SSC FLOURISH

A very unlikely 158 not out in 235 balls with 25 boundaries and a six by Thilan Samaraweera coupled by two solid knocks from Avishka Gunawardena (93) inclusive of 13 boundaries and a six and Jeewan Mendis (94) with 12 boundaries saw SSC end the second day’s play on a massive 409 for 5 in reply to NCC’s 237 in their Sirasa Premier League cricket encounter played at the NCC grounds.

The onslaught began with an opening wicket stand of 137 between Avishka Gunawardena and Tharanga Paranavithana which was continued by another valuable stand between Thilan Samaraweera and Jeewan Mendis that yielded 219 runs for the fourth wicket.

NCC 237 (U.K.D. Aravinda 52, Malintha Gajanayake 51, Kanchana Gunawardena 38, Udara Waruna 28 n.o.; Dhammika Prasad 4 for 65, Nuwan Zoysa 2 for 22)

SSC (66/0 o’night) 409 for 5 (Jeewan Mendis 94, Avishka Gunawardena 93, Tharanga Paranavithana 43, Thilan Samaraweera 158 n.o.; Chanaka Komasaru 3 for 81, Akalanka Ganegama 2 for 57)

BRC in a strong position
BRC having taken full control of the first day’s play continued to dominate the proceedings when play ended on day two at BRC grounds yesterday as they bowled out the visitors for 200 after having made a formidable score of 331.

BRC (318/9 o’night) 331 (Varuna Waragoda 108, Thamara Abeyratne 64, Dilshan Witharana 34, Viraj Perera 29, Priyankara Silva 20, Chamil Perera 16, Duncan Arnolda 16.; Kaushalya Weeraratne 4 for 54, Dinesh Daminda 3 for 50) and 99 for 2 (Indika Senaratne 40, Dilshan Witharna 48 n.o.)

Ragama CC 200 (Indika de Saram 71, Dushantha Ranatunge 63, Kaushalya Weeraratne 29.; Duncan Arnolda 2 for 23, Priyankara Silva 2 for 31, Tyronne Gamage 2 for 45, Ranil Dhammika 2 for 47)

Badureliya CC in trouble
Badureliya CC are in trouble as they were able to muster only 161 in reply to Sebastianites who made 388 from their overnight score of 304 for 5 in their encounter played at the University grounds in Colombo. Made to follow on Badureliya were 23 for no loss.

Sebastianites (307/5 o’night) 388 (Dinusha Fernando 87, Milinda Siriwardena 62, Madura Lakmal 49, Alankara Asanka 42, Charitha Buddhika 33, Manjula Fernando 23, Nadeera Nawela 16, Prasanna Silva 15.; Malinga Surappullige 3 for 73, Pasan Wanasinghe 2 for 43, Dhanuja Nandana 2 for 67, Lassana Dias 2 for 77)

Badureliya CC 161 (Pasan Wanasinghe 48, Damitha Hunukumbura 34.; Madura Lakmal 5 for 27, Himesh Silva 4 for 35) and 23 for no loss.

Colts in control
Colts were in control against Tamil Union on day two of their encounter played at the P. Sara Stadium. Colts resuming their innings on 304 for 6 thanks to half centuries from Jeewantha Kulatunga, Malintha Warnapura and Dhanuka Pathirana went on to make 332 and then bowled out the home team for 167.

Colts (304/6 o’night) 332 (Jeewantha Kulatunge 98, Malintha Warnapura 65, Dhanuka Pathirana 50, Rashan Peiris 35, Angelo Mathew 22, Shantha Kalavitigoda 16.; Muditha Maduwantha 5 for 104, Nandika Ranjith 3 for 88)

Tamil Union 167 (Lanka de Silva 48, Sajith Fernando 23, Chrishantha Peiris 17, Rally Tissera 16.; M. Pushpakumara 4 for 30, Jeewantha Kulatunge 2 for 25)

Panadura take advantage
Saracens were bowled out for 154 in reply to Panadura’s 219 on the second day’s play in their match played at the Panadura Esplanade. Panadura in their second essay were 73 for no loss.

