Sports - Tharaka and Sudeera save Nondescripts

A nine wicket partnership of 121 between Sudeera Soysa and Tharaka Kottehewa who made a century inclusive of seven boundaries and a six saved NCC from a perilous 58 for 8 to make 235 against Kalutara TC at the NCC grounds. Kalutara TC in their turn were 43 for 3 at close.

NCC 235 (Tharaka Kottehewa 106, Sudeera Soysa 49, Chatura Athukorale 20 n.o.; Ranga Cooray 4 for 36, Madura Weerasinghe 4 for 73)

Kalutara TC 43 for 3

Lassana and Dhanushka help Marians

Chilaw Marians after being with their backs to the wall on 28 for 5 recovered to end their innings on a respectable 201 thanks to a sixth wicket stand of 88 between Lassana Perera who made 81 with 13 boundaries and a six and Dhanushka Malinga against Panadura at the Panadura Esplanade.

Chilaw Marians 201 (Lassana Perera 81, Dhanushka Malinga 31, Rasika Fernando 4 for 35, Lasantha Hemapriya 3 for 64)

Panadura 108 for 4 (Kasun Lakshan 24, P. Perera 23)

Pallewela slams 147

Seeduwa/Raddoluwa SC taking first lease of the wicket made a massive 322 for 9 against Singha SC with Prasanna Pallewela slamming 147 which included 16 boundaries and two sixes at Moratuwa.

Seeduwa/Raddoluwa 322 (Prasanna Pallewela 147, Maduranga Soysa 70, Roshane Silva 54; Anthony de Silva 4 for 47) vs Singha SC

Saliya and Ranesh help Ragama

Half centuries from Saliya Saman 88 in 90 balls with 12 boundaries and three sixes and Ranesh Perera helped Ragama CC to end their innings on 284 against SSC at the SSC grounds.

Ragama CC 284 (Saliya Saman 89, Ranesh Perera 71, Sameera Soysa 26, Samiddha Gallage 25, Ranjan Kaushan 24.; Dunil Abeydeera 4 for 52) vs SSC

Praneeth cracks unbeaten ton

An unbeaten ton by Praneeth Thimanka saw Nugegoda SC reach 240 against Saracens at the FTZ grounds in Katunayake.

Nugegoda SC 240 (Avishka Liyanage 29, Kanishka Amarasinghe 23, Praneeth Thimanka 100 n.o.; Kanishka Amarasinghe 23.; Thilina Masmulla 4 for 46, Neil Priyantha 3 for 40) Saracens 0 for 0

Tamil Union on top

Tamil Union was on top against Air Force at the end of the first days play at Rifle Green.

Air Force 136 (Walter Premaratne 27, Charith Rangana 38 n.o.; Dilum Samarasinghe 4 for 30, Pradeep Jayaprakash 3 for 35)

Tamil Union 145 for 3 (Anton Livera 76, Ramitha Perera 23, Sandun Dias 29 n.o.)

KYCC have already obtained a first innings win over Police at the Welegedera Stadium.

Police 98 (Manjula Jayawardena 24, Dimuth Samarakkody 22 n.o.; Roshan Kaleel 6 for 41)

KYCC 119 for 7 (Rajitha Ratnayake 27, Dilan Karunaratne 38 n.o)

Dimuth and Tharindu half tons

Half tons by Dimuth Karunaratne and Tharindu Attanayake put Colts in a strong position against Bloomfield at the Colts grounds.

Colts 285 (Dimuth Karunaratne 80, Tharindu Attanayake 77, Sachitra Serasinghe 38, Dasun Randika 23, Sanjaya Gangodawila 5 for 53, Rakitha Wimaladharma 4 for 83) Bloomfield 48 for no loss (Yohan de Silva 23 n.o)

Swashbuckling knock by Dinuka

A swashbuckling knock of 195 in 225 balls inclusive of 16 boundaries and two sixes by Dinuka Saranga helped Malay CC amass a mammoth 452 for 9 on day one against Kurunegala SC at the Padang grounds in Slave Island.

Malay CC 452 for 9 (Dinuka Saranga 195, Vinodh Kumar 58, Nirosh Chinthaka 45, Malith Fernando 37, Christopher Fleming 27, Pabulu Silva 31 n.o.; Sasanka Vishwajith 3 for 120) vs Kurunegala SC.