Negombo CC dominate against fancied Air Force SC
Negombo CC continued to dominate proceedings against fancied Air Force SC as they put themselves in line to record an outright win when play ended on day two in their Premier League Tier B inter-club cricket encounter played at Kadirana.
Negombo CC bowling pair Umega Chathuranga and Ravindra Karunaratne were the heroes as they shared 12 of the 15 Air Force SC wickets to fall yesterday.
Results
- At Kadirana:
Negombo CC (317/9 overnight) 318 (Ravindra Karunaratne 118, Tharindu Weerasinghe 79, Umega Chathuranga 48, D. Fernando 24 n.o.: Buddika Sandaruwan 6 for 106, Suminda Lakshan 3 for 46)
- Air Force SC 165 (Dulash Udayanga 51, Rosco Thattil 26, Udayawansa Parakrama 16, Dilip Tharaka 26 n.o.: Umega Chathuranga 4 for 54, Ravindra Karunaratne 3 for 37) and 128 for 5 (Udayawansa Parakrama 32, Hashan James 23, Rosco Thattil 37 n.o.: Umega Chathuranga 3 for 49, Ravindra Karunaratne 2 for 47)
- At Kurunegala:
Kurunegala YCC (346/9 overnight) 374 (Ruwantha Ekanayake 111, Kalhara Sineth 99, Keshan Wijeratne 39, Dhanushka Dharmasiri 37, Charith Mendis 22, Damith Perera 19, Sarinda Dissanayake 17: Anuththara Madawa 4 for 92, Dhanushka Bandara 2 for 68, Vinodh Perera 2 for 67)
Panadura SC 283 for 7 (Vishwa Chathuranga 119, Ashen Kavinda 54, Aravinda Premaratne 29, Sakuranga Fonseka 24, Rasika Fernando 22, Suresh Peiris 20: Ruwantha Ekanayake 2 for 10, Thusith de Soysa 2 for 49)
- At Mattegoda:
Galle CC 269 (Harsha Rajapakse 63, Charitha Buddika 52, Rajith Priyan 46, Hasantha Fernando 42, Damitha Hunukumbura 40: Rajeewa Weerasinghe 2 for 45) and (54/1 overnight) 196 for 9 declared (Chanaka Wijesinghe 52, Damitha Hunukumbura 24, Chathura Lakshan 23, Charitha Buddika 21, Lasith Fernando 19: Rajeewa Weerasinghe 4 for 63, Chanaka Ruwansiri 2 for 51, Navin Kavikara 2 for 56)
Lankan CC 155 (Lakshan Rodrigo 52, Thushira Madanayake 25, Thanura Gunasekera 25, Maduranga Zoysa 16: Gayan Sirisoma 6 for 69, Chathura Lakshan 2 for 9) and 237 for 6 (Maduranga Zoysa 88, Shasheen Fernando 65, Chanaka Ruwansiri 50 n.o.: Gohar Faiz 4 for 54)
- At Welisara
Navy SC 289 (Ishan Abeysekera 113, Buddika Hasaranga 60, Dushan Hettige 40)
Kalutara TC (3/0 overnight) 315 for 9 (Madawa Nimesh 82, Matheesha Perera 68, Nilushan Nonis 45, Devind Pathmanathan 61 n.o.: Ishan Abeysekera 5 for 61)