A 124-run first wicket partnership between T Sathyan 72 off 39 balls with a dozen boundaries and three sixes and Tharanga Fernando unbeaten 66 off 78 balls with nine hits to the ropes and a 119-run third wicket partnership between Tharang and Rohana Kumara (95 off 53 balls) with seventeen boundaries and two sixes helped Postal Department register a seven-wicket win over Health Department in the State Services D division cricket tournament encounter played at the railway grounds recently.
Health Department electing to bat first scored 254/9 in their allotment of 40 overs. Prasad Samarasinghe smashed 111 runs off 75 balls with nine boundaries and eight sixes while Kalum Weerasekera (29), Nalin Kaushalya (25) and Kasun Misso (21) contributed to the total. Rohana Kumara captured three wickets while T Sathyan and Hiran Perera captured two wickets each.
The Health Department bowlers were taken to task by the Postal batsmen who won the game with ten overs to spare. H A P Thisera captured two wickets.
Health Department 254/9 in 40 overs (Kalum Weerasekera 29, Prasad Samarasinghe 111, Nalin Kaushalya 25, Kassun Misso 21, T Sathyan 2/44, Hiran Perera 2/44, Rohan Kumara 3/43)
Postal Department 255 in 30 overs (Tharanga Fernando 66 not out, T Sathyan 72, Rohana Kumara 95, H AP Thisera 2/54)
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