MatchesMen's First-classMajor League Tournament 2025/26

Nugegoda Sports Welfare Club v Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club

Group Plate · Welagedara Stadium, Kurunegala · 5 Feb 2026 – 7 Feb 2026

Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club won by an innings and 141 runs

Nugegoda Sports Welfare Club 1st innings8833.3 overs

Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club 1st innings417/6d123 overs

Nugegoda Sports Welfare Club 2nd innings18888.3 overs

Nugegoda Sports Welfare Club 1st innings 88 (33.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
MA Liyanapathiranage	c WT Dilshan b SMLD Samarakoon	7	33	1	0	21.2
DKAL Perera	b SMLD Samarakoon	2	5	0	0	40.0
LA de Zoysa	c Sineth Jayawardena b SMLD Samarakoon	6	9	0	0	66.7
Tillakaratne Sampath	b SMLD Samarakoon	8	14	1	0	57.1
P Hettiwatte	c M Bhanuka b KTH Ratnayake	31	48	3	1	64.6
LPPM Kumara	c S Shanmuganathan b SMLD Samarakoon	0	3	0	0	0.0
Kevin Perera	lbw b V Viyaskanth	10	31	1	0	32.3
A Muthalib	c Sineth Jayawardena b KTH Ratnayake	1	7	0	0	14.3
BGS Mendis	c M Bhanuka b SMLD Samarakoon	2	9	0	0	22.2
Anuk Fernando	c M Bhanuka b SMLD Samarakoon	13	29	2	0	44.8
Abdul Hakam	not out	1	14	0	0	7.1
Extras		7
Total	all out, 33.3 overs	88

Fall of wickets: 7-1 (DKAL Perera, 2.1 ov), 14-2 (LA de Zoysa, 4.3 ov), 25-3 (Tillakaratne Sampath, 8.3 ov), 26-4 (MA Liyanapathiranage, 10.3 ov), 26-5 (LPPM Kumara, 10.6 ov), 64-6 (Kevin Perera, 22.3 ov), 71-7 (A Muthalib, 23.5 ov), 74-8 (P Hettiwatte, 25.6 ov), 74-9 (BGS Mendis, 26.2 ov), 88-10 (Anuk Fernando, 33.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
SMLD Samarakoon	13.3	3	38	7	2.81	66	0	0
K Dilhara	6	2	10	0	1.67	31	2	1
KTH Ratnayake	10	3	23	2	2.30	45	0	0
V Viyaskanth	4	0	13	1	3.25	16	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	7	13	MA Liyanapathiranage 5, DKAL Perera 2
2	7	14	MA Liyanapathiranage 0, LA de Zoysa 6
3	11	24	MA Liyanapathiranage 1, Tillakaratne Sampath 8
4	1	12	MA Liyanapathiranage 1, P Hettiwatte 0
5	0	3	P Hettiwatte 0, LPPM Kumara 0
6	38	69	P Hettiwatte 24, Kevin Perera 10
7	7	8	P Hettiwatte 6, A Muthalib 1
8	3	13	P Hettiwatte 1, BGS Mendis 2
9	0	2	BGS Mendis 0, Anuk Fernando 0
10	14	43	Anuk Fernando 13, Abdul Hakam 1

Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club 1st innings 417/6d (123 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
ND Paranavithana	c A Muthalib b Tillakaratne Sampath	126	246	8	0	51.2
WT Dilshan	c Abdul Hakam b BGS Mendis	33	94	4	0	35.1
Sineth Jayawardena	c MA Liyanapathiranage b Tillakaratne Sampath	29	74	2	0	39.2
V Thewmika	lbw b BGS Mendis	46	121	1	0	38.0
M Bhanuka	b Tillakaratne Sampath	61	91	4	2	67.0
S Shanmuganathan	not out	51	92	4	0	55.4
S Jayathilake	b BGS Mendis	37	22	0	4	168.2
SMLD Samarakoon	not out	11	7	1	0	157.1
Extras		23
Total	6 wickets declared, 123 overs	417

