 7, lb 10, nb 9 26 —— —— 116 314 FoW (1): 1-6 (2), 2-35 (1), 3-37 (3), 4-69 (4), 5-72 (5), 6-85 (6), 7-94 (8), 8-102 (9), 9-111 (7), 10-116 (11) FoW (2): 1-64 (2), 2-102 (3), 3-140 (4), 4-199 (5), 5-199 (6), 6-206 (7), 7-206 (1), 8-208 (8), 9-220 (9), 10-314 (10) Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club Bowling O M R W O M R W Silva 13 1 68 1 4nb Kumara 9 1 48 2 (1) 1 0 8 0 Kumar 3 0 23 0 M.A.B.Peiris 29 6 77 1 (2) 13 1 47 3 Rodrigo 15 1 60 0 1 0 12 0 Rajitha 12 1 42 2 (4) 2 1 3 0 Arumathanthri 6.4 2 12 4 (3) 10 4 15 1 Saracens Sports Club Bowling O M R W O M R W Nishantha 6 1 20 0 4nb 21 8 39 4 7nb Abdeen 7 1 22 2 1nb 4 0 29 0 Pushpakumara 18 6 35 5 (5) 36 8 95 2 Serasinghe 10.1 2 26 3 22.2 5 68 3 Karunaratne 3 1 8 0 (6) 10 0 39 1 1nb Nikethana (3) 2 0 9 0 1nb Bodhisha (7) 2 0 9 0 Alwis (8) 4 1 9 0 Umpires: N.S.Bopage and D.Ekanayake. Referee: N.S.H.M.R.Kodituwakku. Toss: Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club Close of Play: 1st day: Saracens Sports Club (1) 341 all out; 2nd day: Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club (2) 200-5 (Tillakaratne 92*, Fernando 0*, 53 overs). 479 Sri Lanka in 2007/08