SERENDIB CRICKET

[JGC] Poor organization distrupted JGC finals once again

2010-05-31T12:41:00.003+09:00

Winners of JGC 20/20 tournament for 2009 yet to be decided due to some poor organization of JGC.JGC 20/20 finals should have finished last year but postponed to 2010.Even after 2 months of new cricket season in 2010,JGC organizers could not finish the finals for 2009.Serendib CC already qualified for JGC 20/20 finals by defeating Indian Tigers last October.Still other semi final game yet to be played officially while Serendibs are waiting to play finals for long time now.

Yesterday Serendibs went the Edogawa grounds to play thier JGC finals after canceling it for several times by JGC committee.It was due to play on April 18th and shifted in to the May 30th but only to cancel it once again.This time all the teams were in the ground,but no neutral umpire was there to umpire the morning semi final game.But no one from JGC committee officially informed which team has the umpiring duties.Even if they informed it in the morning Serendibs could have sent their one of members to umpire the game.But no body including both teams selected to play semi finals did not inform Serendib CC even though they played a friendly game.It was huge waste of money and time for Serendib players since some of Serendib members came all the way from Syzouka to participate the finals.

This is not the first time that shows poor organization of JGC.We believe these type of poor organization caused most of other major cricket clubs to withdraw from JGC tournament even though it plays in convenient location like Koiwa.

[KCL2010] Serendib whip Tigers by 117 runs

2010-05-22T01:40:00.045+09:00

Venue: Shizuoka Kytes Homeground

Date : 15th of May 2010

Umpire/Scorer : Neil Harrison

In a match reduced to 35 overs after both teams failed to make it by the appointed time due to the heavy weekend traffic in the Shizuoka direction, Serendib C.C dominated the Indian Tigers from the word go, and secured a comfortable 117 run victory with more than 15 overs to spare. The win takes Serendib to the top of the KCL group A table, with 9 points in just 2 matches.

With only the required minimum (6 members) present in the ground at the time for the toss, Buddhika Samarakoon (standing in for captain Amilendra Kodithuwakku, who was incidentally also standing in for the regular captain Shiron Dharshana) called correctly and elected to bat first. The opening pair, Jayathura Samarakoon and Buddhika Manoj, under clear instructions to avoid losing a wicket before the rest of the team arrived to the ground, did just that and continued their good work, before Jayathura who had made an almost run a ball 33 was out LBW off the bowling of R. Balasubramanian. Navaratnam the débutante for Serendib, hanged around a bit, while Buddhika and the generosity showed by the Tigers in the form of extras, brought up the 100 for Serendib. Navaratnam, and Tharaka Pathberiya fell to T.S. Babu in consecutive balls when the score was 105. 5 runs later, Balasubramaniam bowled Manoj for 47. Manoj was unlucky to miss a well deserved half-century, but he had done his job for his team. The rest of the batsmen, most notably Duminda Wickramasinge; 19 out of 19 deliveries, Buddhika Samarakoon; 16 out of 9 deliveries, didn't waste many deliveries and picked up the pace to finish the innings at 204. If Duminda Wickramasingha hadn't carelessly run himself out, and if Amesh Weerasinghe had remembered to slide his foot back inside the crease, an even bigger score would have been in the cards. For the Tigers, Balasubramaniam and Babu shared 3 wickets each, and the ever dependable Pramod Patel picked up 2.

The bright sunny weather at the start of the match had given way to cold and overcast conditions halfway through the Serendib innings, and by the time the Tigers' opening pair arrived at the crease, a cold gentle breeze was adding to the misery of the fielders and umpires. Amilendra Kodithuwakku, brought himself in to bowl the opening over, and found helpful swing in the cold damp conditions. After taking a few deliveries to discover the correct line and length, Amilendra produced a peach of an inswinger to clean bowl Anil N.T. After the next batsman, Pramod Patel, played into his stumps in Amilendra's second over, the Serendib bowlers were beginning to sense blood. Asankha Pallegedara was brought into the attack immediately, and in no time at all collected 4 wickets in just 4 overs for a mere 9 runs. Amesh and Duminda collected a wicket each, and the Tigers were 87 for 8 at the break. Buddhika Manoj resumed the attack after the break, and didn't waste any time in cleaning up the remaining two wickets without any addition to the total score, completing a perfect day's work for his team. Good ol' Extras(26) was the highest scorer, and only two batsmen, T.A Ramasubramaniam(22), and R. Balasubramaniam(20. n.o) managed to get into double figures.

Man of the match : Buddhika Manoj

Serendib Cricket Club (Serendib Cricket Club innings)
BATSMAN	STATUS	RUNS	BALLS	6s	4s
J. Samarakoon	lbw Balasubramaniam	33	35		3
B. Manoj	b Balasubramaniam	47	65		5
Navaratnam	lbw Babu	2	13
T. Pathberiya	c Bajaj b Babu	0	1
D. Wickramaratne	run out	19	19	1	1
S. Gurudeniya	lbw Patel	8	13
A. Pallegedara	b Balasubramaniam	17	24		2
B. Samarakoon	b Joy	16	9	1	2
A. Weerasinghe	st Thomas b Patel	16	21		2
T. Gunawardena	b Patel	0	3		2
A. Kodithuwakku	not out	1	1
TOTAL	EXTRAS: 45 (32wd 6nb 2lb 5b)	204

