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Lawyers and Doctors undefeated in Professional Cricket League
Lawyers and Doctors remained undefeated in the Professional Cricket League 2022 as both teams defeated Aviators and Architects at the Ace Capital ground in Nawala over the weekend.
The Lawyers have won all four games they played in the tournament while the Doctors have won three games in three outings.
The Professional Cricket League is being played between teams made up of Architects, Aviators, Doctors, Engineers, Lawyers and Town Planners.
On Saturday morning, Thilina Samarasinghe and Tharindu Kalinga starred with bat and ball to help Doctors crush Architects by six wickets with 56 balls to spare.
Thilina, Tharindu and Rusiru Jayathilake shared the wickets to restrict the Architects to 69 runs after which Thilina scored 23 runs and Tharindu contributed with an unbeaten 29 off 23 balls to clinch the game for the Doctors in 10.4 overs
On Saturday afternoon, Lawyers powered by an all round performance by Thusith Paliwatta defeated Aviators by eight wickets.
Thusith captured two wickets to restrict the Aviators to 109 for 9 in 20 overs and struck an unbeaten 81 off 43 balls (4×7 and 6×5). Sandesh Gunasekera scored 46 for the Aviators.
an unbeaten 84 and captured
three wickets for Doctors on
Sunday
On Sunday morning, Lawyers successfully defended 128 runs to register their fourth win as they defeated Architects by 18 runs. Wishwa Wijesooriya and Sisuru Samarasinghe batted well while Jeevan Jatharshan captured four wickets for the victors. Manoj Champika scored 40 off 29 balls for Architects
On Sunday afternoon, an all round performance by Rajive Nirmalasinham helped the Doctors down Aviators by 78 runs. Rajive smashed an unbeaten 84 off 40 balls with eight boundaries and five sixes to take his team to 163/6 in their 20 overs and followed it up by capturing three wickets to demolish the Aviator’s tail. Tharindu Kalinga was also rewarded with three wickets.
The tournament will continue at the same venue next weekend with Doctors hosting Lawyers and Engineers on Saturday and Aviators hosting Town Planners on Sunday.