Mahela, Yohan unbeaten tons as SLPA make bold reply
Sri Lanka Ports Authority CC propelled by unbeaten tons from Mahela Udawatte and Yohan de Silva made a bold reply of 241 for no loss in reply Tamil Unions score of 423 at the end of the second day’s play in the Premier league cricket encounter at the P. Sara Stadium yesterday.
Mahela and Yohan made unbeaten knocks of 133 and 100 with Mahela in his knock cracking 15 boundaries and a six while Yohan hit seven boundaries and a six.
CCC middle-order batsman Indika de Saram drives during his knock of 65 against NCC - Pix by Ranjith Perera
Earlier in the day a knock of 133 with 18 boundaries and a six by Jeewan Mendis supported by a knock of 72 from Pulina Tharanga helped Tamil Union amass 423. Jeewan was involved in two fruitful partnerships first of 125 runs for the sixth wicket with Denuwan Rajakaruna and the other of 122 runs for the seventh wicket with Pulina Tharanga.
Ragama CC too amassed a mammoth score of 417 on day two having resumed their innings on 295 for 5 against SSC in the match played at the SSC ground.
Ragama CC’s score came on the back of tons made by Ian Daniel who hit a 127 with 13 boundaries and three sixes and Udara Jayasundara who chipped in with a 112 inclusive of 15 boundaries who together was added 150 runs for the third wicket. SSC in their turn helped by half tons from Thilina Kandamby and Vishwa Wijeratne ended the day on 220 for 5.
Dilhara Lokuhettige’s quick fire 115 ball knock of 119 inclusive of 16 boundaries and three six saw Moors SC taking first lease of the wicket make a formidable score of 380 against Air Force SC in the match played at Braybrooke Place.
Later Moors SC bowlers Janaka Gunaratne and Malinda Pushpakumara who together shared eight wickets between them bowled out the Airmen for 229 to give them a first inning lead.
Bloomfield was sitting pretty against Panadura SC when play stopped on day two in the match played at Reid Avenue. Bloomfield resuming on their overnight score of 112 for 4 ended their innings making 280.
This was after the right arm spin and pace attack of Suraj Randiv and Imran Khan wrecked the Panadura SC batting to bundle them out for a low score of 109 on the opening day. Panadura SC batting the second time with a deficit of 171 runs was struggling on 138 for 5 needing a further 33 runs to avoid an innings defeat.
Army SC having dominated proceedings against Colts on day one continued their momentum on the second day too in the match played at the Colts ground.
Army resuming on their overnight score of 137 for 2 helped by a knock of 86 by Mohamed Feshal made a score of 361. This was in reply to the home teams’ score of 192.
CCC has already obtained a first inning lead over NCC in the played at the NCC ground. CCC in reply to NCC’s 242 resuming on their overnight score of 14 for no loss ended the second day’s proceedings on 307 for 9.
At P. Sara Stadium
Tamil Union (331/6 overnight) 423 (Jeewan Mendis 133, Pulina Tharanga 72, Denuwan Rajakaruna 55, Kithruwan Withanage 39, Ramith Rambukwella 23, Pabasara Waduge 21, Manoj Sarathchandra 16: Isuru Udana 4 for 109, Sachithra Serasinghe 2 for 45)
SLPA CC 241 for no loss (Mahela Udawatte 133 n.o., Yohan de Silva 100 n.o.)
At SSC
Ragama CC (292/5 overnight) 417 (Ian Daniel 127, Udara Jayasundara 112, Sameera de Zoysa 30, Michael Vandort 21, Charith Fernando 36 n.o.: Dhanushka Gunatileke 4 for 88, Dhammika Prasad 2 for 49, Kaushal Lokuarachchi 2 for 89)
SSC 220 for 5 (Thilina Kandamby 82, Vishwa Wijeratne 50, Tharanga Paranavithana 31, Dasun Shanaka 43 n.o.: Nilanka Premaratne 3 for 45)
At Braybrooke Place
Moors SC (359/9 overnight) 380 (Isham Ghouse 48, Harsha Cooray 47, Oshada Fernando 43, Malinda Pushpakumara 22, Janaka Gunaratne 20, Imraz Rafi 19, Irosh Samarasooriya 18, Dilhara Lokuhettige 119 n.o.: Lasanda Rukmal 4 for 110, Dushan Vimukthi 3 for 54, Akila Isanka 2 for 79) and 72 for 1 (Isham Ghouse 15, Shehan Jayasuriya 39 n.o.)
Air Force SC 229 (Achira Eranga 74, T. Nadeera 60, Lahiru Sri Lakmal 36, Sanjeewa Bulathwala 20, Ajith Kumara 16: Janaka Gunaratne 5 for 80, Malinda Pushpakumara 3 for 59)
At Colts
Colts 192 (Thisara Perera 72, Milinda Siriwardena 37, Sachith Pathirana 30, Bhanuka Rajapakse 19: Janith Silva 4 for 40, Seekkuge Prasanna 2 for 44) and 124 for 4 (Milinda Siriwardena 38, Bhanuka Rajapakse 34, Roshen Silva 29 n.o.: Roshan Jayatissa 2 for 22)
Army SC (137/2 overnight) 361 (Mohamed Feshal 86, Seekkuge Prasanna 44, Chathura Damith 36, Manjula de Zoysa 34, Dilan Soysa 32, Janith Silva 31, Lasie Thabrew 15, Ravindra Palliyaguruge 18 n.o.: Sachith Pathirana 4 for 103, Ishan Jayaratne 3 for 62, Akila Dhananjaya 2 for 46)
At Reid Avenue
Panadura SC 109 (Sasheen Fernando 17, Julian de Zilva 15, Dinuk Wickramanayake 33 n.o.: Suraj Randiv 5 for 32, Imran Khan 4 for 32) and 138 for 5 (Rukshan Weerasinghe 48, Malith Chathuranga 29, Dinuk Wickramanayake 20 n.o., Charitha Buddika 17 n.o.: Chathura Randunu 2 for 49)
Bloomfield (112/4 overnight) 280 (Adeesha Nanayakkara 50, Dilhan Cooray 42, Primosh Perera 41, Suminda Mendis 41, Nadeera Nawela 23, Dilshan Munaweera 21: Julian de Zylva 3 for 53, Gayan Sirisoma 3 for 84)
At NCC
NCC 242 (Lahiru Udara 48, Sohan Boralessa 44, Angelo Perera 32, Niroshan Dickwella 16, Tharindu Kaushal 77 n.o.: Dilesh Gunaratne 4 for 55, Chathuranga Kumara 2 for 38)
CCC (14/0 overnight) 307 for 9 (Chamara Silva 103, Indika de Saram 65, Hasantha Fernando 78 n.o.: Chaminda Vidanapathirana 3 for 32, Tharindu Kaushal 3 for 78, Sohan Boralessa 2 for 86)