Saracens in gallant fight back against BRC

Saracens fought their way back when they ended on 281 for 5 after BRC had posted a mammoth 418 for 8 declared on day two of their Premier Tier ‘B’ encounter played at the BRC ground.

The morning session belonged overnight batsman Dilum Harischandra who made an unbeaten 104 for BRC while the evening session was dominated by Samith Dushantha and Nilakshan Abeyratne who was responsible for the fight back put in by Saracens. The match will be continued at 9.30 a.m. today.

BRC (301/5 o’night) 418 for 8 declared (Dilan Sandagirigoda 104, Chamil Perera 72, Heshan de Silva 63, Gihan Perera 22, Dilum Harischandra 104 n.o.; Malinda Pushpakumara 4 for 77, Ravindra Karunaratne 2 for 67) Saracens 281 for 5 (Samith Dushantha 82, Nilakshan Abeyratne 64, Suresh Niroshan 46, Geeth Alwis 33, Sachitra Serasinghe 27 n.o.; Duncan Arnolda 3 for 37, Sarath Pushpakumara 2 for 49)

Bold reply by Moratuwa
Moratuwa made a bold reply of 284 for 9 to Air Force score of 317 at the end of the second days in the match played at De Zoysa Stadium in Moratuwa.
Air Force 317 (Abuthahir Rizan 77, Suwanji Madanayake 76, Mohamed Faizer 50, Roshan Mapathuna 29, Pubudu Wickrama 26, Mevan Porage 16; Jeewan Chamikara 5 for 74, Selvin Perera 2 for 56)
Moratuwa (1/0 o’night) 284 for 9 (Chamal Rupasinghe 121, Sagara Wijemanne 62; Tharanga de Silva 26, Jeewan Chamikara 15 n.o.; Abuthahir Rizan 5 for 93, Chamila Gamage 3 for 70)

Panadura takes lead
Panadura have already taken a first innings lead over Sebastianites in the match played played at the Panadura Esplanade.
Panadura 241 (Sunendra Kumara 57, Nilantha Cooray 40, Sudesh Umayanga 39, Mohan Fonseka 30, Nuwan Quintaz 29; Suranjana Rajitha 3 for 39, Lakshan Rodrigo 3 for 62, Ramesh Kumar 2 for 32) and 272 for 5 (Tharinda Thushara 63, Sudesh Umayanga 31, Sunendra Kumara 18, Shammika Ruwan 17, Pasan Wanasinghe 66 n.o., Amila Perera 55 n.o.; Lakshan Rodrigo 2 for 54, Geeth Silva 2 for 70)
Sebastianites (89/5 o’night) 181 (Yohan Arumathanthir 40, Geeth Silva 32, Lahiru Fernando 23, Dhanusha Indunil 16; Nilantha Cooray 4 for 43, Amila Perera 3 for 34)

Police in strong position
Police were in a strong position against Singha SC in their match played at Reid Avenue.
Police 155 (Mohamed Rasmijinan 56, Malinda Abeyratne 30, Mahesh Kuruppu 28; Christy Liyanage 4 for 45, Lihiru Gamage 4 for 51, Chaturu Randunu 2 for 26) and 307 for 7 (Aruna Priyantha 28, Mahesh Kuruppu 25, Dhammika Rajapakse 142 n.o., Tharindu Weerasinghe 72 n.o.; Hasitha de Silva 3 for 46, Lihiru Gamage 2 for 52)
Singha SC 155 (Denver Faux 24, Thushara Madanayke 22, Mahesh Kumara 18, Christy Liyanage 18, Chaturu Randunu 32 n.o.; Nihil Soysa 2 for 12, Tharindu Weerasinghe 2 for 28, Manjula Jayawardena 2 for 40, Mohamed Rasmijinan 2 for 43)

Army take advantage
Army took advantage over Lankan CC on day two in the match played at the Army ground in Panagoda.
Lankan CC 164 (Dhammika Gunawardena 32, Yasas Tilekeratne 27, Rasika Priyadharshana 23, Dhammika Perera 20, Sanahasa Fernando 18, Gayan Fernando 21 n.o.; Ajantha Mendis 7 for 37) and 194 for 5 (Upul Fernando 40, Chanaka Withanage 27, Yasas Tilekeratne 85 n.o.; Seekuge Prasanna 2 for 22)
Army (134/4 o’night) 206 (Manjula de Soysa 54, Sriyam Sanjeewa 25, Chandima Prasad 22, Ravindra Palleguruge 18, Ajantha Mendis 15; Suranjith Silva 3 for 41, Gayan Fernando 3 for 45, Dhammika Perera 2 for 50, Ajantha Mendis 2 for 53)