Fall Of Wicket
1-73(J. Samarakoon), 2-105(Nawarathnam), 3-105(Pathberiya), 4-110(Manoj), 5-126(Gurudeniya), 6-150(Wickramarathne), 7-179(B. Samarakoon), 8-195(Pallegedara), 9-201(Gunawardena), 10-204(Weerasinghe)

Indian Tigers Cricket Club (Serendib Cricket Club innings)
BOWLER	OVERS	MAIDENS	RUNS	WICKETS	EXTRAS
R. Nair	7.0	0	40	0	3wd
B.A. Joy	5.0	0	34	1	8wd
R. Balasubramaniam	7.0	0	34	3	1nb 9wd
T.S. Babu	5.0	0	22	3	3nb 1wd
A. Bajaj	1.0	0	11	0	1wd
P.K. Patel	6.0	0	33	2	1nb 4wd
T.A. Ramasubramaniam	1.0	0	16	0	1nb
M.S. Gijo	1.0	0	8	0

Indian Tigers Cricket Club (Indian Tigers Cricket Club innings)
BATSMAN	STATUS	RUNS	BALLS	6s	4s
N.T. Anil	b Kodithuwakku	0	5
T.A. Ramasubramaniam	c Weerasinghe b Wickramaratne	22	21		4
P.K. Patel	b Kodithuwakku	3	11
M.S. Gijo	b Pallegedara	4	9
A. Thomas	c Pathberiya b Pallegedara	2	9
R. Nair	c Manoj b Pallegedara	2	6
B. A. Joy	c B. Samarakoon b Pallegedara	0	8
R. Balasubramaniam	not out	20	15	2	1
A. Bajaj	b Weerasinghe	5	9		1
T. S. Babu	c J. Samarakoon b Weerasinghe	3	12
R. Pillai	lbw Manoj	0	3
TOTAL	EXTRAS: 26 (23wd 0nb 0lb 3b)	87

Fall Of Wicket
1-3(Anil), 2-17(Patel), 3-31(Gijo), 4-37(Ramasubramaniam), 5-40(Thomas), 6-41(Nair), 7-41(Joy), 8-71(Bajaj), 9-87(Babu), 10-87(Pillai)

Serendib Cricket Club (Indian Tigers Cricket Club innings)
BOWLER	OVERS	MAIDENS	RUNS	WICKETS	EXTRAS
A. Kodithuwakku	3.0	0	10	2	4wd
B. Manoj	4.0	1	12	2	1wd
D. Wickramaratne	3.0	0	16	1	2wd
A. Pallegedara	4	0	9	4	1wd
A. Weerasinghe	2.0	0	13	1	5wd
Navaratnam	1.0	0	20	0	8wd
B. Samarakoon	1.0	0	7	0	2wd

[KCL2010] Serendib C.C rides on Sachintha's magnificent 91 to beat Shizuoka Kytes by 58

2010-05-12T07:15:00.010+09:00

Venue: Shizuoka Kytes Homeground

Date : 9th of May 2010

Umpire/Scorer : Robert Giles Martineau

Scorecard :

Serendib C.C began their journey in the Kanto Cricket League tournament for the 2010/11 season with a positive note by comprehensively beating Shizuoka Kytes by 58 runs.

On a day that mostly will be going his way, new captain Shiron Dharshana won the toss, and opted to bat under wonderful sunny conditions perfect for a whole day of cricket. Disaster stuck in the first ball of the second over when Nicholas Shannon got opener Jayathura Samarakoon out L.B.W, and again in the first ball of the third over when the other opener Duminda Wickramaratne holed into square leg of the bowling of Arbab Mohammed, leaving the score at 12 for 2. Sachintha Gurudeniya and Lasith Rathnamalala had just started the recovery process when Shannon bowled Lasith when the score was at 37, and then got Shiron caught behind without any addition to the score. Asankha Pallegedara the new batsman was the next to go at 54, and Tharaka Pathberiya was run out at 78. However, Sachintha, whose wonderful shots had been overlooked due to the quick succession of wickets, was joined by Amesh Weerasinghe, whose hard hitting can turn any game on it's head in a matter of minutes. Together they started rebuilding the Serendib innings, both batting with positive intent, and taking the game back to the Kytes. Sachintha proved that he not only has the physique of former Sri Lankan Skipper Arjuna Ranatunga, but also Ranatunga's uncanny ability to nudge singles and boundaries when needed. Although he scored runs all over the place, the boundary scored by a nudge through to third-man must be easily the shot of the day. To the Kytes's relief Amesh was finally out for 38 in just 50 balls, but not before he had managed to break a bat with his hard hitting, and if I may say, also the morale of the bowlers. The score was 151/7 in the 33rd over and Serendib knew that a huge score was in the cards if they batted through the overs. Dharshana Janakaratne chipped in with a valuable 19 in only 17 balls, and when Sachintha was unlucky to miss a century and was the last man to go for 91, Kytes were left with a massive target of 192.

Apart from a 24 run partnership between Suresh Navod and Kytes's skipper Neil Harrison, and a 32 run partnership between Suresh and Dinesh Lakmal, the Serendib bowlers were not bothered much, and Kytes were all out for 139 in just 26.1 overs. Asankha Pallegedara had the best bowling figures, 21/4.

Much to the surprise of everybody present, The Man of the match award went to Sachintha.

