Panadura record sixth outright win

The seventh round Premier league matches which concluded yesterday saw eight of the nine matches ending in outright wins which also saw Tamil Union coasting to their seventh successive outright with a day to spare when they defeated Chilaw Marians by four wickets.

Apart from that Kushal Perera had the honour of chalking up the highest ever individual score in a Sri Lanka domestic tournament when he slammed a swashbuckling 336 runs against Saracens SC which paved the way for Colts to record a resounding innings win.

Panadura SC continued their winning trend when they outclassed Air Force by 245 runs in the match played at Rifle Green to record their sixth outright win of the tournament. Two solid performances by skipper Chamara Silva and left arm spinner Gayan Sirisoma helped them earn their sixth victory.

Chamara made twin half tons while Gayan ended with a match bag of ten wickets which enabled them to bowl out the Airmen for low scores. Air Force set a massive target of 440 runs found Gayan too hot to handle as they succumbed to a score of 194 runs.

Panadura SC 309 (Chandana Aravinda 77, Chamara Silva 61, Sudesh Umayanga 44, Chathura Peiris 38, Dilruwan Perera 30, Amila Perera 18: Akila Isanka 3 for 56, T. Nadeera 2 for 40, Pishan Hewage 2 for 65) and 303 for 7 declared (Dilruwan Perera 93, Chamara Silva 65, Chandana Aravinda 34, Lasith Fernando 24, Sudesh Umayanga 21, Ranga Cooray 15, Chathura Peiris 28 n.o.: Raju Gayashan 2 for 18, Tharanga Ravin 2 for 54, Pishan Hewage 2 for 76)

Air Force SC 173 (T. Nadeera 44, Raju Gayashan 36, Achira Eranga 29, Yasoda Lanka 20, Sa- jith Kelumpriya 19: Gayan Sirisoma 5 for 72, Dilruwan Perera 2 for 47) and 194 (T. Nadeera 33, Sanjeewa Bulathwala 25, Rajitha Ratnayake 24, Sajith Kelumpriya 23, Yasoda Lanka 21, Raju Gayashan 17, Pishan Hewage 16 n.o.: Gayan Sirisoma 5 for 64, Dilruwan Perera 4 for 60)

Colts trounce Saracens

Colts trounced Saracens SC by an innings and 287 runs in the match concluded at the Colts ground. The writing was on the wall for Saracens SC when play ended on day two as they had the daunting task of erasing a further 351 runs on the final day. Saracens SC resuming on their overnight score of 76 for 2 was unable to make any headway as the batsmen failed to make any impression and were bowled meekly for a low score of 194.

Colts 611 for 8 declared (Kushal Perera 336, Nisal Randika 93, Thisara Perera 63, Anuk Silva 20, Shehan Fernando 16, Roshen Silva 15, Ishan Jayaratne 35 n.o.: Rajkumar Rathika 2 for 49, Shashrika Pussegolla 2 for 171)

Saracens SC 184 (Rajkumar Rathika 51, Shashrika Pussegolla 44, Mohamed Aslam 25, Amila Sandaruwan 21: Akila Dhananjaya 4 for 49, Sajeewa Weerakoon 3 for 31, Thisara Perera 2 for 53) and (76/2 overnight) 140 (Lasith Abeyratne 63, Rajkumar Rathika 23, Yohan Fernando 15: Ishan Jayaratne 5 for 53, Sajeewa Weerakoon 3 for 43)

SSC crush Kurunegala YCC

SSC registered their fourth outright win when they crushed Kurunegala YCC by an innings and 70 runs in the match concluded at the Welagedera Stadium in Kurunegala. Kurunegala YCC continuing from their overnight score of 56 for 3 lasted only 32 overs on the final day being bowled out for 178.

