Sachithra stars in SSC’s second successive win
Sachithra Senanayake scripted a victory for SSC over NCC with 6 wickets in the second essay - Pix by Priyantha Wickramaarachchi
Off spinner Sachithra Senanayake captured 6 for 65 while leg spinner Jeffrey Vandersay bagged 3 for 30 as the duo guided SSC to a massive 194 run win over their traditional rivals NCC in their Premier Super Eight encounter at Maitland Crescent, yesterday.
NCC chasing a challenging victory target of 350 runs was never on target as skipper Senanayake bagged four of their six early wickets to fall with the scoreboard reading just 87 runs.
For NCC, only Tharindu Kaushal was able to make some impression with the bat, but it was not going to get them anywhere as NCC were bundled out for 155.
SLPA CC coasted to an innings and 42 runs win over Ragama CC in the match which ended at the FTZ ground in Katunayake.
Ragama CC batting the second time were struggling for survival and were felt with the task of erasing a deficit of 216 runs to avoid an innings defeat. Resuming their innings on the final day’s play from 28 for 1 they were crucified by spinner Maduka Liyanapathiranage who finished with a haul of five wickets.
Sandun Weerakkody made 44 and 35 for NCC in a losing battle
Results
- At CCC: SSC beat NCC by 194 runs
SSC 347 (Milinda Siriwardena 70, Dasun Shanaka 63, Charith Asalanka 56, Sammu Ashan 40, Chamara Kapugedera 33, Minod Bhanuka 28: Lasith Embuldeniya 5 for 81, Farveez Maharoof 2 for 59, Chamika Karunaratne 2 for 86) and (298/9 overnight) 300 (Minod Bhanuka 110, Kavindu Kulasekera 47, Dasun Shanaka 38, Milinda Siriwardena 24, Charith Asalanka 19, Sachithra Senanayake 18: Lasith Embuldeniya 5 for 89, Chamika Karunaratne 2 for 40, Tharindu Kaushal 2 for 69)
NCC 298 (Angelo Perera 107, Mahela Udawatte 46, Sandun Weerakkody 44, Chathuranga de Silva 38, Tharindu Kaushal 21: Dhammika Prasad 4 for 37, Dasun Shanaka 3 for 29, Jeffrey Vandersay 2 for 113) and 155 (Tharindu Kaushal 37, Sandun Weerakkody 35: Sachithra Senanayake 6 for 65, Jeffrey Vandersay 3 for 30)
- At FTZ Katunayake: SLPA beat Ragama CC by innings and 42 runs
Ragama CC 269 (Lahiru Thirimanne 52, Saminda Fernando 42, Udara Jayasundara 39, Lahiru Milantha 37, Sameera de Zoysa 22, Chathura Peiris 20, Janith Liyanage 15: Chanaka Komasaru 5 for 66, Maduka Liyanapathiranage 3 for 74, Charith Jayampathi 2 for 70) and (28/1 overnight) 174 (Chathura Peiris 45, Lahiru Thirimanne 40: Maduka Liyanapathiranage 5 for 85, Chanaka Komasaru 4 for 45)
SLPA CC 485 for 9 declared (Yohan de Silva 66, Gihan Rupasinghe 66, Nick Compton 62, Charith Jayampathi 62, Prashan Wickramasinghe 22, Maduka Liyanapathiranage 20, Yasoda Lanka 17, Gayan Maneeshan 139 n.o.: Amila Aponso 3 for 82, Lahiru Milantha 2 for 11, Ishan Jayaratne 2 for 75)