Colts put themselves in a strong position of emerging as the Premier League Tier ‘A’ cricket champions by restricting Badureliya CC to 346 in reply to their score of 426 when play stopped on day two in their match played at the Colts Grounds.

Scores; Colts 426 (Malinda Warnapura 95, Thisara Perera 88, Jeewantha Kulatunga 69, Ishan Muthaliph 41, Chaminda Vaas 41, Dilruwan Perera 22, Sajeewa Weerakoon 19, Dhanuka Pathirana 16: Pradeep Jayaprakash 4 for 73, Duncan Arnolda 3 for 65).

Badureliya CC 347 (Nilushan Nonis 73, Duncan Arnolda 62, Dilshan Witharana 48, T.M. Sampath 47, Niroshan Bandaratileke 28, Pradeep Jayaprakash 25: Sajeewa Weerakoon 3 for 101, Roshane Silva 2 for 22, Chaminda Vaas 2 for 36, Rajeewa Weerasinghe 2 for 79)

Bloomfield defeat Army
Bloomfield ended the season on a winning note when they defeated Army by 129 runs in the match concluded at Panagoda yesterday.

Scores; Bloomfield 161 (Chinthaka Jayasinghe 44, Tharaka Gunaratne 29, Shanuka Dissanayake 21: Nawantha Ratnayake 5 for 64, Seekuge Prasanna 4 for 36) and (46/0 o’night) 226 (Saman Jayantha 69, Anoj Katepearachchi 44, Tharaka Gunaratne 31: Seekuge Prasanna 8 for 69, Vishwa Weerakoon 2 for 79).

Army 102 (Chanaka Silva 25, Dilan Soysa 17, Damith Balasuriya 16: Tyronne Gamage 3 for 25, Suraj Mohamed 2 for 12, Tharanga Lakshitha 2 for 22, Shanuka Dissanayake 2 for 22) and 156 (Nalaka Hettiarachchi 44, Duminda Wijewardena 20: Shanuka Dissanayake 3 for 13, Tharanga Lakshitha 3 for 43, Suraj Mohamed 3 for 44).

NCC takes lead
NCC have already obtained a first innings lead over Ragama CC in their match played at the NCC Grounds.

Scores; Ragama CC 155 (Dinesh Daminda 29, Indika de Saram 28, Lahiru Thirimanne 27, Malinga Bandara 30 n.o.: Akalanka Ganegama 5 for 58, Upul Chandana 2 for 36) and 244 for 5 (Ian Daniel 62, Indika de Saram 141 n.o.

NCC (96/6 o’night) 158 (Upul Chandana 33, Damith Mapa 31: Kaushalya Weeraratne 4 for 51, Dinesh Daminda 3 for 51, Dharshana Gamage 2 for 36).