Thanks should go to the Shizuoka Kytes team, for being gracious in defeat, and upholding the spirit of cricket. The long drive from Tokyo was well worth it, and we always love playing against you guys.

Serendib holds on to a thrilling 1 run victory over Shizuoka Kytes

2009-11-20T02:11:00.019+09:00

A below par performance in the field almost cost them the friendly 30 over game against Shizuoka C.C, but Dhanuka Samaranayaka managed to sneak one through the gate in the final over to give Serendib C.C a 1 run victory.

The day began with Serendib C.C. captain Buddhika Samarakoon winning the toss as he usually does, and electing to bat under the warm Shizuoka sun. The usual tail enders Amilendra Kodithuwakku and Arosha Perera were promoted as the opening pair, with the intention of giving them some batting practice, and if possible to end Amilendra's not out streak, whose bragging has been a recent nuisance to his fellow teammates. The Shizuoka opening bowlers Abbas and Sukitha maintained a good wicket to wicket line during the first five overs and Amilendra, who had got off his mark with a risky single which nearly ran out Arosh, gave a simple catch to midoff in the 5th over to give Abbas his first wicket. Jayathura Samarakoon joined Arosh, and Sukitha, who had being maintaining a good line until then, gave 10 wides in the next over to prop up Serendib's run rate. Arosh was bowled by Abbas in the 7th over. The usually dependable Dhanuka Smaranayaka came in next, but gave a tame catch in his 2nd ball off new bowler Dhana and was out for nought. The hard hitting Amesh was sent in next under clear instructions to accellerate the run rate, and he and Jayathura managed to score boundaries at will, bringing the score to 64 by the 12th over when Jayathura was out bowled by Mevan for a valuable 26 in just 31 balls. Captain Buddhika Samarakoon joined Amesh and the pair continued scoring quickly. Amesh was out L.B.W. by Lalith when the score was on 92 in the 17th over. The talented Shiron Rathnasekara who hadn't made many runs recently came in next. Although captain Buddhika was out not long after that for a well made 14, Shiron made amends to his previous low scores with a masterclass 30 from that many balls. Duminda Wickremasingha also gave good support to Shiron by making 23 runs. Even after Duminda fell to Lakmal for 23, Serendib was well set in making above 170 when Shizuoka captain Neil Harrison brought himself for the final overs. The Serendib batsmen, used to facing fast bowlers, found it difficult to judge Neil's slow loopy deliveries. In two overs Neil claimed Shiron caught for 30, Tharaka hit wicket for 4 and Sachintha bowled for 2, and Serendib were out for 159 in 28.4 overs.

Scoring at a run rate above 5 per over was going to be very difficult for the Kytes considering the recent form of the Serendib bowlers. The left arm fast bowler Iroshana and Shiron opened the attack for Serendib. Although the opener Wasantha was cleverly run out for 7 by Dhanuka's direct hit, the new batsman Suresh and the other opener Uditha took up the score to 30. Shiron produced a jaffa of a deliver to bowl Suresh for 3, and almost immediately Duminda claimed the wicket of Abbas for nought. Then Uditha was runout for 23 and Lalith was run out for 0 putting the Kytes in a bit of a bother at 50 for 5. Lakmal and Sukitha took the score to the eighties, when Dhanuka trying out his leg spin talents clean bowled Lakmal. Kytes captain Neil joined Sukitha with the intention of building up a partnership and salvaging some pride for Kytes. Sukitha played the aggressive role in that partnership making a beautiful 34 before being out L.B.W to Arosh. Sukitha took a special liking to Dhanuka's leg spin deliveries, and anything pitching on leg stump was severely punished. Mewan the next batsman in, faced only 2 deliveries when the muscle strain sustained while fielding forced him to retire hurt. Neil, who had been playing second fiddle to Sukitha, then took charge and farmed the strike with Shoaib and Dhana to take the game into the final over with just 6 needed and only Dhana left for a companion. Dhanuka who had been bowling lollies until then was given the final over, and thankfully for Serendib decided to bowl his usual fast deliveries. Neil scored a boundary at the first ball, and took a single to take them just 1 run behind Serendib. However Dhanuka managed to clean bowl Dhana giving Serendib a 1 run victory. Neil although unfortunate to end up in the losing side, was the top scorer with 47 not out.

Thus ended Serendib's last game in Shizuoka this season. If weather permits they will play either the Edogawa Falcons or Lalazar, their nemesis in the two previous semifinals, at the J.G.C tournament final to be played in Edogawa in two weeks time. ※

※Note by the editor.
According to the latest news received, the semifinal and final have been postponed due to bad weather. Therefore considering the incoming winter, the remaining matches of the 2009 season will be held at the start of the 2010 season which will be somewhere around March 2010.

Serendib C.C. make it through to the J.G.C. T20 Finals 2009

2009-11-11T22:20:00.008+09:00

A collective strong performance by the Serendib bowling unit laid the platform for a 3 wicket victory against the Indian Tigers in the first semifinal of the J.G.C T20 Cup 2009 played on the 8th of November 2009. This victory broke Serendib's semifinal hoodoo which had them lose two previous semifinals this season.

