CHINTHAKAANDCHAMARA SLAM CAREER BEST KNOCKS
Career best knocks by Chinthaka Jayasinghe and Chamara Silva has put Bloomfield in the box seat against NCC when play ended on the second day in their Premier Tier ‘A’ cricket encounter played at Reid Avenue.
Chinthaka slammed an unbeaten 173 with 16 boundaries and six sixes while Chamara cracked a 158 inclusive of 15 boundaries and five sixes. The pair put on a record 302 runs for the fifth wicket enabling Bloomfield, resuming from their overnight score of 413 for 4, make a formidable score of 500 for 6 declared.
Later Bloomfield left arm spinner Upul Indrasiri wrecked the NCC batting as he with a match figure of 5 for 62 restricted them to a score of 213. NCC made to follow on ended the day on 11 for 1 still needing 276 runs to avoid an innings defeat when play resume on the final day today.
Bloomfield (413/4 overnight) 500 for 6 declared ( Chamara Silva 158, Dilshan Munaweera 70, Prasanna Jayawardena 39, Primosh Perera 27, Nadeera Nawela 18, Chinthaka Jayasinghe 173 n.o.: Sohan Boralessa 2 for 117, Roshan Lakmal 2 for 147))
NCC 213 (Muditha Fer- nando 55, Yohan de Silva 41, Roshan Lakmal 38, Chamara Kapugedera 27: Upul Indrasiri 5 for 62, Vishwa Fernando 2 for 73) and 11 for 1
Ragama CC dominate
Ragama CC continued their dominance on day two in the match against Chilaw Marians played at the Colts ground. Ragama CC continuing from their overnight score of 345 for 4 made 495 and had the Marians struggling on 106 for 4.
Ragama CC (345/4 overnight) 495 (Ian Daniel 140, Indika de Saram 88, Nayana Fernando 65, Udara Jayasundara 56, Kaushalya Weeraratne 39, Sameera de Soysa 37, Janaka Gunaratne 3 for 73, Arosha Janoda 2 for 79, Malinda Pushpakumara 2 for 126)
Chilaw Marians 106 for 4 (Geeth Kumara 36, Harsha Cooray 21, Suresh Niroshan 15, Nilanka Premaratne 2 for 26)
SSC amass 459
SSC, thanks to a knock of 148 by Thilan Samaraweera, amassed a massive score of 459 for 6 on day two in their match against Moors played at Braybrooke Place. In re-
ply Moors ended the day making 177 for 4.
SSC (314/5 overnight) 459 for 9 declared (Thilan Samaraweera 148, Dasun Shanaka 64, Geeth Alwis 57, Charith Jayampathi 47, Tharanga Paranavithana 36, Kaushal Silva 25, Amil Prasad 22 n.o., Jeffrey Vandersay 3 for 104, Irosh Samarasooriya 2 for 58)
Moors 177 for 4 (Bathiya Perera 30, Shehan Jayasuriya 29, Moeen Ali 107 n.o., Suresh Wickrama 2 for 50)
Tamil Union make bold reply
Tamil Union made a bold reply of 307 for 4 in reply to Colts 308, which came on the back of half tons by Jeewantha Kulatunga, Kithruwan Withanage, Sachithra Serasinghe and Gayashan Weerasekera in the match played at the P. Sara Stadium.
Colts (297/9 overnight) 308 (Roshen Silva 84, Akshu Fernando 50, Anuk Silva 40, Mapa Bandara 36, Harsha Vithana 19, Chathuranga Kumara 33 n.o., Isuru Udana 3 for 49, Kithruwan Withanage 2 for 24, Chathura Randunu 2 for 83)
Tamil Union 307 for 4 (Jeewantha Kulatunga 80, Kithruwan Withanage 69, Sachithra Serasinghe 51, Gayashan Weerasekera 70 n.o., Muthumudalige Pushpakumara 17 n.o., Viraj Pushpakumara 3 for 89)
Chanaka and Damitha give Lankan CC lead
Knocks of 99 and 78 by Chanaka Wijesinghe and Damitha Hunukumbura helped Lankan CC take a first lead over Badureliya CC in the match played at De Zoysa Stadium in Moratuwa.
Badureliya CC 184 (Hans Fernando 41, T.N. Sampath 30, Thilina Masmulla 18, Amila Wettasinghe 27 n.o.: Gayan Sirisoma 6 for 54, Sujeewa de Silva 2 for 46) and 33 for 2 (Shalika Karunanayake 21 n.o.: Gayan Sirisoma 2 for 10)
Lankan CC (83/2 overnight) 288 (Chanaka Wijesinghe 99, Damitha Hunukumbura 78, Saliya Saman 27, Dhanuka Pathirana 24, Alankara Asanka 5 for 91, Roshan Laksiri 3 for 77)