Saram century puts Ragama CC on top

Ragama CC tightened their grip over Bloomfield after having a set back in the morning session of play on day two of their Premier League cricket encounter played at Reid Avenue yesterday.

Earlier in the day Ragama CC who were sitting pretty on 171 for 4 were in for a shock when Sri Lanka’s right arm pacie Farveez Maharoof with a seven wicket haul ran through the batting with a hostile spell of bowling to send them reeling to 220 ending with figures of 7 for 73.

Maharoof who had expensive figures of 2 for 52 grabbed five more wickets for just 21 runs with Ragama CC being able to add only another 49 runs whilst losing the remaining six wickets. Man in form Indika de Saram who was unbeaten on 80 added 33 more runs to remain unbeaten on 113, apart from that the rest of the batsmen were able to add only 16 runs.

Bloomfield 139 for 9 declared in 44.2 overs (Chinthaka Jayasinghe 66, Pasan Ranasinghe 33.; Daminda Darshanpriya 4 for 43, Saliya Saman 3 for 18, Upul Indrasiri 2 for 23) and 200 for 7 in 43 overs (T.M. Dilshan 55, Sanath Jayasuriya 46, Gihan de Silva 58 n.o.; Saliya Saman 2 for 42, Malinga Bandara 2 for 48, Daminda Dharshanpriya 2 for 69)

Ragama CC (171/4 o’night) 220 in 60.1 overs (Malinda Totuwilage 33, Pasan Ranasinghe 32, Indika de Saram 113 n.o.; Farveez Maharoof 7 for 73)

Badureliya CC struggle to survive

Badureliya CC struggled to survive when they ended the second days play on 199 for 9 in reply to Chilaw Marians score of 346 in their Premier League cricket match played at the NCC grounds.

Chilaw Marians (337/6 o’night) 346 in 95.4 overs (Hasantha Fernando 118, Janaka Gunaratne 109, Maduranga Perera 55, Charith Sylvester 18.; Lassana Dias 6 for 102, Sudesh Liyanage 2 for 74)

Badureliya CC 199 for 9 in 58.2 overs (Hemantha Wickramaratne 35, Sudesh Liyanage 15, Sanjeewa Silva 110 n.o..; Manoj Chanaka 3 for 44, Shaminda Eranga 3 for 44)

BRC were on top against Saracens SC at the end of the second days play in their Premier League cricket encounter being played at the BRC grounds. Half centuries by Ranil Dhammika and Varuna Waragoda saw BRC reach 308 in reply to Saracens score of 184. Saracens SC 184 in 43.5 overs (Neil Priyantha 60, Muditha Fernando 43, Tyron Gamage 4 for 44, Ranil Dhammika 2 for 25, Dinraj Fernando 2 for 34)

BRC (112/4 o’night) 308 in 92.3 overs (Ranil Dhammika 82, Varuna Waragoda 69, Ranil Dhammika 32 n.o.; Neil Priyantha 3 for 80, Ruchira Palliyaguru 2 for 55.

Colts take upperhand

Colts took the upper hand against CCC in their Premier League encounter played at the Colts grounds.

Colts 237 in 58.4 overs (Rashan Peiris 78, Chaminda Vaas 55, Nishitha Rupasinghe 3 for 53, Ganganath Ratnayake 2 for 21, Sujeewa de Silva 2 for 74) and 17 for 1

CCC (73/3 o’night) 219 in 84.1 overs (Daminda Ranaweera 60,Tharindu Mendis 55, Pubudu Seneviratne 21.; Nuwan Kulasekera 4 for 51, Chaminda Vaas 23 for 27)

Tamil Union 321, Sebs 175/6

Sebastianites resuming on their overnight score of 87 for 3 ended on 175 for 6 in reply to Tamil Union’s 321 on day two of their Premier League cricket match played at the P. Sara Stadium.

Tamil Union 321 in 4 overs (Gihan Rupasinghe 121, Sajith Fernando 42, Sandun Dias 37, Ranga Dias 37, Lanka de Silva 33, Dinusha Fernando 6 for 52, Milinda Siriwardena 2 for 61)

Sebastianites (2/0 o’night) 175 for 6 in 66 overs (Manjula Fernando 40, Sumalka Perera 20, Ashan Ranaweera 19, Prasanna Jayawardena 38 n.o., Milinda Siriwardena 26 n.o.; Ranga Dias 2 for 56).

SSC have already obtained a first innings lead over Panadura SC in their Premier League cricket encounter at the SSC grounds yesterday.

Panadura 132 in 40.1 overs (Prabuddha Perera 35, Kalum Gangodawila 32, Sanjeewa Roshan 30, Chaminda Vidanapathirana 4 for 34, Dunil Abeydeera 2 for 14, Mohamed Suraj 2 for 26) and 142 for 5 in 61.4 overs (Anjula Perera 40, Prabuddha Perera 39, Dunil Abeydeera 3 for 41)

SSC (209/8 o’night) 214 in 43.5 overs (Nuwan Zoysa 48, Shalika Karunanayake 43, Chaminda Vidanapathirana 28, Hans Fernando 24, Sanjeewa Roshan 3 for 49, Lasantha Hemapriya 2 for 41, Kalum Gangodawila 2 for 54).