Kurunegala YCC 164 (Manoj Sarathchandra 44, Jeewantha Kulatunga 32, Mateesha Perera 22, Prasad Kellepotha 19: Sachithra Senanayake 6 for 41, Dhammika Prasad 2 for 46) and (56/3 overnight) 178 ( Chamikara Edirisinghe 43, Manoj Sarathchandra 41, Sampath Perera 20, Tyron Gamage 16, Prasad Kellepotha 22 n.o.: Kaushal Lokuarachchi 4 for 24, Sachithra Senanayake 3 for 85)

SSC 412 for 8 declared (Kaushal Silva 148, Kaushal Lokuarachchi 85, Thilina Kandamby 48, Dhanushka Gunatileke 46, Upul Bandara 37 n.o.: Prasad Kellepotha 3 for 107, Chamikara Edirisinghe 2 for 88)

NCC in five wicket win

An unbeaten ton by Duleeka Tissakuttige could not prevent NCC from securing a five wicket win over Navy SC and their fifth of the tournament in the match which ended at Welisara. The resistance by the late order batting of Navy resuming on their overnight score of 186 for 7 was insufficient as it left NCC just 105 runs for victory which they achieved in the 20th over.

Navy SC 180 (Wimesh Wickramasinghe 50, Buddi Hasaranga 45, Duleeka Tissakuttige 28, Lakmal Keerthiratne 17 n.o.: Ramith Rambukwella 3 for 23, Chaminda Vidanapathirana 3 for 24, Sohan Boralessa 2 for 19) and (186/7 overnight) 278 (Yoshan Kumara 57, Lakmal Keerthiratne 20, Gayas Christopher 16, Dulanjana Mendis 16, Duleeka Tissakuttige 100 n.o.: Sohan Boralessa 7 for 96)

NCC 354 (Farveez Maharoof 116, Angelo Perera 73, Niroshan Dickwella 64, Kosala Kulasekera 35, Lahiru Madusanka 33: Dulanjana Mendis 5 for 117, Lakmal Keerthiratne 3 for 85, Anura Wekadapola 2 for 45) and 105 for 5 (Jehan Mubarak 44, Farveez Maharoof 15, Angelo Perera 15: Dulanjana Mendis 5 for 42)

Bloomfield by innings

A match bag of ten wickets by left arm spinner Upul Indrasiri helped Bloomfield overcome Ragama CC by an innings and 41 runs in the match played at Reid Avenue.

Bloomfield 366 (Nadeera Nawela 72, Daminda Ranaweera 55, Sanjaya Gangodawila 50, Upul Indrasiri 45, Dilshan Munaweera 23, Chathura Randunu 18, Imran Khan 25 n.o.: Dhananjaya de Silva 3 for 96, Kaushalya Weeraratne 2 for 44, Lahiru Jayaratne 2 for 50)

Ragama CC 172 (Kaushalya Weeraratne 44, Udara Jayasundara 37, Michael Vandort 22, Dhananjaya de Silva 19, Malinga Bandara 15 n.o.: Upul Indrasiri 5 for 41, Imran Khan 3 for 35, Suraj Randiv 2 for 59) and (68/4 overnight) 153 (Dhananjaya de Silva 41, Udara Jayasundara 33, Ian Daniel 25, Milinda Siriwardena 20, Sameera de Zoysa 15: Upul Indrasiri 5 for 23, Suraj Randiv 2 for 31)

Innings win for CCC

CCC recorded an easy innings and 56 run win over Galle CC in the match concluded at the CCC ground. The highlight of the match was left arm spinner Dinuka Hettiarachchi’s match bag of 11 wickets.

CCC 367 (Gayan Wijekoon 104, Amal Athulathmudali 77, Gihan Rupasinghe 38, Malith Gunatileke 27, Maduka Liyanapathiranage 22, Samin Kandanearchchi 20, Dinuka Hettiarachchi 30 n.o.: Anil Ridigammanagedera 4 for 51, Umega Chathuranga 4 for 132)

Galle CC 188 (Chamindu Ishanka 33, Chalitha Helambage 18, Anil Ridigammanagedera 18, Rajith Priyan 17, Kaushalya Gajasinghe 16, Levan Moshin 15, Umega Chathuranga 30 n.o.: Dinuka Hettiarachchi 4 for 83, Maduka Liyanapathiranage 2 for 25, Chinthaka Perera 2 for 31) (6/1 overnight) 123 (Imesh Udayanga 28, Susantha Pradeep 23: Dinuka Hettiarachchi 7 for 58, Malith Gunatileke 2 for 14)