Thirimanne begins to ask questions again
Now dumped national vice captain Lahiru Thirimanne cracked an unbeaten 134 inclusive of ten boundaries and two sixes as he along with Sameera de Zoysa helped Ragama CC make a recovery on day two against CCC in the Premier League Tier A inter-club cricket encounter played at the CCC ground.
The pair shared a valuable 94 runs for the fifth wicket when Ragama CC was struggling with their top four batsmen back in the pavilion with just 89 runs on the board.
The partnership paved the way for Ragama CC to get past their opponents score of 273 as they went into the tea break on the second day on 279 for 9.
An unbroken 99 run stand for the eighth wicket between Janaka Sampath and Dilshan de Soysa enabled Army SC to continue their domination against the much fancied NCC in the match played at Panagoda.
Army SC in reply to NCC’s score of 224 (resuming from their overnight score of 92 for 0) was on 297 for 7 during the tea break.
SLPA CC has already taken a first innings lead over Tamil Union in the match played at P. Sara Stadium. SLPA CC continuing from their overnight score of 169 for 6 went on to make a modest score of 233 in reply to Tamil Union’s 120.
In a match which got underway yesterday saw BRC were bowled out for a low score of 120 by Badureliya CC at the BRC ground and Badureliya CC in their turn was on 47 for 1.
At CCC:
CCC 273 (Lasith Abeyratne 96, Ashan Priyanjan 70, Lahiru Madusanka 33, Manleker de Silva 26, Ron Chandragupta 24: Nishan Peiris 3 for 55, Sahan Nanayakkara 3 for 78, Ishan Jayaratne 2 for 55)
Ragama CC (63/3 overnight) 279 for 9 (Shehan Fernando 45, Sameera de Zoysa 38, Ishan Jayaratne 17, Lahiru Thirimanne 134 n.o.: Lahiru Madusanka 4 for 49, Ashan Priyanjan 3 for 46)
At Panagoda:
NCC 224 (Angelo Perera 80, Chamika Karunaratne 39, Tharindu Kaushal 30, Bhanuka Rajapakse 29, Sachin Peiris 15: Nuwan Liyanapathirana 3 for 40, Janith Silva 2 for 27)
Army SC (92/0 overnight) 297 for 7 (Lakshitha Madushan 71, Navod Ilukwatte 34, Janaka Sampath 62 n.o., Dilshan de Soysa 51 n.o.: Lasith Embuldeniya 2 for 75)
At P. Sara Stadium:
Tamil Union 120 (Jeevan Mendis 32, Shalika Karunanayake 25: Akalanka Ganegama 5 for 35, Chaminda Bandara 2 for 34, Chanaka Komasaru 2 for 37) and 155 for 2 (Ramith Rambukwella 41, Sithara Gimhan 23, Tharanga Paranavithana 63 n.o., Dinuk Wickramanayake 26 n.o.)
SLPA CC (169/6 overnight) 233 (Gihan Rupasinghe 89, Nick Compton 56, Gayan Maneeshan 43: Dinuk Wickramanayake 6 for 42)
At BRC:
BRC 128 (T.N. Sampath 30, Chamikara Edirisinghe 26, Rumesh Buddika 23, Harsha Vithana 23: Alankara Asanka 5 for 45, Dilesh Gunaratne 4 for 42)
Badureliya CC 47 for 1 (Pathum Nissanka 29 n.o)