Serendib were put to field first, on a slightly wet outfield due to the heavy morning dew, after losing the toss. Serendib's captain Buddhika Samarakoon placed his trust in Amilendra Kodithuwakku to open the attack, and Amilendra repaid his captain's faith by producing a spell of perfect line and length, and in the process also claimed the first wicket to fall in the Indian Tiger's lineup. Buddhika's tactic in using Amesh Weerasinghe's cutters at the start of the game also paid off with Amesh getting 2 valuable wickets. Asanka Pallegedara Iroshan Goshan too chipped in with 2 wickets each and Shiron Ratnasekara took one wicket. Poor running between the wickets cost the Indian Engineers the rest of the wickets to fall, and they were all out for a mere 70 runs in just 14 overs. That Serendib didn't even have to call on their main strike bowler Dhanuka Samaranayake speaks volumes about how strongly the rest of the bowling unit performed.

Knowing that it was their game to lose, Serendib's openers Tharaka Pathberiya and Sachintha Gurudeniya batted positively, but Sachintha was given out L.B.W rather unfortunately in the second over when the score was on 7. Tharaka was then joined by Serendib's in-form batsman Dhanuka Samaranayake, and the pair took apart the Indian Tigers bowling attack in ruthless fashion. Dhanuka especially was in his usual flamboyant self, striking 2 back to back boundaries. Seeing that his fast bowlers were not troubling any of the batsmen, the Indian Tiger's captain decided to give his slow bowlers a chance and tossed the ball to Pramod. Pramod obliged by clean bowling Dhanuka for 21 when the score was on 43. N.P. Chandrasiri was the next batsmen, and he was clearly under orders from his captain to hold up one end, while the other batsmen finished the job from the other end. However Pramod produced a fine display of slow bowling, relying on line and length rather than pace, to pick up the wickets of Tharaka for 11 and star batsman Shiron Ratnasekara for nought. Captain Buddhika made a quickfire 12 before he too was bowled by Pramod. Chandrasiri who made a sedate 1 out of 18 balls, was bowled by Udaya, and the new batsman Iroshana Goshan holed out to deep mid wicket to bring Serendib's score down to 63 for 7 and gave Pramod his 5th wicket of the match. With only 3 wickets more to go, the new pair on the crease, Asankha Pallegedara and Amilendra Kodithuwakku may have been under some pressure, but it didn't show as they reduced the deficit by taking well judged singles. Amilendra continuing his streak of not outs, took a risky double to reduce the deficit to 1 and Asankha took a single to tie the scores in the next over. Amilendra hit the winning boundary over long on to give Serendib a well deserved place in the final, and they will play the winners of the 2nd semifinal against Lalazar and Edogawa Falcons, which is scheduled for the 15th of November 2009.

Lalazar blast their way to Nagoya KCL 20/20 finals

2009-10-29T22:47:00.005+09:00

Serendib once again lost to Lalazar in the KCL T20 semi final played in Shizuoka. Serendib was looking forward to entering the inaugural KCL T20 final, after scoring 172 runs in the 20 overs batting first. But it was not enough as Lalazar batters who attacked Serndib bowlers every corner of the syzouka ground. Serendib inform batsman Dhanuka Samaranayake once again scored a splendid 50 and new found batsman Jankarathne contributed with scoring 18 runs in the final over of the inning.

Lalazar started their run chase with attacking mood as usual.Although wickets were fallen at regular intervals every one contributed with quick fire runs. Finally captain Gulzar and Razzak chased the target of 172 runs in 19.1 overs.Razzak in particular annihilate the serendib bowlers by hitting mighty sixes.

Serendib now ended their KCL competition at Syzouka for this season but still looking forward to winning the JGC competition that lost in the finals last year.

Serendib once again ended KCL tournement at semi finals

2009-10-17T23:42:00.005+09:00

Serendib's once again lost thier KCL semi final game against Lalazar last weekend.This is the second consecutive semi final elimination of KCL.Last year Serendib lost to Tokyo Giants sports club and this time it is against Lalazar sports club.

Serendib captain Buddhika Samarakoon won the toss at beautiful Syzouka ground.Serendib openers started well with an aggressive manner.But wickets were tumbled at regular interval cause the problem of serendib inning.Dhanuka Samaranayake once again batted with great courage but unfortunately not much support were given by rest of the batsman.Serendib finally got out for 163 runs with the help of Dhanuka's 58 runs.

Lalazar batsman as usual started their run chase by attacking the bowlers.But Serendib bowlers did not give much room for lalazar batsman to slash freely.Lalazar batsman also could not build a good partnership and getting out at regular interval.Once score board showed that 99 runs for 7 wickets.But unbroken 8th wicket partnership of 65 runs ended the Serendib's chance of entering KCL finals.

Serendib enters KCL 20/20 semi finals

2009-10-13T07:54:00.007+09:00

Serendib got through to the semi finals in the inaugural KCL 20/20 knockout tournament sponsored by Nagoya CC.Serendib defeated Nagoya CC , the sponsors of the tournament by 6 runs at the picturesque Syzouka ground this weekend.Nagoya CC won the toss and asked Serendib to bat first since condition was good for the seam bowling.Nagoya bowlers justify their captain's decision by bowling stump-to-stump line and given extremely few power play runs.Serendib one drop batsman Dhanuka Samaranayake batted with real confidence and scored a 48 runs.Some support were given by Asankha Pallegedara in the beginning and Jayathura Samarakoon at the end.Serendib final score was 114 runs which is not that huge score but dependable one under the wet ground condition.

