Chanaka cracks first double ton

Chanaka Wijesinghe of NCC cracked the first double ton of the Rupavahini Premier League cricket when he slammed a 307 ball 250 with included 32 boundaries and three sixes against Tamil Union at P. Sara Stadium.

Chanaka was involved in three valuable partnerships first of 157 for the fourth wicket with Suraj Mohamed, then 125 for the fifth wicket with Malintha Gajanayake and 95 for the sixth wicket with Sahan Wijeratne which finally helped them make a mammoth 441 for 6 declared.

Tamil Union set a massive target of 409 runs to win were 116 for 3 needing a further 290 runs when play starts at 9.30 a.m. today.

NCC 194 and (210/3 o’night) 441 for 6 declared (Chanaka Wijesinghe 250, Malintha Gajanayake 56, Suraj Mohamed 33, Upul Tharanga 31, Kanchana Gunawardena 25, Sahan Wijeratne 28 n.o.; Omesh Wijesiriwardena 3 for 75, Muthumudalige Pushpakumara 2 for 80)

Tamil Union (116/3 o’night) 227 (Sajith Fernando 57, Lanka de Silva 51, Gihan de Silva 33, Mevan Fernando 22, Gihan Rupasinghe 15; Chanaka Komasaru 4 for 43, Kosala Kulasekera 3 for 54, Suraj Mohamed 2 for 48) and 116 for 3 (Ian Daniel 19, Sajith Fernando 48 n.o., Gihan Rupasinghe 28 n.o.)

Ragama 482 to win
Ragama CC set a daunting task of 482 runs for victory by SSC were in a spot of bother as they ended the third day’s play on 124 for 3 in their match played at the SSC grounds.

SSC 302 and (181/3 o’night) 328 for 6 declared (Thilan Samaraweera 96, Avishka Gunawardena 72, Thilina Kandamby 58, Janudika Sriyapala 62 n.o.; Kaushalya Weeraratne 2 for 66, Malinga Bandara 2 for 66)

Ragama CC 149 (Sameera de Soysa 30, Malinga Bandara 15, Dushantha Ranatunga 75 n.o.; Chaminda Vidanapathirana 4 for 36, Kaushal Lokuarachchi 2 for 20, Thilina Mirando 2 for 35, Shalika Karunanayake 2 for 50) and 124 for 3 (Harsha Vithana 66, Dushantha Ranatunga 40; Sachitra Senanayake 2 for 31)

Nuwan sends Bloomfield reeling
Right arm pacie Nuwan Kulasekera sent Bloomfield reeling in their match played at Reid Avenue. Nuwan’s hostile spell of 6 for 27 saw them collapse to 156 for 9 to give Colts s glimpse chance of winning the match outright.

Colts 141 and (204/4 o’night) 326 (Dilruwan Perera 94, Jeewantha Kulatunga 78, Nuwan Kulasekera 30, Sajeewa Weerakoon 17, Angelo Mathews 67 n.o.; Tyronne Gamage 3 for 94, Shanuka Dissanayake 2 for 59, Mateesha Ranasinghe 2 for 84)

Bloomfield 281 (Prasanna Jayawardena 53, Chamara Silva 50, Anoj Katepeaarachchi 32, Tharaka Gunaratne 23, Tyronne Gamage 18; Dilruwan Perera 4 for 16, Ruchira Perera 3 for 57, Nuwan Kulasekera 2 for 35) and 156 for 9 (Thilina Masmulla 52, Prasanna Jayawardena 50; Nuwan Kulasekera 6 for 27, Sajeewa Weerakoon 2 for 29)

Marians set a target of 322
Chilaw Marians set a target of 322 by Badureliya CC were 104 for 3 at the end of the third day’s play in their match played at the Colts grounds.

Badureliya CC 231 and (150/4 o’night) 335 (Sudeepa Perera 76, Amila Ratnayake 47, Dinusha Fernando 45, Dilshan Vitharana 36, Hemantha Wickramaratne 25, Niroshan Bandarathileke 24; Harsha Cooray 3 for 17, Dinuka Hettiarachchi 3 for 75, Hasantha Fernando 2 for 39)

Chilaw Marians 245 (Hasantha Fernando 84, Praneeth Jayasundara 56, Charith Sylvester 46; Malinga Surappullige 4 for 49, Dinusha Fernando 3 for 57) and 104 for 3 (Hasantha Fernando 44 n.o., Harsha Cooray 25 n.o.; Dinusha Fernando 2 for 25)

Tier ‘B’
Lankan CC massive 508
Lankan CC made a massive 508 for 7 declared against Police with Chanaka Withanage cracking a fine knock of 166 in the match played at Police Park.

