Eight top teams qualify for quarters

The opening day’s play of the Cambrian Invitation Inter-Club Cricket Sixes organized by the Cambrian Cricket Wing got underway at the De Zoysa Stadium in Moratuwa yesterday with the weather gods not hampering play.

The organizers were able to complete the preliminary round matches without a hitch with the games coming to an end before schedule. Of the matches played Sebastianites recorded the easiest win of the first round when they overcame Saracens SC. In another match Chilaw Marians registered a thrilling win over Air Force.

The highest individual and team score of the match was achieved by Army against Catamarans SC which they won comfortably. Meanwhile the eight teams to advance to the quarterfinals were Sebastianites, Police, CCC, Colts, Chilaw Marians, Moors, Army and Bloomfield and the first quarterfinal is due to begin at 9.30 a.m. today.

The semi finals are scheduled for 3.00 p.m. and the final at 4.00 p.m. The tournament organized by the Cambrian Cricket Wing as a fund raiser to conduct sports activities for Prince of Wales saw 21 of the 24 Premier league teams taking part along with Moratuwa SC, Old Cambrians and Catamarans SC.

The schedules quarterfinals games are: Sebastianites vs CCC, Police vs Colts, Chilaw Marians vs Army and Moors vs Bloomfield.

Results:
Saracens SC - 55 for 1 (Shamitha Dushantha 33, Shammika Ruwan 16; Sudesh Umayanga 1 for 20) beat Panadura SC - 42 (Sanjeewa Roshan 16; C.Perera 2 for 5). Ragama CC - 36 for 2 beat BRC 32 for 3. Police - 44 for 2 (R. Niraml 16; S. Randika 1 for 11) beat Old Cambrians - 12 (Manjula Jayawardena 2 for 1). Air Force - 28 for no loss (Abuthahir Rizan 15) beat Galle CC - 25 for 4. Moors SC - 38 for 1 (Sureh Perera 21 n.o.) beat Singha SC - 33 for 2. Bloomfield - 56 for 2 (T.M. Dilshan 29, Thilina Kandamby 23 n.o; Sandun Dias 1 for 13) beat Tamil Union - 55 for 1 (Sandun Dias 22 n.o; Mateesha Ranasinghe 1 for 13). Sebastianites - 31 for 1 (Milinda Siriwardena 19 n.o.) beat Saracens SC - 30 for 4 (Dinusha Fernando 1 for 9). Police SC - 40 (Saman Wijeratne 16) beat Moratuwa SC - 37 for 3 (D. Rajapakse 2 for 12). Colts - 38 for 2 (Jeewantha Kulatunge 18; Dharshana Gamage 1 for 17) beat Ragama CC - 37 for 1 (Amila Sandaruwan 18). Chilaw Marians - 45 for 3 (Lassana Perera 22 n.o.) beat Air Force - 44 for 3 (M. Sanjaya 22). Army - 62 for 1 (Rukman Samarasinghe 49) beat Catamarans SC - 18 for 2 (Rukman Samarasinghe 1 for 0). Moors - 53 for 1 (Suresh Perera 29 n.o, Dilhara Lokuhettige 15 n.o.) beat Lankan CC - 51 for 2 (Nuwan Shiroman 22)