Bloomfield romp to easy win
Bloomfield recorded their third outright win of the Premier Tier ‘A’ cricket tournament with a comfortable seven wicket win over Badureliya CC in the match concluded at Reid Avenue yesterday.
Badureilya resuming from their overnight score of 60 for 1 put in some resistance through Hans Fernando and Sahan Wijeratne to reach 379.
However Bloomfield reached the target of 93 runs in just 12 overs.
Badureliya CC 226 (Nilushan Nonis 100, Dhananjaya de Silva 45, Roshan Laksiri 22, Tyronne Gamage 3 for 54, Suraj Randiv 3 for 105, Tharanga Lakshitha 2 for 30) and (60/1 overnight) 379 (Hans Fernando 88, Sahan Wijeratne 60, Dhananjaya de Silva 44, Alankara Asanka 43, Ruvinda Shamen 27, Yasoda Lanka 24: Suraj Randiv 8 for 128)
Bloomfield 513 (Nadeera Nawela 117, Suminda Mendis 77, Prasanna Jayawardena 70, Chamara Silva 64, Chinthaka Jayasinghe 58, Tharanga Lakshitha 33, Sanjaya Gangodawila 23, Suraj Randiv 31 n.o.: Lassana Dias 4 for 202) and 94 for 3 (Sanjaya Gangodawila 52 n.o.: Lassana Dias 2 for 28)
Moors secure first win
Moors secured their first outright win defeating Lankan CC by 186 runs in the match concluded at Braybrooke Place yesterday. Moors having set a massive target of 379 runs restricted the Lankans to a score of 192.
Moors 304 (Shehan Jayasuriya 61, Bathiya Perera 60, Dilhara Lokuhettige 52, Isham Ghouse 24, Gihan de Silva 39 n.o.: Gayan Sirisoma 3 for 76, Rajeewa Weerasinghe 3 for 81) and (146/4 over-
night) 272 for 5 declared (Kasun Bodisha 69, Kanchana Gunawardena 20, Dilhara Lokuhettige 101 n.o., Shehan Jayasuriya 38 n.o.: Rajeewa Weerasinghe 2 for 69, Gayan Sirisoma 2 for 72)
Lankan CC 198 (Ashen Silva 109, Damitha Hunukumbura 45: Shehan Jayasuriya 5 for 56) and 192 (Saliya Saman 53, Damitha Hunukumbura 38, Ashen Silva 28, Dinuk Weeraratne 27: Dinuka Hettiarachchi 8 for 55) Kusal and Harsha in record stand
Kusal Janith and Harsha Vithana were associated in a record 340 run stand for the second wicket helping Colts register a first innings win over SSC in a high scoring match concluded at the Colts ground.kusal slammed a 186 with 16 boundaries and four sixes while Harsha made 157 with 18 boundaries and two sixes enabling Colts resuming from their overnight score of 184 for 1 post a score of 435 for 4 declared in reply to SSC’S 401.
SSC 401 (Thilina Kandamby 124, Thilan Samaraweera 102, Kaushal Silva 39, Geeth Alwis 38, Tharanga Paranavithana 23, Sajeewa Weerakoon 4 for 113, Dilruwan Perera 4 for 119) and 51 for 4 (Tharanga Paranavithana 18: Dilruwan Perera 3 for 20)
Colts (184/1 overnight) 435 for 4 declared (Kusal Janith 186, Harsha Vithana 157, Malinda Warnapura 28 n.o., Roshen Silva 23 n.o.: Geeth Alwis 2 for 57)
First innings win for Ragama
Ragama CC had to be satisfied with a first innings win over NCC in the match concluded at the NCC grounds.
Ragama CC 217 (Rumesh Buddika 109, Kaushalya Weeraratne 25, Sohan Boralessa 4 for 23, Jehan Mubarak 3 for 58) and (173/0 overnight) 374 (Udara Jayasundara 154, Ian Daniel 110, Rumesh Buddika 24, Kaushalya Weeraratne 22: Sohan Boralessa 4 for 81, Jehan Mubarak 2 for 76)
NCC 184 (Angelo Perera 61, Yohan de Silva 45, Muditha Fernando 24, Jehan Mubarak 22, Malinga Bandara 7 for 56) and 270 for 5 (Demintha Dahanayake 41, Buddhika Samarawickrama 41, Muditha Fernando 26, Jehan Mubarak 131 n.o.: Rumesh Buddika 2 for 16, Malinga Bandara 2 for 124) Chilaw Marians on first innings
The match between Chilaw Marians and Tamil Union played at P. Sara Stadium ended in a first innings win for Chilaw Marians.
Chilaw Marians 373 (Amal Athulathmudali 79, Harsha Cooray 65, Gayan Wijekoon 48, Janaka Gunaratne 45, Umesh Karunaratne 42, Mahela Udawatte 35: Sachithra Serasinghe 5 for 108, Isuru Udana 3 for 35) and (37/0 overnight) 261 for 6 declared (Janaka Gunaratne 62, Lahiru Weragala 51, Mahela Udawatte 51, Amal Athulathmudali 34, Milinda Siriwardena 34: Isuru Udana 2 for 38, Chathura Randunu 2 for 47, Sachithra Serasinghe 2 for 78)
Tamil Union 285 (Kithruwan Withanage 125, Ashan Priyanjan 51, Gayashan Weerasekera 40, Muthumudalige Pushpakumara 29: Umesh Karunaratne 4 for 56, Chinthaka Perera 3 for 43) and 134 for 2 (Jeewantha Kulatunga 73 n.o., Ashan Priyanjan 50 n.o.)