Bloomfield, Galle SC record first innings wins
SSC bowler Tharindu Ratnayake captured four scalps
Bloomfield and Galle CC recorded first innings wins against Navy SC and Chilaw Marians in the two-day Premier Emerging League cricket tournament encounters concluded at Reid Avenue and R. Premadasa Stadium yesterday.
The second day’s play saw Bloomfield after bowling out Navy SC for a low score of 111. However Navy SC’s bowling pair Kavika Dilshan and Malinga de Silva shared six wickets restrict Bloomfield to a score of 170 runs.
Navy SC batting the second time going in for quick runs made 235 for 9 declared and Bloomfield set a target of 177 runs for victory lost wickets at regular intervals and ended the day on 40 for 5.
Half centuries by Yasoda Lanka and Nimesh Vimukthi helped the Chilaw Marians who were struggling at 109 for 5, at one point to recover and post 200 runs in their first inning.
Earlier in the day Galle CC resuming from their overnight score of 182 for 7 ended their innings making a formidable score of 268 runs. This came on the back of a half ton made by Chanaka Bandara and useful knocks coming from Akalanka Ganegama and Ashan Madusanka while Chathura Randunu bagged six scalps for Chilaw Marians.
Meanwhile two matches got underway yesterday at the SSC and CCC grounds with Under-19 Reds and CCC dominating proceedings against SSC and Under-19 Blues.
Sri Lanka youth player Sonal Dinusha cracked a 78 with 11 boundaries to help Under-19 Reds, taking first lease of the wicket, to make a modest score of 226 and later Dilum Sudeera and Chamindu Wijesinghe shared five wickets between them to have SSC struggling on 132 for 6.
The opening day’s play of the match between CCC and Under-19 Blues at CCC got off to a late start with the match getting underway only at 1.00pm and Under-19 Blues batted first and was bundled out for 106 with Madawa Warnapura and Wanindu Hasaranga doing the damage. CCC in their turn ended the day on 84 for 2.
Results
- At Reid Avenue: Bloomfield record first innings win vs Navy
Navy SC 111 (Revan Kelly 36, Malinga de Silva 30: Chamod Piyumal 5 for 48, Shaluka Silva 3 for 19) and 235 for 9 declared (Dilan Chandima 43, Revan Kelly 36, Kavika Dilshan 36, Aasiri de Silva 29, Shalith Fernando 25: Madushan Ravichandrakumar 4 for 86, Shaluka Silva 3 for 33)
Bloomfield (38/0 overnight) 170 (Kasun Ekanayake 44, Sachin Jayawardena 38, Imran Khan 36: Kavika Dilshan 4 for 41, Malinga de Silva 2 for 42) and 40 for 5 (Madushan Ravichandrakumar 28 n.o.: Ameen Mifnal 2 for 14)
- At R. Premadasa Stadium: Galle record first innings win vs Chilaw Marians
Galle CC (182/7 overnight) 268 (Chanaka Bandara 79, Akalanka Ganegama 45, Ashan Madusanka 30, Ashen Warnakulasooriya 24: Chathura Randunu 6 for 88, Chathuranga Dilshan 2 for 61) and 99 for 5 (Harsha Vithana 22, Chanaka Bandara 54 n.o.: Chathuranga Dilshan 2 for 28, Nimesh Vimukthi 2 for 34)
Chilaw Marians 200 (Yasoda Lanka 54, Dasun Seneviratne 23, Kavindu Irosh 20, Nimesh Vimukthi 68 n.o.: Gayan Sirisoma 5 for 75, Ashen Warnakulasooriya 2 for 36, Rajitha Priyan 2 for 38)
- At SSC: Match continues
U19 Red 226 (Sonal Dinusha 78, Ashen Dilhara 39, Navod Paranavithana 25: Tharindu Ratnayake 4 for 54, Charith Asalanka 2 for 16, Praveen Jayawickrama 2 for 17)
SSC 132 for 6 (Sammu Ashan 30, Charith Asalanka 29: Dilum Sudeera 3 for 54, Chamindu Wijesinghe 2 for 21)
- At CCC: Match continues
U19 Blue 106 (Ravindu Rashantha 58, Nipun Dhananjaya 20: Madawa Warnapura 5 for 22, Wanindu Hasaranga 5 for 41)
CCC 84 for 2 (Ron Chandragupta 44, Madawa Warnapura 30 n.o)