For the third consecutive night in the SLPL, a brutal opening stand was the bedrock of a comfortable win, as fifties to Aaron Finch and Gihan Rupasinghe helped Ruhuna Royals crush Uthura Rudras by 35 runs in a rain-curtailed 16-overs-a-side encounter.

Finch made 65 and Rupasinghe 50 as the pair struck 11 fours and four sixes between them.

Lasith Malinga's 4 for 21 then ensured Uthura never looked like chasing down the revised target of 145 at any stage.

Uthura Rudras were all out for just 118 runs in 15.5 overs.