Tamil Union make strong reply against Ragama
Tamil Union made a strong reply to Ragama CC’s first innings total of 433 as they finished day two on 223 for 2 in their Premier League Tier A match played at NCC grounds yesterday. The architect of their steady reply were Sachithra Serasinghe and Tharanga Paranavithana who shared an unfinished 188 runs for the third wicket. Coming together after they were reduced for 2 for 35, the duo batted out almost 50 overs to set themselves in a good position to erase a further first innings deficit of 210 runs.
Serasinghe with 12 boundaries and a six in his unbeaten 107 off 167 balls and the former Sri Lanka Test opener Tharanga Paranavithana with 76 with nine boundaries frustrated the Ragama CC bowlers.
Earlier, Ragama CC resuming the day on 356 for 7 added a further 77 runs to finish on 433. Their innings was decorated with a superb century from Supeshala Jayatileke (100), a half-century from Ishan Jayaratne (50) and a couple of good contributions from Dineth Thimodya and Shehan Fernando.
Results
- At NCC:
Ragama CC (356/7 overnight) 433 (Supeshala Jayatileke 100, Janith Liyanage 52, Ishan Jayaratne 50, Dineth Thimodya 49, Shehan Fernando 41, Sanjaya Chathuranga 36, Sahan Nanayakkara 35: Jeewan Mendis 4 for 125, Dinuk Wickramanayake 3 for 44)
Tamil Union 223 for 2 (Lahiru Milantha 21, Sachithra Serasinghe 107 n.o., Tharanga Paranavithana 76 n.o.: Chathura Peiris 2 for 38)
- At BRC:
SSC 289 (Sammu Ashan 125, Kavindu Kulasekera 42, Sachithra Senanayake 32, Akash Senaratne 28, Kasun Madusanka 15 n.o.: Duvindu Tilekeratne 5 for 65, NeranjanaWanniarachchi 2 for 36) and 127 for 6 (Krishan Sanjula 33, Sandun Weerakkody 21, Kaushal Silva 57 n.o.: Duvindu Tilekeratne 3 for 21, Lasith Lakshan 2 for 25)
BRC (57/1 overnight) 267 (Bhanuka Rajapakse 44, T.N. Sampath 42, Lasith Lakshan 25, Rumesh Buddika 105 n.o., Duvindu Tilekeratne 24 n.o.: Tharindu Ratnayake 5 for 83, Sachithra Senanayake 2 for 47, Kasun Madusanka 2 for 50)
- At Braybrooke Place:
Moors SC 110 (Adeesha Thilanchana 35, Irosh Samarasooriya 17: Dushan Vimukthi 5 for 35, Dhanushka Bandara 2 for 16, Nuwan Liyanapathirana 2 for 30) and 193 for 3 (Pabasara Waduge 52, Chamara Silva 52, Irosh Samarasooriya 82 n.o.: Dushan Vimukthi 2 for 64)
Army SC (129/4 overnight) 221 (Dushan Vimukthi 35, Dasun Randika 32, Dilan de Soysa 32, Yasoda Mendis 26, Dhanushka Bandara 25, Lakshitha Madushan 20: Keshan Wijeratne 3 for 40, Ramesh Mendis 2 for 25, Tharindu Kaushal 2 for 31)
- At Moratuwa:
CCC 238 (Madawa Warnapura 63, Wanindu Hasaranga 32, Ron Chandragupta 30, Manelker de Silva 22, Vishwa Fernando 28 n.o.: Chamikara Edirisinghe 9 for 87) and 186 for 2 (Madawa Warnapura 46, Minod Bhanuka 37, Ron Chandragupta 75 n.o.)
Saracens SC (47/5 overnight) 169 (Chamikara Edirisinghe 53, Promod Maduwantha 22, Ranitha Liyanaarachchi 23 n.o.: Malinda Pushpakumara 6 for 73, Wanindu Hasaranga 2 for 27, Lahiru Gamage 2 for 34)
- At Katunayake:
SLPA CC 233 (Yohan de Silva 64, Primosh Perera 51, Ruvindu Gunasekera 24, Prashan Wickramasinghe 46 n.o.: Sagar Udeshi 6 for 70, Karimuttathu Rakesh 2 for 41) and 112 for 6 (Adeesha Nanayakkara 64, Gayan Maneeshan 20: Roshan Jayatissa 2 for 16, Nimesh Vimukthi 2 for 51)
Chilaw Marians CC (54/4 overnight) 203 (Risith Upamal 54, Oshada Fernando 50, Pulina Tharanga 28, Harsha Cooray 22: Anuk de Alwis 4 for 53, Chaminda Bandara 3 for 54, Chanaka Komasaru 2 for 79)