Thirimanne begins to ask questions again
BRC batsman Suraj Randiv trapped lbw by Alankara Asanka - Pix by Ranjith Perera
Now dumped national Vice Captain Lahiru Thirimanne cracked an unbeaten 166 inclusive of 13 boundaries and two sixes as he along with Sameera de Zoysa and Shehan Fernando helped Ragama CC make a recovery on day two against CCC in the Premier League Tier ‘A’ inter-club cricket encounter played at the CCC ground.
Thirimanne shared a valuable 94 runs stand with Sameera and then followed it up with another 103 runs partnership with Shehan who hit 79.
The two partnerships paved the way for Ragama CC to get past their opponents’ score of 273 as they made 345.
Dilshan de Soysa who made an unbeaten 97 and Janaka Sampath a 79 featured in a valuable 135 runs stand for the eighth wicket enabling Army SC to continue their domination against fancied NCC in the match played at Panagoda.
Army SC in reply to NCC’s score of 224; resuming from their overnight score of 92 for 0 went on to post a formidable score of 369 runs.
SLPA CC has already taken a first innings lead over Tamil Union in the match played at P. Sara Stadium. SLPA CC continuing from their overnight score of 169 for 6 went on to make a modest score of 233 in reply to Tamil Union’s 120.
BRC’s left arm spinner Chamikara Edirisinghe bagged 5 for 18 and experienced off spinner Suraj Randiv had 2 for 35 to lead their fightback against Badureliya CC at the Havelock Park.
Batting first BRC crashed 128 all out, but, thanks to the bowling of Chamikara and Randiv, they still have a glimmer of hope of bagging first innings points as the latter too were struggling on 123 for 9 at close.
Results
- At CCC:
CCC 273 (Lasith Abeyratne 96, Ashan Priyanjan 70, Lahiru Madusanka 33, Manleker de Silva 26, Ron Chandragupta 24: Nishan Peiris 3 for 55, Sahan Nanayakkara 3 for 78, Ishan Jayaratne 2 for 55) and 43 for 1 (Dilshan Munaweera 29 n.o.)
Ragama CC (63/3 overnight) 345 (Shehan Fernando 79, Sameera de Zoysa 38, Ishan Jayaratne 17, Lahiru Thirimanne 166 n.o.: Lahiru Madusanka 4 for 73, Ashan Priyanjan 3 for 49)
- At Panagoda:
NCC 224 (Angelo Perera 80, Chamika Karunaratne 39, Tharindu Kaushal 30, Bhanuka Rajapakse 29, Sachin Peiris 15: Nuwan Liyanapathirana 3 for 40, Janith Silva 2 for 27) and 35 for 1 (Sandun Weerakkody 17, Lahiru Udara 18 n.o.)
Army SC (92/0 overnight) 369 (Janaka Sampath 79, Lakshitha Madushan 71, Navod Ilukwatte 34, Dilshan de Soysa 97 n.o.: Lasith Embuldeniya 3 for 105, Nuwan Karunaratne 2 for 31)
- At P. Sara Stadium:
Tamil Union 120 (Jeevan Mendis 32, Shalika Karunanayake 25: Akalanka Ganegama 5 for 35, Chaminda Bandara 2 for 34, Chanaka Komasaru 2 for 37) and 257 for 4 (Tharanga Paranavithana 78, Ramith Rambukwella 41, Dinuk Wickramanayake 30, Sithara Gimhan 23, Manoj Sarathchandra 40 n.o., Jeevan Mendis 38 n.o.: Maduka Liyanapathiranage 3 for 67)
SLPA CC (169/6 overnight) 233 (Gihan Rupasinghe 89, Nick Compton 56, Gayan Maneeshan 43; Dinuk Wickramanayake 6 for 42)
- At BRC:
BRC 128 (T.N. Sampath 30, Chamikara Edirisinghe 26, Rumesh Buddika 23, Harsha Vithana 23: Alankara Asanka 5 for 45, Dilesh Gunaratne 4 for 42)
Badureliya CC 123 for 9 (Pathum Nissanka 41, Dilhan Cooray 26: Chamikara Edirisinghe 5 for 18, Suraj Randiv 2 for 35)