17 March 2010: Lanka Lions beat ECB Blues by eight wickets

SHARJAH — Vikrant Shetty returned with a five-wicket haul while Haris cracked a superb unbeaten half-century as Eurocon Alubond defeated Rufi Real Estate by nine wickets in the second Al Dhaid Gold Cup, organised by the Sharjah Cricket Council, a press release said.

In another match, Lanka Lions, aided by a fine all-round performance from Marlon, got the better of ECB Blues by eight wickets while William Hare Abu Dhabi Gymkhana dominated their match against Emirates Islamic Bank before posting a comfortable 67-run victory.Vikrant conceded just 17 runs for his five-wicket haul as Rufi Real Estate, batting first, were bowled out for a modest 115. Only Usman (33) and Adil (27) offered some worthwhile resistance to a disciplined Eurocon attack.Eurocon Alubond, in reply, achieved the victory in just 11 overs with Haris remaining not out on 51. He was well assisted by Nasir Aziz who chipped in with a fluent 48.

Malintha Perera smashed an unbeaten 77 and Gyan made a solid 46 as Lanka Lions overhauled ECB Blues’ total of 200 all out in 32.1 overs. Earlier, ECB Blues had built their innings around Rahul Chatwari who weighed in with an entertaining 84.

William Hare Abu Dhabi rode on a brilliant knock of 80 by Faisal Ashraf to pile up a decent 249t. Emirates Islamic Bank, in reply, were shot out for 182 with Nadeem and Zeeshan taking three wickets each.

Brief scores:

Lanka Lions beat ECB Blues by eight wickets: ECB Blues 200 all out (Rahul Chatwari 84, Qasim Zubair 29, Abdul Rehman 15; Priyantha 4-38, Mithila 2-21, Darshana 2-45, Marlon 2-48) Lanka Lions 202 for two in 32.1 overs (Malintha Perera 77 not out, Gyan 46, Marlon 27 not out). Man of the match: Marlon of Lanka Lions. Umpires: B M Abdullah and Rajiv Sharma.


William Hare Abu Dhabi Gymkhana beat Emirates Islamic Bank by 67 runs: William Hare Abu Dhabi Gymkhana 249 all out (Faisal 80, Shafique 43, Irfan Haider 32, Asim 32; Ali Asad 5-51, Naeem Khan 3-32) Emirates Islamic Bank 182 all out (Ali Asad 46, Khurram 35, Kashif 30; Nadeem 3-19).
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/sport/inside_sport.aspxfile=/data/cricket/2010/March/cricket_March109.xml§ion=cricket

Bens DXB Get-together- Feb 2010

Lions school sixes Plate champs - St Benedicts college

JANUARY 2010

Congratulations to Old Bens Cricket Team for winning the Annual Lanka Lions
cricket tournament - Plate trophy 2010.
How did we fare:
We beat Ananda College and lost to Raddoluwa Vidyalaya in the 1st round matches. However we went up to beat the much fancied St. Joseph's in the Quarter final and St. Peter's in the Semi final. The final was with Nalanda College, which the Bens did not have much resistance to win by 4 wickets. The Bens team was captained by experienced Lanka Lions player Old Ben Mithila Rajapakse, who led the team to victory through his splendid leg spinners. Sujeewa Silva, Chamil Nandana and Steve Edward contributed with some splendid bowling while Manju Fernando, Mithila Rajapakse, Chamil Nandana, Virosh Fernando and Steve Edward performed with the bat through out the tournament. With an overall effort by the whole team, we bagged the Plate.

Year 2009

24 Dec 2009 Lanka and Yogi in semi finals
http://www.cricdb.com/archive/international/news/detail.php?nid=2620

Yogi Group beat Rufi Real Estate while Lanka Lions thrashed Emirates Islamic Bank to move into the semifinals of the first Al Dhaid Ramadan floodlit cricket tournament, organised by the Sharjah Cricket Council.

Yogi – who led by an inspiring spell of Shafaqat (5-16), outclassed Rufi Real Estate by 92 runs while Lions rode on a four-wicket haul by Mithila Rajapaksha to get the chop out Emirates Islamic Bank from the tournament. Yogi Group, batting first, scored 171 for seven with Swapnil Patil (65) and Prabodhan (58) producing fluent half centuries. Rufi Real Estate, in reply, were shot for 79 in the 14th over with Shafaqat doing most of the damage.

In the other quarter-final, Lions called the shots with a solid all-round performance. Batting first, they knocked up 178 for six in the allotted 20 overs with Malintha contributing a fine 69. Gyan (40) was the other main scorer.

