Bloomfield outclass CCC with a day to spare
Bloomfield outclassed CCC by eight wickets with more than a day to spare in the Premier League Super Eight cricket encounter at P. Sara Stadium.
Left arm spinner Chathura Randunu and the right and left arm pace combination of Nuwan Pradeep and Vishwa Fernando wrought havoc in the morning session of play on day three.
Army’s Asela Gunaratne drives during his knock of 122 against Badureliya SC at Braybrooke Place - Pic by Ranjith Perera
The trio laid the foundation for the early Bloomfield win as they combined with effect to bundle out CCC resuming their second innings from their overnight score of 36 for 1 for a meager 85 runs.
Chathura ended with impressive figures of 4 for 26 while Nuwan and Vishwa shared five wickets between.
The low scoring first innings saw CCC making 235 and Bloomfield 238. Bloomfield chasing a simple run chase of 83 runs though losing two early wickets with just nine runs on the board was steered by an unbroken third wicket stand of 74 runs between Kusal Mendis and Madawa Warnapura helping them to reach the target in the 19th over.
In the other matches that were played at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colts ground and NCC ground saw Moors SC, SLPA CC and Army SC gain first innings leads over NCC, Tamil Union and Badureliya SC.
Chathuranga de Silva made a 107 for Moors SC enabling them make a score of 296 while NCC in their turn was able to muster a score of only 196.
Ashan Priyanjan hit 122 for SLPA CC to guide his side make a formidable 370 in reply to Tamil Union’s 198 while Asela Gunaratne made a 122 helping Army SC post a mammoth score of 415 against Badureliya SC who was bowled out for 239.
| ScoreboardAt P. Sara Stadium: Bloomfield beat CCC by 8 wickets CCC 235 Hasantha Fernando 48 Chamara Silva 38 Geshan Wimaladharma 37 Prasanna Jayawardena 36 Lasith Abeyratne 22 Lakshan Sandakan 18 Roshan Anuruddha 16 Suraj Randiv 3 for 44 Vishwa Fernando 3 for 64 Chathura Randunu 2 for 51 (Nuwan Pradeep 2 for 56) and (36/1 overnight) 85 Hasantha Fernando 21 Geshan Wimaladharma 17 Chathura Randunu 4 for 26 Nuwan Pradeep 3 for 14 Vishwa Fernando 2 for 22 Bloomfield 238 Ashen Silva 62 Dilhan Cooray 28 Kusal Mendis 25 Lahiru Madusanka 22 Primosh Perera 21 Nipun Karunanayake 20 Suraj Randiv 31 n.o. (Dulanjana Mendis 5 for 73, Lakshan Sandakan 5 for 75) and 83 for 2 Kusal Mendis 46 n.o. Madawa Warnapura 31 n.o. At R. Premadasa Stadium: Moors SC 296 Chathuranga de Silva 107 Kosala Kulasekera 53 T.N. Sampath 29 Janaka Gunaratne 29 Denuwan Rajakaruna 25 Oshada Fernando 22 (Chaminda Vidanapathirana 5 for 65, Sohan Boralessa 2 for 68) and (74/0 overnight) 120 for 1 Harsha Cooray 55 Oshada Fernando 62 n.o. NCC 195 Jehan Mubarak 62 Sohan Boralessa 24 Sandun Weerakkody 22 Hashan Vimarshana 19 n.o.: (Dilhara Lokuhettige 3 for 31, Janaka Gunaratne 3 for 41, Sanitha de Mel 2 for 49) At Colts: Tamil Union 198 Dinuk Wickramanayake 35 Madushan Ravichandrakumar 34 Hashen Ramanayake 33 Ramith Rambukwella 29 Rumesh Buddika 24 Pabasara Waduge 21 (Shanuka Dissanayake 4 for 29, Malinda Pushpakumara 2 for 63) and (62/0 overnight) 141 for 4 Manoj Sarathchandra 41 Pabasara Waduge 39 Ramith Rambukwella 17 Minhaj Jaleel 16 (Malinda Pushpakumara 2 for 46) SLPA CC 370 Ashan Priyanjan 122 Sachithra Serasinghe 77 Shanuka Dissanayake 44 Mahela Udawatte 34 Gayan Maneesha 30 Yohan de Silva 16 (Devin Pathmanathan 3 for 69, Nisala Tharaka 3 for 72, Madushan Ravichandrakumar 2 for 110) At NCC: Army SC 415 Asela Gunaratne 122 Shalika Karunanayake 85 Lakshitha Madushan 46 Dilan Soysa 45 Manjula de Zoysa 39 Amila Jayasinghe 38 Ravindra Palleguruge 19 (Mohamed Dilshad 4 for 93, Imesh Udayanga 2 for 44, Gayan Sirisoma 2 for 67) and 79 for 1 Dilan Soysa 16 Lakshitha Madushan 32 n.o. Amila Jayasinghe 27 n.o. Badureliya SC (238/7 overnight) 239 Milinda Siriwardena 66 Andy Solomons 57 Charitha Buddika 38 Lassana Perera 33 Supeshala Jayatileke 19 Nuwan Liyanapathirana 5 for 94 Roshan Jayatissa 3 for 79 |