Thilan Samaraweera a blazing 158 not out

By Chris Dhambarage

CRICKET: Thilan Samaraweera hit a trail blazing 158 not out as the table leaders SSC piled up a huge 409 for 5 in their first innings on the second day of their SLC Premier League inter club cricket tournament match against the traditional rivals NCC continued at Maitland Place yesterday.

NCC: 237 SSC: 409 for 5 (A. Gunawardena 93, T. Paranavithana 43, T. Samaraweera 158 n.o, J. Mendis 94, C. Komasaru 3 for 81, A. Ganegama 2 for 57).

Pushpakumara 4 for 30

Muthumudalige Pushpakumara snapped up four wickets for 30 runs as Colts CC bundled out Tamil Union for just 167 runs in their first innings on the second day of their SLC Premier League inter club cricket tournament match continued at the P. Saravanamuttu Stadium yesterday.

Colts CC: 332 (R. Peiris 35, A. Mathews 22, N. Ranjith 3 for 88, M. Maduwantha 5 for 104) Tamil Union: 167 (S. Fernando 23, L. de Silva 48, J. Kulatunga 2 for 25, M. Pushpakumara 4 for 30).

Moors lead

Chanaka Welagedera picked up four wickets for 45 as Moors SC took a first innings lead of 81 runs over Chilaw Marians SC on the second day of their SLC Premier League inter club cricket tournament match continued at Braybrooke Place yesterday.

Moors SC: 270 and 55 for no loss (R. Silva 34 n.o, B. Perera 20 n.o) Chilaw Marians SC: 219 (G. Wijekoon 57, M. Udawatte 56, J. Gunaratne 35, C. Welagedera 4 for 45, C. Mudalige 2 for 46, H. Boteju 2 for 18)

Sebs on top

Madura Lakmal and Himesh Silva shared nine wickets between them as Sebastianites SC put themselves in contention for an outright victory over Baduraliya CC on the second day of their SLC Premier League inter club cricket tournament match continued at the University grounds yesterday.

Sebastianites SC: 388 (D. Fernando 87, C. Buddhika 33, M. Lakmal 49, D. Nandana 2 for 67, M. Surappulige 3 for 73, L. Dias 2 for 70, P. Wanasinghe 2 for 43)

Baduraliya CC: 161 (D. Hunukumbura 34, P. Wanasinghe 48, M. Lakmal 5 for 27, H. Silva 4 for 35) and 23 for no loss

Half centuries

Half centuries from Indika de Saram (71) and Dushantha Ranatunga (63) helped Ragama CC pile up a massive 400 runs in their first innings on the second day of their SLC Premier League inter club cricket tournament match against BRC continued at Havelock Park yesterday.

BRC: 331 and 99 for 2 (D. Vitharana 48 n.o, I. Senaratne 40)Ragama CC: 400 (D. Ranatunga 63, I. de Saram 71, K. Weeraratne 29, P. Silva 2 for 31, T. Gamage 2 for 45, D. Arnolda 2 for 23, R. Dhammika 2 for 47)

Airmen Lead

Dinesh de Silva captured five wickets for 79 as Sri Lanka Air Force SC took a first innings lead of 43 runs over Sri Lanka Police SC on the second day of their SLC Premier League inter club cricket tournament match continued at the Police Park yesterday.

Air Force SC: 248 and 27 for 1 Police SC: 205 (S. Soysa 62, A. Priyantha 24, M. Jayawardena 32, D. de Silva 5 for 79, S. Madanayake 2 for 23).

Two good knocks

Two good knocks from Manjula Soysa (77) and Navatha Ratnayake (57) helped Sri Lanka Army SC take a first innings lead of 76 runs over Galle CC on the second day of their SLC Premier League inter club cricket tournament match continued at the Navy grounds in Welisara yesterday.

Galle CC: 222 and 128 for 7 (N. Weeraman 30, R. Palliyaguru 3 for 25, A. Mendis 2 for 25) Army SC: 298 (M. Soysa 77, N. Ratnayake 57, R. Mendis 47, M. Perera 6 for 107, C. Silva 3 for 85).

Priyadarshana 5 for 62

Rasika Priyadarshana captured five wickets for 62 runs to give Lankan CC a good first innings lead of 133 runs on the second day of their SLC Premier League inter club cricket tournament match against Singha SC Ambalangoda and continued at the FTZ grounds in Katunayake yesterday.

Lankan CC: 368 and 129 for 5 (N. Shiroman 20, U. Fernando 53 n.o, T. Dasun 33 n.o, N. Liyanage 5 for 44) Singha SC: 235 (M. Soysa 73, B. Shirosh 32, R. Silva 21, P. Weeraratne 23, N. Liyanage 23, D. Ramanayake 25, R. Priyadarshana 5 for 62, G. Sirisoma 3 for 67).

Saracens 154

Panadura SC after being restricted to 219 runs came back strongly to bundle out Saracens SC for 154 runs in their first innings on the second day of their SLC Premier League inter club cricket tournament match continued at Panadura yesterday.

Panadura SC: 219 (P. Nishantha 6 for 53) and 73 for no loss (S. Umayanga 35 n.o, S. Jayawardena 32 n.o) Saracens SC: 154 (H. Alles 45 n.o, N. Abeyratne 25, P. Wickrema 3 for 21, S. Roshan 2 for 29, K. Gangodawila 2 for 29).