It is evident that target is not an easy one by any means since Nagoya CC loss their wickets at regular intervals.All the Serendib bowlers bowled tight line and length to restrict Nagoya batsman and eventually they needed run a ball chase from last 6 overs.In the last two overs they needed 13 runs to win the match but in 19th over bowled by spinner Asankha Pallegedara only gave 2 runs and took a wicket.Now Nagoya last pair at the crease and needed 11 runs but bowler was Dhanuka Samaranayake the fastest bowler of the Serendib side.First ball was smashed through the open mid wicket area and next one went through to the wicket keeper.Now Nagoya need 7 runs from 4 balls but in the very next ball Dhanuka got his wicket by hitting the stumps.This gave required victory to knocked the Nagoya CC out of KCL 20/20 competition and Serendib now has to face either alkaraam or Lalazar in the semi finals.

Serendib registered their biggest victory

2009-10-05T09:28:00.006+09:00

Yesterday Serendib recorded their biggest victory at Edogawa ground against Tigers.

This friendly game reduced to 32 overs per team due to bad ground condition.Serendib captain Shiron dharshana won the toss and elected to bat as usual.They scored 201 runs with the help of some ordinary bowling and fielding performance by Indian Tigers.They conceded 56 wides which was the highest scorer for the match. Both Lasith rathnamalala and Sachintha scored 32 runs each and good support was given by Jayathura Samarakoon who scored 19 runs.

Indian Tigers target run chase was not an easy task since required run rate was over 6 from the beginning.At worst, tigers loss their one of the openers in the very first over.They are no way near the required rate on any time due to serendib accurate bowling.Finally Tigers were walloped again by giving biggest margin victory of 104 runs to Serendib.

Nail-biting encounter

2009-09-28T15:02:00.008+09:00

Yesterday's Serendib vs Indian tigers JGC game at Edogawa ended as a tied game.This is the first time Serendib couldn't win against Indian Tigers.As it was a very close game which could swing to both sides but ended up with a tie.

Serendib captain Buddhika Samarakoon won the toss and not hesitated to bat as only 9 members arrived on time when match was started. Serendib openers gave a 30 odd run partnership for first wicket in 7 overs.After loosing Asankha , Shiron Dharhana continued his good form by scoring 35 runs.But run rate was always at near 5 runs per over and could not accelerate in final overs.In the end Serendib ended with 91 runs on the board which was at least 10-15 runs behind the usual good score at Edogawa pitch.

Tigers started their run chase in aggressive manner scoring two fours in first over.But Shiron Dharshana once again demolished the tigers top order by taking 2 wickets in his first over.After loosing early wickets tigers played watchfully and gradually close to required target of 92. Finally Tigers needed 5 runs to win in the final over but only 2 wickets in their hand.Dhanuka Samaranayake bowled the final over with very good pace and accurate length.Tigers batsman failed to get any touch on their bat for first 3 balls and lost one wicket as well.So they needed 5 runs to win in final 3 balls.After getting one run in next ball 4 needed to win and 3 to draw.Then the very next ball Tigers last man batsman finally hit the ball in the air only to found a fielder at long off.But fielder couldn't grasp the catch which enabled Tigers to earn 2 valuable runs to their score.Now Tigers needed 2 runs to win and 1 to draw in the final ball with one wicket in hand.Dhanuka once again bowled a very good ball and tiger's batsman once again swung his bat in the air but non striker could able to cross one run when wicket keeper fumbled the ball behind the stumps.This is the end of nail-biting finish for the game by sharing two points each teams.

Serendib got through one game but another couldn't

2009-07-19T20:41:00.005+09:00

Serendibs started their JGC T20 competition with a tight win against Tokyo Dragonz.

Serendib captain Buddhika samarakoon lost the toss this time and had to field first.Serendib opening bowlers bowled good tight spell and Dragonz score was 6 runs in first 4 overs.But they gradually accelerated the run rate to 5 runs per over.Although serendib opening bowlers bowled good tight spell most of the wickets were taken by slow bowlers.Imalka samaranayake who now plays only 20/20s grabbed 3 wickets and another 3 were taken by Asankha pallegedara of his off cutters.In the end Dragonz were all out for 103. Serendib started thier run chase slowly since Dragonz bowlers bowled some good tight length.After loosing 1st wicket Buddhika Manoj and Asankha Pallegedara consolidated the inning with 50 odd runs partnership.But run rate was almost near the 5 runs per over which was the required run rate as well.After loosing both Buddhika and Asankha, serendib was bit of trouble with run a ball required rate.But Dhanuka Samaranayake came to crease and hit a huge six which reduce the pressure of serendib batsman.In the end Serendib got through the required target with 1 over to spare.

Today serendib scheduled to have a afternoon game against Edogawa Falcons but their regular team didn't show up in the field.So once Edogawa Falcons agree to give a walkover but in the end they managed to field a team with some players from Tokyo Dragonz.Although it may be out of the rules of JGC competition,Serendibs agree to play a game since they are always like to play cricket in competitive manner.Buddhika once again lost the toss so Serendib have to field two consecutive time under very hot japanese summer weather condition.Falcons started slowly but after several overs they attack some of serendib tired looking bowlers. In the end falcons were bowled out for 107 runs in the 19th over.Serendib start their run chase with attacking mood.After 3 overs serendib score was 23 runs which was way ahead of required run rate.But gradually Falcons bowlers found their rhythm and bowled pretty good line and length.Opener Shiron Dharshana anchored the Serendib innings with good 30 odd runs.But after loosing his wicket in crucial time Serendib couldn't catch up the required run rate.All of serendib players try to attack falcons in latter overs but couldn't manage to hit boundaries regularly since most of the fielders are fielded in boundary lines.In the end serendib couldn't got through the required target this time and fall short of just 8 runs.