Panadura (219/9 o’night) 219 (Rasika Fernando 49, Susantha Pradeep 36, Kelum Gangodawila 31, Lahiru Fernando 29 n.o.; Nishantha Pradeep 6 for 53) and 73 for no loss (Sudesh Umayanga 35 n.o., Sarath Jayawardena 32 n.o.)

Saracens 154 (Nilakshan Abeyratne 25, Hemantha Alwis 45 n.o.; Pubudu Wickrama 3 for 22, Kelum Gangodawila 2 for 25, Sanjeewa Roshan 2 for 29)

Moors take upper hand
Moors defended their score of 230 as they fought back to bowl out Chilaw Marians who were well placed on 194 for 6 for 219 on day two of the encounter played at Braybrooke Place.
Moors 230 (Hemantha Boteju 79, Roy Silva 35, Bhatiya Perera 31.; Dinuk Hettiarachchi 2 for 30, Manoj Chanaka 2 for 37, Hadlee Jayawardena 2 for 58) and 55 for no loss (Roy de Silva 34 n.o., Bhatiya Perera 20 n.o.)

Chilaw Marians (55/1 o’night) 219 (Gayan Wijekoon 57, Mahela Udawatte 56, Janaka Gunaratne 35.; Chanaka Welagedera 4 for 45, Hemantha Boteju 2 for 18, Shamikara Mudalige 2 for 26)

Air Force on top
Air Force were on top against Police on day two of their Premier Tier ‘B’ encounter played at Police Park.

Air Force 247 (Suwanji Madanayake 64, D. Wanasinghe 30, Mevan Porage 27, Mahesh Dissanayake 26, Roshan Mapatuna 24.; Vajira Ranaweera 3 for 45, Rashmi Jinen 3 for 45, Anura Priyantha 2 for 29) and 27 for 1

Police (20/1 o’night) 205 (Sudeera Soysa 62, Manjula Jayawardena 32, Aruna Priyantha 24, Nihal Soysa 16.; Dinesh de Silva 5 for 79, Suwanji Madanayake 2 for 23)

Lankans in command
Lankan CC were in command against Singha SC at the end of the second day’s play in the Premier Tier ‘B’ match played at the FTZ grounds in Katunayake.

Lankans CC 368 (Rasika Priyadharshana 140, Vas Gunawardena 108, Nuwan Shiroman 31, Gayan Sirisoma 31.; Sameera Withana 3 for 76, Malinda Pushpakumara 2 for 51) and 129 for 5 (Nuwan Shiroman 33, Upul Fernando 53 n.o., Tharindu Dasun 33 n.o.; Neville Liyanage 5 for 44)

Singha SC (27/2 o’night) 235 (Maduranga Soysa 73, Buddhika Sirosh 32, Pasan Weeraratne 23, Neville Liyanage 23, Roshane Silva 21.; Rasika Priyadharshana 5 for 62, Gayan Sirisoma 3 for 67)

Army take lead
Army have already obtained a first innings lead over Galle CC when play stopped on day two in their Premier Tier ‘B’ encounter played at Welisara.

Galle CC 222 (Ruwan Galappathy 75, M. Sumanasekera 50, S. Silva 33.; Seekuge Prasanna 5 for 52, Ajantha Mendis 3 for 48) and 128 for 7 (Nayantha Weeraman 30, Duminda Wickramasinghe 15.; Ravindra Palliyaguru 3 for 31, Ajantha Mendis 2 for 25)
Army (128/5 o’night) 297 (Manjula de Zoysa 77, Namantha Ratnayake 52, Romesh Mendis 47, Dilan Soysa 34, Indika Karunathileke 30, Ravindra Palliyagruru 21 n.o.; Manoj Perera 6 for 107, Charles Silva 3 for 85)