Emirates Islamic Bank, in reply, were bowled out for 105 in the 19th over. Mithila conceded just four runs for his four-wicket haul while Taranga further added to the woes of a struggling Emirates Islamic Bank batsmen, taking three wickets for 18 runs.

Asim Kaleem (26), Faizan (23) and Khurram (22) batted well, but their efforts weren’t good enough to match pace the ever-increasing asking rate


30 November 2009 Lanka Lions register huge win
http://m.gulfnews.com/sport/cricket/lanka-lions-register-huge-win-1.441905

Sharjah: Shahane Perera picked up three wickets for just nine runs, while Suranjith and Mithila got four wickets each as Lanka Lions crushed K&S Academy by nine wickets in the Ten Sports Bukhatir League A Division tournament at the Sharjah stadium.
The K&S Academy, comprising youngsters, opted to bat first after winning the toss, but were shot out for a paltry 76. None of their batsmen could offer any worthwhile resistance to a charged-up Lanka Lions attack. Sumit (15) and Faisal Ameen (11) were their only batsmen to reach double figures.

The seasoned Lanka Lions team achieved the modest target almost without breaking a sweat. Oshadha Warnapura hit a brisk 47 off 23 balls, that included eight fours, while Sujeewa Silva made 21 off 20 balls to power their team to victory in just eight overs.
The tournament, organised by the Sharjah Cricket Council is now in its 32nd year and is supported by AJ Sports and Gillett Blue II Excel.
Brief scores
Lanka Lions beat K&S Academy by nine wickets:
K&S Academy: 76 all out in 31.3 overs (Sumit 15, Faisal Ameen 11; Shahane Perera 3-9, Suranjith 2-13, Mithila 2-10). Lanka Lions: 78 for 1 in 8 overs (Oshadha Warnapura 47, Sujeewa Silva 21).
Man of the Match: Shahane Perera of Lanka Lions

16 Nov 2009 Lanka Lions bt Arab Udupi by 82 runs
http://gulfnews.com/sport/cricket/nmc-edge-out-fly-emirates-1.230649

Lanka Lions won their first game in the tournament upsetting Arab Udupi. The Lions batted first and were bowled out for 157 runs in 46.5 overs.
Spinners Abdullah Mazhar, Mohammad Kamil, Vikrant Shetty and Devender Taneja picked up two wickets each. Oshad Warnapura (25), Eranga Jeyasekara (34) and Janaka Bandara (22) were the main scorers.
Defending 157 runs was never going to be easy but a brace by Mithila Rajapakse and Janaka Kumarajit set the Lions on their way.Shahane Perera, coming in as the sixth bowler, then rocked the batting line up with a spell of five wickets for just seven runs in 5.2 overs.Arab Udupi were shot out for just 75 runs.
Lanka Lions bt Arab Udupi by 82 runs
Lanka Lions 157 ( Oshada Warnapura 25, Eranga Jeyasekara 34, Janaka Bandara 22, Abdullah Mazhar 2 for 22, Mohammad Kamil 2 for 21, Vikrant Shetty 2 for 33, Devender Taneja 2 for 24) Arab Udupi 75 ( Mithila Rajapakse 2 for 12, Janaka Kumarjit 2 for 5, Shahane Perera 5 for 7 )
Man of the match: Shahane Perera.

February 15, 2009 Lanka Lions beat Universal Steel by 12 runs
http://gulfnews.com/sport/cricket/westminster-win-gulf-cup-thriller-1.51833

Westminster Academy pulled off a thrilling eight run win over DPS Jebel Ali Academy in the under-10 division of the Nissan Gulf Cup cricket tournament yesterday.
In the matches played at the DPS ground in Sharjah, Pratik Shetty knock of 83 runs helped YTCA to a convincing 73 run win over Chevrolet Insportz in the under-16 division after the Insportz under-14 team beat YTCA ½A¼ by a two-run margin earlier in the day.
Meanwhile, Eurocon and Lanka Lions entered the semifinal of the Ajman Super League 20 20 tournament.
Lanka Lions beat Universal Steel by 12 runs. Lanka Lions scored 194 for 4 (Kelun 61, Malintha 51, Gayan 21, Riyaz 2 for 32). Universal Steel scored 182 (Asif Mohammed 50, Jayaprakash Shetty 34, Hari Prasannan 27, Ashraf 21, Mithila 4 for 29). Man of the Match: Mithila