CONTACTS

2009-07-18T17:19:00.001+09:00

This page is under construction.

MEMBERS

2009-07-18T17:16:00.002+09:00

Members for the 2011 Season.

01. Amesh Weerasinghe

02. Amilendra Kodithuwakku

03. Arosh Perera (C)

04. Asankha Pallegedara

05. Buddhika Samarakoon

06. Dhanuka Samaranayake

07. Dinesh Rajapaksha

08. Duminda

09. Goshan Iroshana

10. Hashitha Abeysekara

11. Jayathura Samarakoon (VC)

12. Lasith Rathnamalala

13. Manoj Adhikari

14. Sachintha Gurudeniya

15. Sahan Dulara

16. Sameera Darshana

17. Sandaruwan Ranaweera

18. Shanaka Pradeep

19. Shiron Rathnasekara

20. Tharaka Pathberiya

21. Viraj Lakmal

Serendib enters KCL semi finals!

2009-06-27T23:29:00.004+09:00

Today Serendib enters KCL semi final for the 2nd consecutive year by walloping Tokyo Predators at picturesque Syzouka ground.Serendib captain Buddhika won the toss and no hesitate to bat on lovely pitch for batsmans.Openers scored 30 runs for first wicket but lost the first 3 wickets before score moves to 62 runs.Then shiron dharshana and Dhanuka samaranayake consolidated the innings with solid 4th wicket partnership. But after loosing 4th wicket Serendibs were bit of bother because once score card showed 128 runs for 7 wickets.But Buddhika manoj once again came out with a gem of innings.He scored quick fire 43 runs by only facing 32 balls to set the Predators target score of 224 runs.

Predators started thier run chase with a poor start loosing first wicket in the first over.After that wicket they were no way near the required run rate of over 5 runs per over.Finally they just bowled out for mere 120 runs and gave Serendib a massive win of 103 runs.This secure serendib's semi final birth of KCl competition for the 2nd consecutive year.Now serendib looks forward to winning against either Tokyo Giants or Alkaraam in the semi finals.

Indian Tigers were outplayed once again by Serendib

2009-05-01T20:09:00.004+09:00

It seems that Indian Tigers need a lot more hard work to overcome Serendib, as they yet again lost a game to Serendib, this time at Koiwa. Serendib CC was invited by the Indian Tigers for a friendly game as practice for the JGC T20 tournament which starts soon. This time two T20 games were played but the result was two easy wins for Serendib. In the first game Serendib scored 124 runs batting first in their 20 overs. Asankha Pallegedara was the highest scorer for Serendib with a good solid 31 runs. Indian Tigers couldn't come anywhere near the target and faltered for a paltry 87 runs.

In the second game Indian Tigers batsmen took a more attacking approach and scored runs quite fast finishing their innings with 103 runs in 15 overs. Serendib target was not an easy task by any means, and things became worse when they lost their captain Shiron Dharshana in the first ball. But Duminda Wickeramarathna found his form after a long time and scored a match winning 34 runs. He was given good support by in form batsman Lasith Rathnamalala. In the end Serendib managed to reach the target in the 13th over registering yet another win.

Serenidb was too good for Tigers and Kytes

2009-05-01T19:53:00.003+09:00

Serendib started their official tournament games with two easy win against Syzouka Kytes and Indian Tigers.Syzouka Kytes once a really strong team in the Japan cricket.But now it seems that Serendib improved lot and registered an easy victory at Kytes home ground.Serendib scored 214 runs for their allocated 40 overs.Lasith rathnamalala was the top scorer for the Serendib. He scored run a ball 40 odd runs and good support was given by Dhanuka and Shiron.

Kytes started their run chase slowly.Serendib opening bowlers were too much for Kytes batsman.No one could score runs freely because of good line and length bowling from serendib bowlers.Asankha was the main destroyer captured 4 wickets for 17 runs.In the end Kytes bowled out for 120 odd runs and gave serendib a easy win.

Serendib had another game on that weekend against Indian Tigers.It seems that Indian tigers are no where near the in terms batting and bowling.They were easily outplayed by Serendib this time.This game Serendib found another big hitter Amesh who demoralized the Tigers's bowlers with quick fire 38 runs.Final result was an easy 6 wickets victory for Serendib.

Serendib start new season with a good win

2009-04-06T22:02:00.005+09:00

Serendib CC started their 2009 cricket season with a good win against Indian Engineers at Edogawa yesterday.Serendib new captain Buddhika Samarakoon won the toss and no hesitation to bat first under realy good weather condition.Former captain Asankha Pallegedara scored good solid 61 runs and anchored the Serendib innings.Good support was given by Dhanuka Samaranayake,Lasith Rathnamalala.In the end Serendib managed to score 199 runs thier allocated 40 overs.Shiron Dharshana and Amesh contributed with quick runs end of the innings.

