Madura, Ashan, Ishan put Navy on top
Half tons by Madura Madusanka, Ashan Ranasinghe and Ishan Abeysekera helped Navy SC to come out on top against Bloomfield in
Moors allrounder Chalana de Silva hit twin fifties and took two wickets
the second day’s play in their SLC Under 23 Division I cricket encounter played at Welisara yesterday.
Madura cracked a top knock of 83 which included eight boundaries and three sixes while Ashan made a 56 with seven
CCC’s Vikum Sanjaya took five scalps
boundaries and a six and Ishan was unbeaten on 54 which had seven boundaries.
Moors SC took the upper hand against SLPA CC when play stopped on day two in the match played at Braybrooke Place. Skipper Shehan Jayasuriya along with Kaushalya Gajasinghe and Chalana de Silva shared nine wickets between them to bowl out SLPA CC resuming on their overnight score of 90 for 8 to a score of 143.
Colts have already taken a first lead against NCC in the match played at the Colts ground. NCC resuming on their overnight score of 61 for 5 was bowled out for 102 in reply to Colts score of 234.
Colts batting the second time made the identical score of 234 setting target of 367 runs for NCC who ended day two on 53 for no loss.
CCC had taken the advantage against Army SC on the second day in the match played at CCC ground. CCC after making an imposing score of 300 bowled out Army SC resuming on their overnight score of 23 for no loss for 175.
A seven wicket haul by Dushan Vimukthi for Air Force SC was in vain as it could not prevent Ragama CC taking a first inning lead in the match played at the Air Force ground in Katunayake.
SSC was on top against Tamil Union in the match played at the P. Sara Stadium. On day one SSC made a score of 197 and skittled out the home team for a paltry 71.
| At WelisaraBloomfield 225 (Koshan Jayawickrema 36, Sachin Jayawardena 29, K. Mahela 28, Gihan Nimsara 23, Charitha Kumarasinghe 18: Kalhara Peiris 4 for 41, Ishan Abeysekera 4 for 74) and 199 for 7 (Damith Priyadharshana 41, Charitha Kumarasinghe 36, Himasha Liyanage 26, Gihan Nimsara 66 n.o.: Yohan Soyza 4 for 68, Ishan Abeysekera 2 for 56)
Navy SC (131/5 overnight) 339 (Madura Madusanka 83, Ashan Ranasinghe 56, Sameera Chathuranga 43, Akash Senaratne 41, Ishan Abeysekera 69 n.o.: Kalindu Lakshan 4 for 80, Koshan Jayawickrema 2 for 76, Asantha Singapulli 2 for 86) At Braybrooke Place Moors SC 284 (Oshada Fernando 65, Chalana de Silva 57, Shehan Jayasuriya 35, Prasansana Jayamanne 31, Theekshila de Silva 21, Pradeep Ananda 29 n.o.: Aravinda Premaratne 5 for 100, Tissa Bandara 3 for 56, Anuk de Alwis 2 for 81) and 278 for 7 (Ruvinda Shamen 54, Oshada Fernando 52, Prasansana Jayamanne 41, Thikshila de Silva 34, Chalana de Silva 58 n.o.: Anuk de Alwis 3 for 99, Sanjaya Chathuranga 2 for 25) SLPA CC (90/8 overnight) 143 (Aravinda Premaratne 54, Sanjaya Chathuranga 20: Shehan Jayasuriya 4 for 56, Kaushalya Gajasinghe 3 for 36, Chalana de Silva 2 for 25) At Colts Colts 234 (Akila Dhananjaya 66, Angelo Jayasinghe 62, Aruna Dharmasena 27, Sajan Fernando 15: Lahiru Madusanka 4 for 41, Tharindu Kaushal 4 for 75) and 234 (Akila Dhananjaya 77, Aruna Dharmasena 31, Shehan Fernando 18, Sajan Fernando 17, Keshan Wijeratne 53 n.o.: Tharindu Kaushal 6 for 80, Lahiru Madusanka 2 for 32) NCC (61/5 overnight) 102 (Pawan Wickramasinghe 30: Hasitha Fernando 4 for 25, Akila Dhananjaya 4 for 27) and 53 for no loss (Sandun Weerakkody 36 n.o.) At CCC CCC 300 for 9 declared (Lasith Abeyratne 58, Viraj Deepal 45, Janindu Isharaka 40, Sachithra Perera 40, Vikum Sanjaya 35, Hashan Dumindu 15, Lakshan Rangika 39 n.o.: Yashoda Mendis 4 for 81) and 146 (Geshan Wimaladharma 33, Hashan Dumindu 32, Maduka Liyanapathirana 29: Nadeesha Sudarshana 4 for 28, Shehan de Silva 4 for 54, Yashoda Mendis 2 for 31) Army SC (230 overnight) 175 (Nalin Perera 50, Dilshan de Soysa 34, Lakshan Edirisinghe 26: Vikum Sanjaya 5 for 56, Lakshan Rangika 4 for 67) and 0 for 0 At Katunayake Ragama CC 208 (Dhananjaya de Silva 54, Charith Fernando 43, Roscoe Thattil 33, Nishamal Fernando 29, Prabodha Arthavidu 20: Dushan Vimukthi 7 for 37, Kasun Rajitha 2 for 70) and 313 (Eranga Ratnayake 100, Shaminda Maduranga 43, Dhananjaya de Silva 38, Prabodha Arthavidu 31, Nishamal Fernando 21, Jason Perera 18, Charith Fernando 18, Amila Aponso 15 n.o.: Dushan Vimukthi 4 for 102, T. Nadeera 2 for 49, Udara Ranasinghe 2 for 51) Air Force SC (111/8 overnight) 126 (Pasindu Isira 64, Kavindu Ashan 15: Dhananjaya de Silva 5 for 30, Amila Aponso 4 for 45) At P. Sara Stadium SSC 197 (Vishwa Wijeratne 76, Shashen Fernando 26: Mateesha Perera 4 for 51, Pramod Liyanagamage 3 for 36, Ishara Prashan 2 for 32) and (16/0 overnight) 251 (Ramesh Mendis 61, Sanka Ramesh 52, Dasun Shanaka 40, Vishwa Wijeratne 26: (Mateesha Perera 4 for 69, Minhaj Jaleel 3 for 24) Tamil Union 71 (Manoj Sarathchandra 15: Nuwan Thushara 4 for 28, Chamika Karunaratne 2 for 15, Dasun Shanaka 2 for 15) and 45 for no loss |