Shalika Karunanayake cracked a swashbuckling and career best 172 as SSC amassed a massive 506 for 5, resuming from their overnight score of 356 for 5, against Badureliya CC on day two of their Premier Tier 'A' cricket encounter at the SSC ground.
Shalika's knock came off just 169 balls which comprised 15 boundaries and nine towering sixes. Shalika along with Lasith Fernando who supported with 102, sent the Badureliya CC on a leather hunt. The pair put on a partnership of 173 runs for the sixth wicket. Lasith' s knock of 102 included 11 boundaries. Badureliya CC in their turn - helped by half tons from T.N. Sampath and Tharindu Attanayake - ended the day on 253 for 5.
SSC (356/5 o'night) 506 (Shalika Karunanayake 172, Lasith Fernando 102, Dimiutj Karunaratne 90, Kaushal Silva 38, Navin Perera 37, Tharanga Paranavitana 24: Ranesh Perera 3 for 129, Himesh Silva 2 for 48, Niroshan Bandaratileke 2 for 94)
Badureliya SC 253 for 5 (T.N. Sampath 62, Tharindu Attanayake 53, Dilshan Vitharana 43, V. Subramania Siva 27, Alankara Asanka 35 n.o., Ranesh Perera 28 n.o.Sachitra Senanayake 5 for 77)
Tamil Union restricted to 227
Tamil Union who was in a strong position at 158 for 5 on day one against Bloomfield was restricted to 227 at Reid Avenue. This was in reply to the home team’s 195. Bloomfield batting the second time was 305 for 3.
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| Saracens spinner Geeth de Alwis in action yesterday.
(Pic by Ranjith Perera) |
Bloomfield 195 (Dilshan Munaweera 56, Prasanna Jayawardene 41, Sanjaya Gangodawila 35, Chinthaka Jayasinghe 25; Sanjaya Chathuranga 4 for 42, Jeewan Mendis 4 for 71, Chamil Sum ayhipala 2/27) and 305 for 3 (Tharaka Gunaratne 126, Dilshan Munaweera 54, Chamara Silva 30, Shanuka Dissanayae 74 n.o.: Jeewan Mendis 2 for 98)
Tamil Union (158/5 o'night) 227 (Sajith Fernando 47, Sachitra Serasinghe 42, Jeewan Mendis 36, Prabodha Seneviratne 32, Ashan Priyanjan 18: Shanuka Dissanayake 4 for 50, Nuwan Pradeep 3 for 46)
NCC takes lead
Saracens SC's late rally could not prevent NCC taking a first inning lead in their match at the NCC ground. NCC after being in a strong position of 209 for 4, collapsed to 270 in reply to Saracens SC's score of 247. Saracens SC batting the second time were 151 for 4.
Saracens 247 (Nilakshan Abeyratne 50, Demintha Dahanayake 34, Eranga Gangoda 41, Sumudu Suranga 51n.o., Tharaka Kottehewa 4 for 66, Kosala Kulasekara 3 for 51, Chanaka Komasaru 3 for 85) and 151 for 4 (Rajkumar Rathika 51, Nilakshan Abeyratne 46, Geeth Alwis 28: Chanaka Komasaru 2 for 34, Roshan Wijenayake 2 for 40)
NCC (86/0 o'night) 270 (Yohan de Silva 66, Susantha Pradeep 46, Angelo Perera 40, Dinesh Chandimal 35, Chanaka Wijesingha 22, Shashrika Pussegolla 22: Geeth Alwis 3 for 33, Eranga Gangoda 3 for 39, Mateesha Ranasinghe 2 for 33, Udara Varuna 2 for 81) Target 282
CCC sitting pretty
CCC has already obtained a first innings lead over Army and were sitting pretty at Panagoda. They had Army chasing 282 for victory struggling on 98 for 6.
CCC 164 (Jehan Mubarak 88, (Michael Vandort 21; Seekkuge Prasanna 5 for 55, Ravindra Palleguruge 4 for 26) and (77/0 o'night) 264 (Sachith Pathirana 85, Michael Vandort 62, Charith Sylvester 42; Ravindra Palleguruge 4 for 81, Seekuge Prasanna 3 for 121, Manjula de Soysa 2 for 16)
Army SC 147 (Ravindra Palleguruge 41, Taraka Waduge 25, Damith Indika 50 n.o; Sohan Boralessa 4 for 38, Chaminda Vidanapathirana 2 for 42, Tharindu Mendis 2/8, Sachith Pathirana 2 for 46) and 98 for 6 (Nuwan Perera 3 for 27, Tharindu Mendis 2 for 17)
Premier Tier 'B'
Umesh, Mevan steer Seeduwa/Raddoluwa CC
Right arm spinner Umesh Karunaratne ended with figures of 6 for 79 as Seeduwa/Raddoluwa CC took advantage of their Premier Tier 'B' encounter against Singha SC on day two in the match played at Ananada Mawatha. Seeduwa/Raddoluwa CC batting the second time was helped by a fine 121 from Mevan Fernando which saw them end the day on 279 for 7 giving them a massive lead of 353 runs.
Seeduwa/Raddoluwa CC 238 (Mevan Fernando 57, Geeth Kumara 45, Sujith Nikethana 41, Gihan Dilruk 38, Ranil Dhammika 21; Neville Liyanage 4 for 62, Dunil Abeydeera 3 for 64) and 279 for 7 (Mevan Fernando 121, Geeth Kumara 64, Manjula Priyantha 15, Ranil Dhammika 34 n.o; Neville Liyanage 4 for 75)
Singha SC 164 (Dunil Abeydeera 47, Shivanga Ranasuriya 27, Sampath Perera 20, Denver Faux 15, Neville Liyanage 15: Umesh Karunaratne 6 for 79, Ranil Dhammika 3 for 46)
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