SLC Major League tournament 2022 

Sirisoma’s match bag of 12 helps Air Force sink Navy at Katunayaka

A match bag of 12 by left-arm orthodox spinner Gayan Sirisoma helped Sri Lanka Air Force SC  sink Sri Lanka Navy SC by 230 runs in the SLC Major League three-day tournament match played at Katunayaka.

Electing to bat first on their home ground Airforce scored 249 runs with Udayawansha Parakrama and Adithya Siriwardena chipping in with half tons. Dilanka Auwardt captured four wickets while Devinda Ayesh captured three wickets. Gayan Sirisoma captured seven wickets to restrict Sri Lanka Navy’s first innings to 113. Sahan Kosala topped the score card with 39 runs.

 Air Force declared their second essay at 200/7 to which Sithija Chamod contributed with 69 runs. Devinda Ayesh was rewarded with four wickets. The sailors chasing 337 runs to win, once again fell victim to Sirisoma’s spin and were bowled out for 106 runs before tea.

Sri Lanka Air Force SC

249 in 84 overs (Udayawansha Parakrama 54, Sithija Chamod 34, Adithya Siriwardena 69, Gayan Sirisoma 22n.o.;  Dilanka Auwardt 4/93, Devinda Ayesh 3/76) and 200/7 decl. in 53.1 overs (Sithija Chamod 69, Udayawansha Parakrama 40, Sasindu Nanayakkara 31; Dilanka Auwardt 2/62, Devinda Ayesh 4/71)  

Sri Lanka Navy SC

 113 in 31.2 overs (Kavindu Ranasinghe 25, Sahan Kosala 39, Omesh Mendis 23; Gayan Sirisoma 7/41 Dulanjala Mendis 2/22) and 106 in 53.3 overs (Rashmika Mevan 26; Gayan Sirisoma 5/39, Deshan Fernando 2/25, Dulanjala Mendis 2/19)