Did not bat: V Viyaskanth, KTH Ratnayake, K Dilhara

Fall of wickets: 86-1 (WT Dilshan, 29.2 ov), 160-2 (Sineth Jayawardena, 55.3 ov), 234-3 (ND Paranavithana, 81.4 ov), 283-4 (V Thewmika, 95.2 ov), 340-5 (M Bhanuka, 111.6 ov), 400-6 (S Jayathilake, 121.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
Anuk Fernando	14	2	56	0	4.00	55	1	1
Tillakaratne Sampath	31	6	89	3	2.87	134	0	0
Abdul Hakam	14	0	78	0	5.57	52	3	7
MA Liyanapathiranage	31	5	73	0	2.35	134	0	1
LA de Zoysa	8	1	36	0	4.50	29	0	0
BGS Mendis	21	1	71	3	3.38	77	0	0
P Hettiwatte	4	1	4	0	1.00	20	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	86	176	ND Paranavithana 42, WT Dilshan 33
2	74	157	ND Paranavithana 37, Sineth Jayawardena 29
3	74	157	ND Paranavithana 47, V Thewmika 26
4	49	82	V Thewmika 20, M Bhanuka 26
5	57	100	M Bhanuka 35, S Shanmuganathan 22
6	60	55	S Shanmuganathan 23, S Jayathilake 37
Unbroken	17	11	S Shanmuganathan 6, SMLD Samarakoon 11

Nugegoda Sports Welfare Club 2nd innings 188 (88.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
MA Liyanapathiranage	lbw b SMLD Samarakoon	1	4	0	0	25.0
DKAL Perera	lbw b SMLD Samarakoon	9	42	1	0	21.4
LA de Zoysa	c Sineth Jayawardena b SMLD Samarakoon	9	29	0	0	31.0
Tillakaratne Sampath	c KTH Ratnayake b V Thewmika	11	56	0	0	19.6
P Hettiwatte	c K Dilhara b V Viyaskanth	12	18	2	0	66.7
LPPM Kumara	b V Viyaskanth	29	35	6	0	82.9
Kevin Perera	c V Thewmika b SMLD Samarakoon	5	20	0	0	25.0
A Muthalib	c M Bhanuka b SMLD Samarakoon	57	137	3	0	41.6
Anuk Fernando	c S Shanmuganathan b SMLD Samarakoon	6	21	0	0	28.6
BGS Mendis	not out	36	172	3	0	20.9
Abdul Hakam	c STS Senarathne b KTH Ratnayake	0	3	0	0	0.0
Extras		13
Total	all out, 88.3 overs	188

Fall of wickets: 2-1 (MA Liyanapathiranage, 0.5 ov), 21-2 (LA de Zoysa, 9.4 ov), 28-3 (DKAL Perera, 15.1 ov), 43-4 (P Hettiwatte, 20.1 ov), 78-5 (Tillakaratne Sampath, 28.3 ov), 84-6 (LPPM Kumara, 32.6 ov), 84-7 (Kevin Perera, 33.3 ov), 101-8 (Anuk Fernando, 39.6 ov), 178-9 (A Muthalib, 85.6 ov), 188-10 (Abdul Hakam, 88.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
SMLD Samarakoon	21	6	44	6	2.10	106	0	0
K Dilhara	7	1	16	0	2.29	34	0	3
V Viyaskanth	19	1	60	2	3.16	81	0	2
KTH Ratnayake	25.3	6	39	1	1.53	127	1	0
V Thewmika	7	0	13	1	1.86	34	0	1
ND Paranavithana	9	5	10	0	1.11	48	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	2	5	MA Liyanapathiranage 1, DKAL Perera 0
2	19	53	DKAL Perera 4, LA de Zoysa 9
3	7	33	DKAL Perera 5, Tillakaratne Sampath 2
4	15	30	Tillakaratne Sampath 3, P Hettiwatte 12
5	35	50	Tillakaratne Sampath 6, LPPM Kumara 29
6	6	27	LPPM Kumara 0, Kevin Perera 5
7	0	3	Kevin Perera 0, A Muthalib 0
8	17	39	A Muthalib 10, Anuk Fernando 6
9	77	276	A Muthalib 47, BGS Mendis 27
10	10	15	BGS Mendis 9, Abdul Hakam 0

Match details

Toss: Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club, chose to field
Ground: Welagedara Stadium, Sri Lanka
Season: 2025/26
Umpires: IC Soysa, PSR Fonseka
Match referee: WC Labrooy
Source: Cricsheet match 1511684