Bloomfield fall outright as Sanath goes for a duck

Right arm off spinner Sachitra Senanayake with a match bag of 10 for 81 which included a seven wicket haul in the second innings, steered SSC to their sixth outright victory helping the side to defeat Bloomfield by ten wickets in their Rupavahini Premier League cricket encounter concluded at the SSC ground yesterday.

Bloomfield resuming on their overnight score of 28 for 2 which included the prize wicket of Sanath Jayasuriya who lasted only six balls for a ‘duck’ fell into deep trouble losing three wickets within the space of ten overs which saw them struggling on 61 for 5.

A 72 run partnership for the sixth wicket between Yohan de Silva and Chinthaka Jayasinghe gave them some hope of recovering. The dismissals of Yohan and Chinthaka who made a fighting knock of 97 from 100 balls along with five boundaries and eight sixes.There was little batting left in the tail end of Bloomfield and with spinner Sachitra being a thorn, Bloomfield were unable to make much progress as they succumbed to 233 which left the home team just five runs for victory.

Earlier on the second days play opener Tharanga Paranavithana made a fine knock of 177 in 219 balls with 24 boundaries and a six which paved the way for SSC to make a formidable 367.

Bloomfield 138 and (28/2 o’night) 233 (Chinthaka Jayasinghe 97, Yohan de Silva 39, Tharanga Lakshitha 27, Thilina Masmulla 21, Tharaka Gunaratne 19; Sachitra Senanayake 7 for 81, Kaushal Lokuarachchi 2 for 50)

SSC 367 (Tharanga Paranavithana 177, Jeewan Mendis 59, Kaushal Silva 34, Thilina Kandamby 16, Kaushal Lokuarachchi 16, Sachitra Senanayake 21 n.o.; Tyronne Gamage 4 for 95, Shanuka Dissanayake 3 for 64) and 6 for no loss)

Tamil Union rout Badureliya SC

Tamil Union routed Badureliya SC by an innings and 104 runs with a day to spare at the P. Sara Stadium yesterday. Tamil Union resuming from their overnight score of 443 for 5 declared their innings on 463 for 8.

Badureliya SC batting the second time with a deficit of 337 runs was able to muster only 233 giving the home team a comfortable victory which was their third for the season.

Badureliya SC 126 and 233 (Niroshan Bandaratileke 64, Amila Ratnayake 44, Hemantha Wickramaratne 35, Viraj Perera 30, Malith Gunatileke 23; Muthumudalige Pushpakumara 4 for 56, Madhawa Perera 3 for 31, Suranga Lakmal 2 for 84)

Tamil Union (443/5 o’night) 463 for 8 declared (Sajith Fernando 131, Ian Daniel 101, Gihan Rupasinghe 96, Muthumudalige Pushpakumara 71, Lanka de Silva 36; Malinga Surappullige 4 for 89)

Ragama CC 171 to win

Ragama CC having conceded a first inning lead to NCC fought their way back to a winning position at the NCC ground. Ragama CC chasing a target of 171 were 136 for 3 needing just 35 more for victory.

NCC 243 and 123 (Upul Tharanga 61, Kaushalya Weerarartne 4 for 47, Upul Indrasiri 2 for 12)

Ragama CC (181/9 o’night) 196 (Indika Senaratne 52, Dushan Ranatunge 44, Duminda Perera 27, Harsha Vithana 17, Malinga Bandara 27 n.o.; Chanaka Komasaru 5 for 60, Tharaka Kotehewa 2 for 70) and 136 for 3 (Indika Senaratne 32, Dushantha Ranatunge 27, Harsha Vithana 49 n.o., Malinga Bandara 15 n.o.; Kosala Kulasekera 2 for 14)

Marians on course

Chilaw Marians are on course to record an outright win over CCC at the CCC ground. Needing 116 to win, they were 34 for 2 at the end of the third day’s play.

CCC 183 and 187 (Tharindu Mendis 87, Jehan Mubarak 54; Dinuka Hettiarachchi 4 for 54, Chinthaka Perera 3 for 38)

Chilaw Marians (235/7 o’night) 255 (Harsha Cooray 68, Prajeev Jansz 49, Gayan Wijekoon 47, Hasantha Fernando 45, Janaka Gunaratne 16; Sohan Boralessa 5 for 79, Jehan Mubarak 2 for 47) and 34 for 2 (Mahela Udawatte 22 n.o.)

Colts 292, Moors 41/2

Moors were 41 for 2 in reply to Colts score of 292 at the end of the third days play in their encounter played at Braybrooke Place.

Colts (65/3 o’night) 292 (Angelo Mathews 104, Dhanuka Pathirana 90, Tharindu Attanayake 26, Kanishka Elvitigala 23, Jeewantha Kulatunge 15; Dilhara Lokuhettige 4 for 69, Anil Ridigammanagedera 2 for 17 Chamikara Mudalige 2 for 67)
Moors 41 for 2 (Dhammika Sudarshana 17, Ruvin Peiris 22 n.o.)

Tier ‘B’
Ravin cracks double ton

Ravin Nirmal cracked a 202 from 264 balls with 28 boundaries and three sixes as Police made a reply of 356 to BRC’s 262 in their Premier Tier ‘B’ encounter played at Police Park.

BRC 262 (Manoj Fernando 59, Muditha Fernando 52, Chamara Soysa 43, Gihan Perera 31, Ositha Dharshana 17, Janaka Kumarage 39 n.o.; Mohamed Rasmijinan 4 for 58, Rasika Priyantha 4 for 106)

Police 336 for 6 (Ravin Nirmal 202, Supun Nirmala 38, Saman Wijeratne 36, Dhammika Rajapakse 19, Aruna Priyantha 20 n.o.; Supun Perera 3 for 28, Chamara Soysa 2 for 80)