Indian Engineers started thier run chase but couldn't managed to score with required rate because of tight bowling by Buddhika Manoj and dhanuka samaranayake.But thier captain Sanjeeb and Anurag gradually start to attack the serendib bowlers.One time they required only 75 runs with required run rate of just 5 runs per over.But after the fall of Anurag due to bad running between wickets cause thier wickets to collapse.In the final over buddhika manoj took a superb hat trick by taking 3 wickets.So Indian Engineers fall short of 38 runs and Serendib start thier new season in a winning note.

Giants tight bowling demolish the Serendib batting

2008-11-03T11:34:00.004+09:00

Serendib's chance to enter the first ever KCL finals has been ended by Tokyo Giants accurate bowling.Serendib won the toss for this valuable game but started with a disaster of getting out captain in the very first over.Soon after Dhanuka Samaranayake's run out cause serendib further trouble.First 3 batsman were got out for the very low score and that cause run rate under 3 runs per over.In the 10th over Serendib scorecard was shown in 25 runs for 3 wickets.Only Dumminda wickramarathna showed some resistence in the middle to the Giants very tight bowling.Eventually he also got out scoring 23 runs.In the end Serendib scored 108 runs with the help of 10th wicket partnership of Jayathura samarakoon and Buddhika Manoj.Buddhika Manoj's cameo of inning ended in the exactly the last ball of the innings.

Tokyo Giants started with the target of 108 runs with carefull manner.But with the help of some poor bowling ,They gradually started to attack.In the middle they had some hiccups but 108 runs were realy not enough to defend against such a high calibre side like Tokyo Giants.Now Tokyo Giants will be in the KCL finals for the 7 out of 8 years which they won the trophy on those 7 time.

Lions proved they are the best team in the JGC

2008-10-20T09:14:00.004+09:00

Serendib's chance of winning first ever cup final had been vanished due to Lions good tight bowling.Although Serendib lost the toss , Buddhika Manoj and Shiron Dharshana bowled fantastic opening spell to stop Lions usual attacking style of batting.In the first 5 overs, Lions score was just 14 runs.But after the 5 overs,with the help of some loose bowling they gradually accelarated the run rate.In the end Serendib came back to the game with some good fielding effort to restrict Lions innings to a reachable score of 101 runs.This is good bowling effort considering the Lions powerfull batting lineup.

Serendib openers Shiron Dharshana and Lasith Rathanamalala started their run chase but couldnt give a good start both of them got out too early.But Dhanuka who was promoted to batting looks realy good hitting some nice shots.But his run out gave Lions to get back to the game.It was the turning point of the match after that Serendib batsman failed to score required run rate of 5 runs.At the end of the 10 overs Serendib score was 30 runs way behind of the required run rate.That shows the accuracy of Lions bowling.In the end Serendib batsman tried to accelarate the run rate but wickets were fallen regular intervals.Finally Lions won the JGC 20/20 cup by 26 runs.

Serendib annihilated Paddys Batting

2008-10-13T11:20:00.006+09:00

Yesterday Serendib registered another easy win against Paddy Foleys.It was a morning game and as usual some of serendib players were late.But this time paddys captain wanted to reduce our allocated overs as a panalty.So Serendib started the game with loosing 2 overs.To add more trouble serendib lost the toss for the 5th consecutive time for this season and had to field once more.Serendib opening bowler Chamila Silva started a unsual bad over with 10 runs including 7 wides.But serendib managed to get back to the bowling rythem after taking 2 outstanding run outs by Dhanuka samaranayake and Shiron Dharshana.With the introduction of Shiron Dharshana to bowl paddys down fall was started.Shiron Dharshana bowled really good line and length and that help to get 3 wickets.One time he was on a hat trick but unfortunately he couldnt get his 2nd hat trick on serendib history.In the end Paddys were restricted to mere 63 runs in the exactly 18th over.

Serendib stared thier small chase of with a new batting order.But wickets were fallen regular intervals starting from Buddhika Manoj in the first over.Sasanka Salgadu who was playing his first game as a batsman played some glorious shots including a massive six over long leg boundery.Chamila silva gave a good support with scoring 18 runs in quick time.In the end Serendib chased thir target of 64 runs with five wickets in hand.Man of the match for this game should be given to Sasanka Salgadu for his sencible batting and some tight bowling.

Serendib bowlers were too strong for Dragons

2008-10-07T11:42:00.003+09:00

Serendib recoreded thier 2nd back to back victory in the JGC 20/20 competition last Sunday.This time oppponent was Tokyo Dragonz sport club.Serendib went to this game with only having 10 players on thier hand.Serendib captain Asankha Pallegedara lost the toss for the 4th consecutive time in this season and had to bowl under the good batting track.But Serendib opening bowlers Chamila Silva and Shiron Dharshana bowled a remarkable spell of fast bowling.After the six overs scorecard was showed like 12 runs for the loss of 3 wickets.Serendib new find Chamila Silva in perticular never give any room to Dragons batsmans to play attacking shots.After the finishing of serendib opening spells Dragons players gradually start to collect runs.In the end thier score was 88 all out in the 20th over.Chamila Silva was the pick of the bowlers with the match figures of 3for8.Also Sasanka Salgadu grabbed 3 important wickets for 15 runs with his fast leg cutters.

Serendib started their target with heavy blow since skipper Asankha were gone for duck.Then our experienced Duminda Wickramarathna hit some attacking fours but he also went out for 12 runs.But opener Lasith Rathnamalala anchored the innings with good support were given by Jayathura,Amesh and Shiron Dharshana.Finally Lasith got out but in that time serendib victory was inevitable.Shiron Dharshana collected the winnings runs by glorious lofted off drive.Now Serendib virtually in the JGC semi finals with still one game to play.

