Superb century by Thilan as SSC pile up 444
By Chris Dhambarage
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Thilan Samaraweera
returns to the pavilion after his knock of 120 |
CRICKET: Middle order batsman Thilan Samaraweera hit a superb
120 with one six and fifteen boundaries as SSC piled up a massive 444
runs in their first innings on the third day of their SLC Premier Trophy
inter club four day Tier A league tournament match against their
traditional rivals NCC continued at Maitland Place yesterday.
The 31 year old former Sri Lanka cap displayed a tremendous amount of
concentration and determination while facing 179 deliveries in
completing his second century in the competition. The right hander has a
top score of 125 and four other half centuries which has made as the
second highest run getter so far with an excellent average of 96.75.
This was after SSC had made a good start to their run chase with
opener Tharanga Paranavithana and Kaushal Silva scoring half centuries.
The SSC later order batsmen too made useful contributions with all
rounder Dhammika Prasad scoring exactly fifty runs.
NCC trailing by a huge 171 runs then reached 95 for 2 in their second
innings with opener Kanchana Gunawardena completing an unbeaten half
century.
NCC: 273 and 92 for 2 (I. Muthaliph 36, K. Gunawardena 50 n.o)
SSC: 444 (T. Samaraweera 120, T. Paranavithana 92, K. Silva 71, K.
Lokuarachchi 20, S. Karunanayake 32, D. Prasad 50, A. Ganegama 2 for 78,
T. Kottahewa 2 for 60, K. Kulasekera 2 for 75, C. Komasaru 4 for 157).
Rangana bowls Moors to victory
Leg spinner Rangana Herath snapped up six wickets for 69 to help
Moors Sports Club beat Baduraliya SC outright by seven wickets with more
than a day to spare in their SLC Premier Trophy inter club four day Tier
A league tournament match concluded at Braybrooke Place yesterday.
Baduraliya SC: 49 and 329 (D. Witharana 71, V. Perera 60, H.
Wickremaratne 83, D. Perera 20, D. Fernando 21, A. Ratnayake 37, N.
Ranjith 2 for 24, C. Mudalige 2 for 52, R. Herath 6 for 69).
Moors SC: 295 and 84 for 3 (N. Nawala 39 n.o, L. Dias 2 for 41)
CCC in easy win
Left arm seamer Sujeewa de Silva grabbed five wickets for 48 to guide
CCC to an easy nine wicket outright victory over Ragama CC with more
than a day to spare in their SLC Premier Trophy inter club four day Tier
A league tournament match conclude at Maitland Crescent yesterday.
Ragama CC: 144 and 149 (I. de Saram 40, M. Bandara 49, S. de Silva 5
for 48, N. Rupasinghe 2 for 30).
CCC: 264 and 30 for 1 (M. van Dort 23 n.o)
Chilaw Marians heading for outright win
Two magnificent centuries from opener Mahela Udawatte (168) and all
rounder Gayan Wijekoon (106) put Chilaw Marians SC on course to an
outright victory over Bloomfield on the third day of their SLC Premier
Trophy inter club four day Tier A league match continued at Reid Avenue
yesterday.
Chilaw Marians SC: 319 and 354 for 9 decl (M. Udawatte 168, G.
Wijekoon 106, T. Gamage 2 for 39, S. Dissanayake 3 for 79, T. Masmulla 2
for 44)
Bloomfield: 206 and
Sparking 102 by Pushpakumara
All rounder Muthumudalige Pushpakumara hammered a sparkling 102 from
just 96 balls with three sixes and 14 boundaries to help Colts CC set
Tamil Union a victory target of 247 runs on the third day of their SLC
Premier Trophy inter club four day Tier A league tournament match
continued at Havelock Park yesterday.
Tamil Union: 198 and 213 (I. Daniel 41, M. Pushpakumara 102, S.
Fernando 19, O. Wijesiriwardena 19, R. Perera 3 for 63, A. Prasad 4 for
54, S. Weerakoon 2 for 36)
Colts CC: 165 (M. Warnapura 33, D. Pathirana 36, S. Jayasinghe 66, M.
Maduwantha 3 for 34, M. Pushpakumara 3 for 30, M. Rupasinghe 2 for 18)
and 135 for 3 (M. Warnapura 50 n.o, D. Pathirana 55). |
