Arnold
nudges selectors with timely knock
By Marlon Fernandopulle
Left hander Russell Arnold nudged the selectors with
a fighting unbeaten 76 to help NCC to 213 for 5 wickets against
Colts SC at Maitland Place yesterday.
Chasing colts first innings total of 261, NCC were made to work
hard for their runs.
At
Maitland Place:NCC vs Colts SC
Colts SC - 261
NCC - 213/5 ( Upul Tharanga 41 Russell Arnold 76 n o Mahesh
Perera 42 Hashan Tilakaratne 16 S Liyanage 2/46)
SSC
fight back
Trailing by 90 runs on the first innings SSC did well
to reach 227 for 4 in their second innings against Chilaw Marians
SC at Maitland Place yesterday.
Two unbeaten knocks from Hemantha Wickremaratne (46 ) and D Indika
(60 ) helped SSC fight back in their second innings and set the
stage for a possible outright victory.
SSC
vs Chilaw Marians
SSC - 102 & 227/4 (Jeewan Mendis 50 Thilan Samaraweera
27 Hemantha Wickremaratne 46 n o D Indika 60 n o J Gunaratne 2/35)
Chilaw Marians SC - 192 (D Perera 40 M Gajanayake 41 J Gunaratne
40 P Jayasundera 26 D Hettiarachchi 7 /56 )
Buddhika
shines for CCC
Charitha Buddhika proved his allround capabilities with
a useful half century and three wickets to help CCC take the upper
hand against Ragama SC at Maitland Crescent yesterday.
CCC-
402 all out (Charitha Buddhika 52 Ganganath Ratnayake 41 Sajeewa
Arangalle 4/84 Rasika Priyadarshana 2/50)
Ragama SC-150/7 ( Dushantha Ranatunge 66 n o Charitha Buddhika 3/44
Sujeewa Silva 2/44)
Perera
strokes a century for Sebs
Despite a fine century from S Perera Sebestianites SC
went down on first innings by 14 runs against Moors SC at Braybrooke
Place yesterday.
Chasing Moors first innings total of 258,Sebestianites SC managed
to get 244 all out,falling short by 14 runs.
At Braybrooke Place:Moors SC vs Sebestianites SC
Moors
SC- 258 & 0/0
Sebestianites SC - 244 (S Perera 109 D Seneviratne 67
C Welagedara 3/65 )
Air Force fight back
A fine bowling spell by Chamila Gamage helped AIR Force SC to snatch
a close 6 run first innings lead over Kurunegala YCC at the Welagedara
Stadium yesterday.
At the Welagedara Stadium:Kurunegala YCC vs Air Force SC
Air Force SC - 152 (A Kumara 51 D Asanka 21 S Dhananjaya 20 S Karunaratne
3/54 M Maduwantha 4/54 ) & 3/0
Kurunegala YCC- 146 (D Ranasinghe 40 M Fernando 33 Chamila Gamage
6/41 D Asanka 2/50) |
