Shihan, Ishan and Mapa lead Colts fight back
Shihan Kamileen, Mapa Bandara and Ishan Jayaratne led the Colts fight back against Badureliya CC on day two in the final round match of the Premier Tier ‘A’ cricket encounter at the Surrey Village ground in Maggona.
Colts resuming from their overnight score of 79 for 4 saw the two right hand batsmen Shihan and Ishan putting on 103 runs for the fifth wicket while Mapa, coming in after the lunch break, propped up the Colts scoreboard.
Shihan made 97 which had nine boundaries while Ishan made a quick fire 42 with five boundaries and Mapa made 55 with seven boundaries to help Colts to score 338.
The first day’s play saw Badureliya CC take first lease of the wicket and make a modest 235. They were struggling on 65 for 6 before T.N. Sampath came to their rescue with 85 as he along with Ruvinda Shamen made 72 and put on 152 runs for the seventh wicket enabling them to reach a respectable score.
Chamara Silva had the honour of reaching the 1000 runs mark for the season. Chamara achieved this in the match against Moors at Reid Avenue. Chamara made 86 which saw him accumulate 1035 runs. This score came from nine matches and was made up of three tons and six half tons.
Two other half tons apart from Chamara by Dilshan Munaweera and Sanjaya Gangodawila saw Bloomfield make 361. But Moors who ended the first day on 57 for 1 made a bold 350 which came on the back of half tons by Kanchana Gunawardena, Shehan Jayasuriya, Dilhara Lokuhettige and Chathuranga de Silva.
Chilaw Marians have already obtained a first inning lead over Lankan CC at Braybrooke Place. NCC was reeling against traditional rivals and neighbouring SSC at the NCC ground. NCC resuming from their overnight score of 66 for 4 failed again as they folded up for 138. This was in reply to SSC’S 209.
Ragama CC resuming from their overnight score of 453 for 4 went on to post a mammoth 601 for 9 against Tamil Union, who ended the day making 173 for 6, when play stopped on day two at the P. Sara Stadium. At Maggona Badureliya CC 235 (T.N. Sampath 85, Ruvinda Shamen 72, Malinga Maligaspe 22, Sahan Wijeratne 19; Sajeewa Weerakoon 5/73, Ishan Jayaratne 2 /25, Viraj Pushpakumara 2/ 48) and 12 for no loss
Colts (79/4 overnight) 338 (Shihan Kamileen 97, Mapa Bandara 55, Ishan Jayaratne 42, Nisal Randika 23, Sajeewa Weerakoon 23, Chathuranga Kumara 20, Malinda Warnapura 16, Viraj Pushpakumara 18 n.o; T.N. Sampath 4/ 84, Alankara Asanka 2/ 45, Shalika Karunanayake 2/ 46) At Reid Avenue Bloomfield 361 (Chamara Silva 86, Dilshan Munaweera 79, Sanjaya Gangodawila 67, Daminda Ranaweera 30, Tharanga Lakshitha 29, Chinthaka Jayasinghe 19, Nuwan Pradeep 16; Shehan Jayasuriya 5/ 95, Chathuranga de Silva 2 /22, Kasun Madusanka 2/ 68) and 2 for no loss
Moors (57/1 overnight) 350 (Kanchana Gunawardena 85, Shehan Jayasuriya 77, Dilhara Lokuhettige 58, Ramesh Lakshitha 31, Isham Ghouse 20, Chathuranga de Silva 53 n.o; Nuwan Pradeep 4 for 76, Suraj Randiv 4 for 134) At Braybrooke Place
Chilaw Marians 302 (Milinda Siriwardena 63, Janaka Gunaratne 63, Arosh Janoda 42, Umesh Karunaratne 34, Gayan Wijekoon 31, Harsha Cooray 26; Rajeewa Weerasinghe 3/72, Sujeewa de Silva 2/23, Saliya Saman 2/ 42) and 247 for 5 (Milinda Siriwardena 90, Janaka Gunaratne 67, Mahela Udawatte 49, Gayan Wijekoon 20 n.o; Rajeewa Weerasinghe 2/ 61)
Lankan CC (103/4 overnight) 150 (Damitha Hunukumbura 44, Dhanuka Pathirana 31, Deshan Dias 21; Malinda Pushpakumara 4/61, Chinthaka Perera 2/ 21, Arosh Janoda 2/24) At NCC
SSC 209 (Thilan Samaraweera 102, Kaushal Silva 33, Geeth Alwis 18; Upul Chandana 4/44, Jehan Mubarak 3/64, Akalanka Ganegama 2/ 20) and 131 for 5 (Paranavithana 33, Kaushal Silva 25, Thilan Samaraweera 32 n.o; Sohan Boralessa 5 /43)
NCC (66/4 overnight) 138 (Demintha Dahanayake 32, Imesh Udauanga 27, Upul Chandana 24, Michael Vandort 22, Akalanka Ganegama 15; Chathupama Gunasinghe 3/22, Tharanga Paranavithana 3/25, Geeth Alwis 2/ 9) At P. Sara Stadium
Ragama CC (453/4 overnight) 601 for 9 declared (Ian Daniel 121, Udara Jayasundara 120, Indika de Saram 67, Sameera de Zoysa 62, Kaushalya Weeraratne 59, Rumesh Buddika 52, Duminda Perera 38, Nayana Fernando 21, Nalin Vimukthi 18; Jeewan Mendis 5/157, Isuru Udana 4/129)
Tamil Union 173 for 6 (Jeewan Mendis 63, Gayashan Weerasekera 58, Jeewantha Kulatunga 25; Rushan Jaleel 3/ 64, Udara Jayasundara 2/26) Premier Tier ‘B’ Army is assured of the Premier Tier ‘B’ title as they have already obtained a first inning lead over CCC when play stopped on the second day in the match at the CCC g round.
The first day’s play saw Army who took first lease of the wicket make 264 and had CCC struggling on 105 for 7. CCC resuming on day two lasted only 11 overs being bundled out for 145.
Army batting the second time went for quick runs and made 176.
CCC set a target of 296 runs for victory ended the day on 51 for 1 needing another 245 runs to win when play resumes on the final day today.
Navy who was struggling for survival in their match against Air Force at Rifle Green came back thanks to the stiff resistance put in by their late order batsmen.
Sri Lanka Ports Authority resuming from their overnight score of 324 for 5 went on to amass a massive 438 against Saracens SC who ended the day on 91 for 4 at Panagoda.
Andy Solomons slammed his best first class knock of 166 which saw BRC resuming form their overnight score of 50 for no loss, ending day two on 364 for 7 against Police at Police Park. Andy’s 158 ball knock had 17 boundaries and four sixes. Police taking first lease on day one made 220.
Panadura was on top against Kurunegala YCC at Panadura. Panadura resuming on their overnight score of 67 for 1 scored 441 in reply to Kurunegala YCC’S 214. At CCC