Army shot out for 153 against Panadura SC

Panadura SC bowlers put in a fine bowling performance as they shot the strong Army side, who are the Premier Tier ‘B’ table leaders, for 153 on day one in their match played at Panagoda.

Army invited to take first lease of the wicket fell into deep trouble as they lost their top five batsmen with the score on just 75. Later a knock of 43 by Janith Silva helped them make a respectable score.

Panadura SC in their turn facing 20 overs ended the day on 70 for 2. The match will be continued today.

Army 153 (Janith Silva 43, Sulan Jayawardena 34, Dilan Soysa 28, Chandima Prasad 16, Chamara de Soysa 2 for 4, Tharanga Priyadarshana 2 for 10, Dhanuja Nandana 2 for 40, Nilantha Cooray 2 for 51)

Panadura SC 70 for 2 (Kelum Fernando 41, Udara Theekshana 18)

Sujith steers CCC

An unbeaten knock of 83 by Sujith Nikethana and a 57 by skipper Saman Jayantha enabled CCC make a score of 282 for 6 against Sri Lanka Ports Authority in the match which began at the CCC ground.

CCC 282 for 6 (Saman Jayantha 57, Rasika Priyadarshana 48, Madawa Warnapura 45, Sanath de Silva 19, Sujith Nikethana 83 n.o., Ranesh Perera 5 for 67) vs Sri Lanka Ports Authority

Gayan guides Kurunegalaycc

A fine knock of 112 with 13 boundaries by Gayan Manishan saw Kurunegala YCC end the first days play making 253 for 6 against Air Force in the match played at Kurunegala.

Kurunegala YCC 253 for 6 (Gayan Manishan 112rtd, Lanka de Silva 43, Hiran Wickramasekera 35, Sisira Kumara 19, Chamikara Edirisinghe 18 n.o., Lasanda Rukmal 2 for 65, Akila Isanka 2 for 65) vs Air Force

Marlan restricts Saracens SC

Left arm spinner Marlan Madusanka’s six wicket haul helped BRC restrict Saracens SC to a score of 135 in the match played at the BRC ground. BRC in reply ended the first day making 52 for 1.

Saracens SC 135 (Kanishka Amarasinghe 31, Suvin Silva 23, Mohamed Aslam 21, Amila Sandaruwan 15, Marlan Madusanka 6 for 29, Suwanji Madanayake 2 for 27)

BRC 52 for 1 (Vindika Chandrasiri 26 n.o.)

Police 151,Navy 71/3

Navy were 71 for 3 in reply to Police score of 151 at the end of the first days play in the match played at Welisara.

Police 151 (Harsha de Silva 31, Manjula Jayawardena 25, Malinda Abeyratne 22, Dhammika Rajapakse 19, Ravin Nirmal 17: Dulanjana Mendis 4 for 53, Yohan Kumara 2 for 17, Madawa Perera 2 for 22)

Navy 71 for 3 (Dhanushka Gurusinghe 22, Pubudu Edirisinghe 32 n.o.)