Army SC (135 for 5) beat Navy SC (132) in their cricket encounter in the Defence Services Cricket Tournament at Air Force Grounds on 19th August.
Sailors failed to claim a demanding target against the soldiers who took total control of the match from the very first ball when Rathnayake dismissed the Navy opener Udara Jayasundara for a duck. Rathnayake (4 for 40) and Chathuranga (4 for 17) went on rampage and did not let the Navy batsman to settle down at any stage of the inning. Navy SC scored 132 in 32.5 overs. Army SC reached the winning target 28.1 overs with loss of 5 wickets.
Navy SC 132 (Dilan Chandima 17, Supun Lilarathne 17, Vindika Chandrasiri 20, Ranil Rasanga 15, Mahesha Perera, Lahiru Senarathne 14*, Rathnayake P.K.N.M.K 4 for 40, Chathuranga J.L.U. 4 for 17, Liyanapathirana L.P.N.K. 1 for 15, Balasooriya B.A.D. 1 for 8)
Army SC 135 for 5 (Kaluarachchi P.N. 39, Zoysa H.H.M. 37, Prasad K.H.C. 14, Balasooriya B.A.D. 10*, Sanjaya Chathuranga 2 for 25, Udara Lakmal 1 for 38, Dilan Chandima 1 for 16)
