Under 23 Cricket
Bohram cracks blistering 175 on debut
Zahira schoolboy Arshard Bohram making his debut in club cricket cracked a blistering knock of 175 for Moors SC against Air Force on day one in their Under 23 Division One cricket encounter played at Braybrooke Place.
Right hand batsman Bohram’s knock which came off 238 balls comprised 23 boundaries and three sixes and was supported by a knock of 79 by allrounder Kaushalya Gajasinghe which helped Moors SC taking first lease of the wicket make a formidable score of 373.
Air Force in their turn ended the day making 46 for no loss. The match will be continued today.
Moors SC 373 (Ashard Bohoram 175, Kaushalya Gajasinghe 79, Aravinda Premarathne 33: Sameera Wanigasekara 3 for 70, Kavindu Perera 2 for 65)
Air Force SC 46 for no loss (T. Nadeera 20 n.o.)
Moratuwa SC amass 339/4
A ton by Sangeeth Cooray and half tons by Kasun Fernando, Dhanuka Madushan, Shanuka Dulaj and Heshan Kumarasiri enabled Moratuwa SC batting first, amass a score of 339 for 4 against Leo CC at the end of the first days play in the match played at De Zoysa Stadium in Moratuwa.
Moratuwa SC 339 for 4 (Sangeeth Cooary 125, Kasun Fernando 73, Dhanuka Madhushan 50, Shanuka Dulaj 56 n.o., Heshan Kumarasiri 52 n.o.: Dushan Vimukthi 2 for 110) vs Leo CC
Negombo CC 203,Bloomfield 51/2
Bloomfield were 51 for 2 in reply to Negombo CC’s 203 at the end of the first days play in the match plated at Kadirana.
Negombo CC 203 (Malshan Gunasinghe 52, Srihan Anuruddhika 35, Iranga Wijesooriya 33, Shehan Madhusanka 28: Vishwa Fernando 4 for 57, Ruvinda Shyamen 3 for 29, Adheesha Nanayakkara 2 for 12)
Bloomfield 51 for 2 (Charith Kumarasinghe 26: Malshan Gunasinghe 2 for 7)
Tamil Union takes lead
Tamil Union has already obtained a first inning lead over Colts in the match played at the Colts ground. The first day saw Colts being bundled out for a paltry 96 with Nisala Tharaka and Thineth Manishka who together shared nine wickets doing the damage. Tamil Union in reply ended the day making 279.
Colts 96 (Dushan Hemantha 22, Chathuranga Kumara 21, Supeshala Jayathilake 18: Nisala Tharaka 5 for 35, Thineth Manishka 4 for 48)
Tamil Union 279 (Kithruwan Vitahanage 82, Manoj Sarachchandra 43, Chamikara Edirisinghe 23, Denuwan Rajakaruna 17, Prasad Kellepotha 17, Nisala Tharaka 46 n.o.: Akila Dhananjaya 4 for 67, Chathuranga Kumara 3 for 83, Nuwan Karunarathne 2 for 49)
CCC 151,NCC 88/2
CCC taking first lease of the wicket made 151 against NCC who ended day one on 88 for 2 in the match played at the NCC ground.
CCC 151 (Dinuk Jayasinghe 49, Lasith Aberathne 47, Vikum Sanjaya 17: Ramith Rambukwella 6 for 26, Amrith Srimahan 2 for 18)
NCC: 88 for 2 (Lahiru Udara 48 n.o.)
Even exchanges at Galle
Exchanges were even at the end of the first days play in the match between Singha SC and Army SC played at Galle.
Army SC 153 (Navod Ilukwatte 49, Laksitha Madhushan 47, Dileepa Gayashan 19: Madhuranga Priyadarshana 4 for 25, Ramesh Mendis 4 for 65, Duminda Kannangara 2 for 25)
Singha SC 108 for 5 (Chalitha Helambage 26, Isuru Chathuranga 20, Ramesh Mendis 30 n.o.,Udesh Priyanga 18 n.o.: Lakshan Madhusanak 2 for 21, Janith De Silva 2 for 21)