Serendib registerd another win in JGC

2008-09-28T21:48:00.003+09:00

Today serendibs managed to win against new comers Indian Tigers by 4 wickets. Serendib lost the toss but bowled exceptionaly well to restrict Indian Tigers to mere 52 runs.This is the lowest opponent total in the serendibs history.Serendib opening bowlers ,Manoj Buddhika and new comer Chamila Silva bowled with great pace and bounce.Tigers didnt know how to play such a accurate bowling.After the tight opening spell ,Sasanka Salgadu distroyed tigers middle order with 3 quick wickets by his leg cutters.

Serendib start thier lowest target in the history with a new opening combination of Duminda Wickramarathna and Lasith Rathnamalala.But Lasith couldnt hang around too much time by getting out with a very loose shot.After the Lasith's wickets serendib lost thier track by loosing wickets in very quick time.Before serendib captain Asankha Pallegedara and Buddhika Manoj come to crease , Serendib scorecard was shown as 30 runs for the loss of 6 wickets.But these two put unbroken 26 runs for the 7th wicket and registerd 2nd win for the JGC competition.Manoj Buddhika should be the todays man of the match for his 3 catches plus 1 wicket and good match winning partnership with captain.

It was a close game!

2008-08-24T21:46:00.004+09:00

Today Serendib played against Lions under the rainny condition at Koiwa.Serendib thought this game might postpone due to last night rain but had to play because Lions didnt want to re-schedule this game.

Serendib captain won the toss for the first time on this season and decided to bat under cloudy condition.But serendib wickets had been fallen in regular intervals so couldn't accelarate the run rate.Apart from some good hitting by Ganganath no other batsman could score runs freely. In the end Serendib finish their innings with the score of 98 runs for the lost of 8 wickets.Both Dhanuka samaranayake and Ganganath scored 24 runs.

Serendib started well to defend the low score of 98 runs.Both opening bowlers Buddhika Manoj and Shanaka bowled with tight line and lenght and picked up 2 early wickets.After that there was a little partnership before Asankha Pallegedara took his first of three wickets with the help of good catch by Buddhika Samarakoon.Then Buddhika Manoj took a splendid catch to build the pressure on lions batsman.

In the end Lions managed to chase their target of 99 runs for the lost of 7 wickets.It was a close game but if Serendib scored some 20 more runs the result might be different.

Serendib registerd thier 2nd win for this season

2008-08-04T14:44:00.003+09:00

Serendib continue with their winning habit by defeating Syzouka Kytes CC on a friendly game at Syzouka ground.

It was scheduled to have a KCL match against Tokyo Tigers but they forfieted the game for Serendib. So Serendib arranged a friendly game with kytes. Serendib reached Syzouka ground with about 3 hour drive from Tokyo . Both teams agreed to play full 40 over game although game started on 11:45 am which is 45 minutes late on regular starting time.Serendib captain Asankha Pallegedara lost the toss for the second time of this season . But opening opening bowlers Buddhika Manoj and Shiron Dharshana started with good tide spell. Only openers of Kytes team managed to play positve cricket. After thier departure to serendib tide bowling they were bowled out for 123 runs in 32nd over.

Serendib started with their run chase with a bad note since new opener for this game Dhanasiri wijedasa unfortunetely got run out on 2nd over. But Jayathura samarakoon and Lasith Rathnamalala consolidated the innings with a good partnership of 60 odd runs. Although Jayathura and Lasith god out in the middle of the innings Shiron Dharshana and Buddhika Samarakoon finished the game with 6 wickets in hand.

This was good team effort because everyone contribute with bat or ball hope this winning rally continue with future games .

JGC(20/20) schedule

2008-07-16T23:30:00.003+09:00

Serendib start season with a good win

2008-07-13T17:59:00.003+09:00

Serendibs started their 2008 season with comfortable win against Indian Engineers cricket club on JGC 20/20 competition.

IECC won the toss and elected to bat but serendib bowling was too much for them since they got bowled out for just 94 runs. Shiron Dharshana bowled briliantly with a first hatric for serendib history.

Serendib started thier their chase with good opening stand between captain Asankha and Shiron. They added 61 runs for the first wicket that gave the foundation for victory. In the end serendib managed to chase the target of 95 runs for just 4 wickets.This is realy a good start for serendib after several washed out games for this season.

KCL schedule (updated)

2008-06-29T18:59:00.003+09:00

KCL game washed out

2008-06-07T18:52:00.004+09:00

Unfortunately another game has been washed out. This time its a KCL game against Alkaram at Ageo. Although there is a good weather condition on both yesterday and today , heavy showers poured in last week cause another washout game.

Serendib vs Adore 06 @ Fuji Part 1

2008-06-01T19:28:00.001+09:00

Part one of the video.

Serendib vs Adore 06 @ Fuji Part 2

2008-06-01T19:27:00.001+09:00

Here is the 2nd part of the video.

New season

2008-05-24T18:13:00.003+09:00

Serendib's new season for 2008 is started with called off game. We have scheduled a friendly game against Paddy Foleys but unfortunately weather against us.

So our next game will be KCL league game against Alkaram at Ageo on 8th of June.