Right arm spinner Umesh Karunaratne guided Chilaw Marians to their third outright win with a match bag of 11 for 135. Umeshs’ performance helped his side defeat Navy by nine wickets with a day to spare in their Under 23 Division One cricket played at Welisara.
Though there was some resistance in the late order batting the home team were unable to put in a fight back as spinner Umesh ran through the batting for the second time finishing with figures of 6 for 62 following his five wicket haul in the first inning with Navy being bowled out for 150.
SSC batsman Upul Bandara in action yesterday. (Pic by Ranjith Perera) |
This left Chilaw Marians a simple target of 89 for victory which they needed only 18.1 overs.
Navy 171 (Udara Jayasundara 75, Vinod Perera 21, Dilan Chandima 19, Pubudu Edirisinghe 18, Vindika Chandrasiri 17: Umesh Karunaratne 5 for 73, Arosha Janodha 4 for 20) and 150 in 50 overs (Lakmal Keerthiratne 33, Dilan Chandima 25, Pubudu Edirisinghe 20, Chanaka Ruwansiri 19, Dulanjala Mendis 18: Umesh Karunaratne 6 for 62, Maduka Liyanapathirana 4 for 56)
Chilaw Marians (181/6 overnight) 233 (Geeth Alwis 65, Buddhika Samarawickrema 51, Lahiru Weragala 32, Umesh Karunaratne 17, Shihan Kamileen 16, Sanath Silva 20 n.o.: Vindika Chandrasiri 4 for 18, Dilan Chandima 3 for 47) and 90 for 1 in 18.4 overs (Lahiru Weragala 15, Geeth Alwis 38 n.o., Geeth Kumara 35 n.o.)
Ragama CC on top
Ragama CC came out on top against SSC at the end of the second days play in the match played at Reid Avenue yesterday. SSC despite putting in a fight back in the early stages of the innings failed to live up to expectations.
But the late order batting failed miserably as they ultimately were bundled out for the addition of 28 runs for 178.
Ragama CC 297 (Wimanga Perera 75, Chandimanthu Rodrigo 45, Dananjaya de Silva 39, Nalin Vimukthi 36, Shivanga Ranasuriya 30, Nisham Mazahir 18, Shivantha Kumara 17: Suresh Wickrama 5 for 98, Sanka Ramesh 2 for 66, Mithun Jayawickrema 2 for 76) and 184 for 8 in 55 overs (Nisham Mazahir 45, Shivanga Ranasuriya 36, Nayana Fernando 30, Wimanga Perera 23: Suresh Wickrama 5 for 86, Sanka Ramesh 2 for 44)
SSC (27/4 overnight) 178 in 37.5 overs (Upul Bandara 53, Gayan Manishan 34, Angelo Jayasinghe 34: Nilanka Premaratne 4 for 39, Wimanga Perera 3 for 41)
Angelo in match saving knock
A match saving unbeaten knock of 167 by Angelo Perera was the highlight of the second days play in the match between NCC and BRC played at the NCC ground.
Angelo’s blistering knock with 18 boundaries and two sixes came when his side batting the second time was in a bad position of 78 for 4. His knock helped the home team end the day on 374 for 8.
NCC 140 (Haroon Mowjood 54, Roshan Wijenayake 31, Roshan Laksiri 28: Ruwan Perera 3 for 28, Praneeth Jayasinghe 2 for 18) and 374 for 8 in 80 overs (Shashrika Pussegolla 59, Roshan Laksiri 37, Halambage Levan 36, Arthavidu Liyanage 23, Angelo Perera 167 n.o., Haroon Mowjood 46 n.o. Marlon Madusanka 3 for 122, Ruwan Perera 2 for 54)
BRC (155/8 overnight) 191 in 44 overs (Marlon Madusanka 41, Yasitha Abeykoon 28, Andy Solomons 27, Amira Rabel 19, Thivanka Ranasinghe 35 n.o.: Roshan Laksiri 5 for 54, Roshan Wijenayake 3 for 69)
CCC on top
CCC have put themselves in line of recording their second outright win having dominated the proceedings in their match against Moratuwa SC on day two in the match played at the CCC ground.
CCC 298 in 66.1 overs (Prasad Dias 89, Prabath Priyankara 63, Romesh Perera 35, Dilesh Gunaratne 32, Gayan de Silva 18, Andri Berenger 15: Sineth Gunawardena 3 for 65, Charith Fernando 3 for 72, Dharshana Hewawasam 2 for 33)
Moratuwa SC (61/3 overnight) 148 in 55.4 overs (Namal de Soysa 27, Chamesh Fernando 21, Sineth Gunawardena 19: Shameera Weerasinghe 3 for 26, Dilesh Gunaratne 3 for 34, Lasantha Manoj 2 for 44) and 147 for 6 in 55 overs (Namal de Soysa 42, Lakmal Fernando 33, Malshan Mendis 24: Prabath Priyankara 3 for 49, Lasantha Manoj 2 for 24)
Gayashan and Dinidu in massive stand
Gayashan Weerasekera and man in form Dinidu Jayatilleke was involved in a massive stand of 216 runs for the second wicket helping Tamil Union make a mammoth score of 460 for 8 declared on day two against Seeduwa/Raddoluwa CC at the FTZ ground in Katunayake.
Gayashan cracked a 127 with 18 boundaries while Dinidu hit 91 which included 14 boundaries. Seeduwa/Raddoluwa CC earlier made 230 and batting the second time were badly placed on 54 for 4 needing another 202 runs to avoid an innings defeat.
Seeduwa/Raddoluwa CC 230 (Ishan Athureliya 63, Nilusha Sasanka 38, Thilanka Tissakuttige 27, Ghafoor Asif 49 n.o.: Lahiru Gamage 3 for 91, Randika Maduranga 2 for 25, Isuru Udana 2 for 32) and 54 for 4 in 11 overs (Chanaka Ruwansiri 32 n.o.: Isuru Udana 3 for 24)
Tamil Union (67/1 overnight) 460 for 8 declared in 92 overs (Gayashan Weerasekera 127, Dinidu Jayatilleke 91, Adeesha Nanayakkara 46, Udara Peiris 41, Isuru Udana 30: Ghafoor Asif 4 for 112, Kasun Ekanayake 3 for 120)
Moors takes lead
Moors took a narrow lead against Air Force in the match played at Braybrooke Place. Moors made 214 and Air Force resuming from their overnight score of 62 for 2 was able to muster only 203.
Moors 214 (Chathuranga de Silva 40, Isham Ghouse 33, Tharindu Uthpala 32, Shehan Jayasuriya 29, Gihan Ayantha 23, Sanjaya Fernando 23: Akila Isanka 5 for 39) and 207 for 4 in 55 overs (Shehan Jayasuriya 111, Dasun Madumal 67)
Air Force (62/2 overnight) 203 in 47.1 overs (Sanjeewa Bulathwala 64, (Pasan Samarasekera 59, Asanka Gihan 44: Sanjaya Fernando 4 for 45, Mateesha Ranasinghe 3 for 44, Irosh Samarasooriya 2 for 14) |
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