Club cricket

Sajeewa puts Colts on top

by Chris DHAMBARAGE

CRICKET: Left arm spinner Sajeewa Weerakoon snapped up four wickets for 22 to put Colts CC well on course to an easy first innings victory over Moors SC on the second day of their SLC Premier League Tier A tournament match continued at Havelock Park yesterday.

Earlier Colts CC declared their first innings at a massive 502 for 7 with Dilruwan Perera, Chaminda Vaas and Rashan Peiris also making significant contributions.

Chief scores:

Colts CC: 502 for 7 decl (D. Perera 94, C. Vaas 44, R. Peiris 49 n.o., N. Ranjith 4 for 119).

Moors SC: 159 for 6 (D. Hunukumbura 54, N. Nawala 36, A. Rideegammanagedera 18 n.o., S. Weerakoon 4 for 22).

Superb 165 by Daniel

Stylish opening batsman Ian Daniel hammered a magnificent 165 with two sixes and 23 boundaries to put Ragama CC in a commanding position on the second day of their SLC Premier League Tier A tournament match continued at the P. Saravanamuttu Stadium yesterday.

Tamil Union: 207 and 149 for 4 (S. Serasinghe 40, J. Mendis 61, L. de Silva 25 n.o, K. Weeraratne 2 for 46).

Ragama CC: 355 (I. Daniel 165, K. Weeraratne 29, I. de Saram 27, S. Saman 39, I. Udana 4 for 60, M. Pushpakumara 2 for 38, L. Dias 2 for 62).

Bloomfield take first innings lead

Paceman Tharanga Lakshitha bagged four wickets for 41 to help Bloomfield snatch a close 13 runs first innings lead over CCC on the second day of their SLC Premier League Tier A tournament match continued at Reid Avenue yesterday.

Chief scores :

Bloomfield: 148 and 235 for 5 (Y. de Silva 54, T. Masmulla 65, S. Kalawitigoda 43, C. Silva 48 n.o, C. Vidanapathirana 2 for 32, N. Randhika 2 for 32).

CCC: 135 (N. Randhika 33, S. de Silva 25, T. Lakshitha 4 for 41, S. Dissanayake 3 for 78, C. Jayasinghe 2 for 11).

SSC in command

Spinner Sachithra Senanayake captured four wickets for 38 to give the defending champions SSC a good first innings lead of 133 runs over Chilaw Marians SC on the second day of their SLC Premier League Tier A tournament match continued at Maitland Place yesterday.

SSC: 319 and 136 for 3 (T. Samaraweera 54 n.o., K. Silva 56 n.o.).

Chilaw Marians SC: 186 (A. Athulathmudali 22, S. Niroshan 37, G. Wijekoon 38, J. Gunaratne 2 for 54, S. Senanayake 4 for 38, K. Lokuarachchi 2 for 37).

BRC hit back

BRC after conceding first innings points hit back strongly to reduce Saracens SC to 65 for 5 in their second innings on the second day of their SLC Premier League Tier B tournament match continued at Havelock Park yesterday.

Chief scores :

Saracens SC: 250 and 65 for 5 (G. Alwis 44, R. Wimaladharma 4 for 13) BRC: 222 (C. Pushpakumara 51, M. Munasinghe 32, M. Pushpakumara 3 for 68, C. Soysa 2 for 20).

NCC fight-back

by Jatila Karawita

Nondescript Cricket Club trailing by a massive 178-runs in the first innings closed their second innings following a strong comeback at 135 for 3 on day two of their SLC Premeir League Tier ‘A’ Tournament match against Baduraliya CC continued at Maitland Place yesterday.

The home side faced with a big first innings deficit fought back through fine contributions from their top-order with Damith Indika the number four batsman making an unbeaten 65.

Indika who has struck 10 boundaries and one six so far received able support from Chanaka Wijesinghe not out on 26 as they have so far raised on unbroken 54 run stand for the fourth wicket.

Earlier, Baduraliya CC resuming from an overnight 162 for 2, were bowled out for a competitive total of 319, with Alankara Asanka top scoring with 70.

Asanka along with T.M. Sampath who made 52, were involved in a superb second wicket partnership of 127 runs that paved the way for the visitors to pile-up an impressive first innings total.

Middle-order batsman Rasika Priyadarshana also scored a sparkling 63 with 10 fours as Baduraliya CC enjoyed the most of ideal batting conditions.

Chief scores :

NCC 141 and 135 for 3 wkts at close (Lasith Fernando 27, Damith Indika 65 n.o., Chanaka Wijesinghe 26 n.o., Amila Prasad 2 for 33).

Baduraliya CC 162 for 2 contd. 319 all out (Alankara Asanka 70, T.M. Sampath 52, Rasika Priyadarshana 63, Tharaka Kottahewa 4 for 96, Kosala Kulasekera 2 for 60).