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Vishmi steals limelight with tournament-best 166 for CCC

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August 11, 2025

NAVY SC, Air Force SC, and Chitaw Marians CC continued their domination of the SLC Major Clubs Women's Limited-Over Tournament, recording their fifth straight win in as many games, but the most noteworthy display of the day came from national top order bat Vishmi Gunaratne, who hit a magnificent 166 off 152 balls (23 fours, 2 sixes) for CCC, beating the previous highest individual score in the tournament — 140 by her Sri Lankan teammate Harshitha Samarawickrama for Navy SC against Badureliya SC.

CCC scored 217 and Vishmi contributed 76.5% of the runs scored by her team in their 44-run win against Colts at the Colts Grounds. The second highest score was 18. Colts managed 173, with Nethmi Upeksha making a top score of 41 and seamer Malshi Nirasha capturing 3/23.

In a low-scoring match at Surrey Village Grounds, Maggona, Chilaw Marians CC bowled out Ace Capital CC for a paltry 42 off 23.3 overs and knocked the runs off in 14.1 overs to win by seven wickets. 17-year-old left-arm wrist spinner Shashini Gimhani picked up three of the top four wickets for 19 runs for Chilaw Marians CC.

SSC, who ran up the highest total of the ongoing tourna-

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