Police 189 for 9 (Saman Wijeratne 49, Mohamed Rasmijinan 21, Ravin Nirmal 19, Aruna Priyantha 41 n.o.; Gayan Fernando 3 for 38, Suranjith Silva 2 for 24, Dhammika Perera 2 for 59) and 70 for 1 (Malinda Abeyratne 33 n.o., Supun Nirmala 22 n.o.)

Lankan CC (158/1 o’night) 508 for 7 declared (Chanaka Withanage 166, Ranil Dhammika 73, Dhammika Gunawardena 50, Sanahasa Fernando 41, Upul Fernando 124 n.o., Gayan Fernando 19 n.o.; Dhammika Rajapakse 4 for 86)

Saracens in trouble
Saracens were in trouble against Army at the BRC grounds.

Army (366/9 o’night) 393 (Sriyan Sanjeewa 69, Romesh Dhanushka 44, Navantha Ratnayake 24, Manjula de Soysa 18, Ravindra Palliyaguruge 21, Chandima Prasad 153 n.o.; Ikram Abdeen 2 for 68, Malinda Pushpakumara 2 for 73, Sameera Vishwaranga 2 for 81) Saracens SC 188 (Geeth Alwis 75, Sepala Nanayakkara 28, Pradeep Nishantha 28 n.o.; Navantha Ratnayake 3 for 30, Ajantha Mendis 3 for 35, Seekuge Prasanna 2 for 46) and 132 for 7 (Sepala Nanayakkara 29, Kansihka Amarasinghe 28, Ruchira Palliyaguruge 23, Geeth Alwis 15; Seekuge Prasanna 3 for 23, Ajantha Mendis 2 for 21)

Sebs 382/9, Air Force 249/7
Air Force were 249 for 7 in reply to Sebastianites score of 382 for 9 declared in their match played at Rifle Green.

Sebastianites (382/9 o’night) 432 for 9 declared (Heshan Thilakeratne 106, Lahiru Fernando 90, Buddika Peiris 59, Yohan Arumathanthri 38, Anjula Perera 22, Isuru Gunasena 18, Lakshan Rodrigo 41 n.o., Niranjan Kumara 17 n.o.; Abuthahir Rizan 3 for 88, Ajith Kumara 2 for 81, Chamila Gamage 2 for 91)

Air Force 249 for 7 (Mohamed Faizer 108, Ruchira Karunasena 49, Primal Buddhika 33, Ajith Kumara 20 n.o.; Primal Salgado 4 for 58)

Moratuwa take lead
Moratuwa SC made 355 in reply to Singha SC’s score of 264 on day two of their match played at De Zoysa Stadium in Moratuwa.

Singha SC 264 (Mahesh Kumara 66, Manjula Zoysa 45, Crishan Kavinga 44, Chatura Randunu 34, Denver Faux 29, Hasitha de Silva 20, Thushara Madanayake 15; Jeewan Chamikara 3 for 46, Manoj Deshapriya 2 for 36, Selvin Perera 2 for 47, Sajith Rupasinghe 2 for 68) and 88 for 2 (Madura Sanjaya 36, Denver Faux 17, Thushara Madanayake 22 n.o.)

Moratuwa SC (145/2 o’night) 355 (Sagara Wijemanne 88, Chamil Rupasinghe 65, Tharanga de Silva 57, Sajith Rupasinghe 57, Thushara Fernando 29, Harsha de Silva 25; Irantha Vithana 4 for 74, Chatura Randunu 3 for 70, Lihiru Gamage 2 for 64)

Panadura take advantage
Panadura took advantage over BRC in their match played at the Panadura Esplanade yesterday.

BRC 159 (Duncan Arnolda 62, Thamara Abeyratne 42, Marlon Madusanka 19 n.o.; Rajitha Mendis 6 for 48, Dhanuja Nandana 3 for 54) and 152 for 6 (Varuna Waragoda 24, Chamara Soysa 22, Chamil Perera 63 n.o.; Dhanuja Nandana 3 for 29)

Panadura (147/5 o’night) 262 (Pasan Wanasinghe 84, Sunendra Kumara 37, Mohan Fonseka 26, Amila Perera 21, Shammika Ruwan 17, Sanjeewa Roshan 16; Duncan Arnolda 4 for 63,Thamara Abeyratne 2 for 31, Romesh Eranga 2 for 36)