Rakitha 8/68 for Saracens

by Chris DHAMBARAGE

CRICKET: Right arm off spinner Rakitha Wimaladharma returned career best figures of eight wickets for 68 as Saracens SC snatched a close eleven run first innings lead over Sri Lanka Army SC on the second day of their SLC Premier League cricket tournament Tier A match continued at Panagoda yesterday.

Saracens SC: 172 Army SC: 161 (M. e Zoysa 41, C. Withanage 21, C. Prasad 24, D. Indika 27, R. Wimaladharma 8 for 68).

Colts 157/3

Colts CC were well placed at 157 for 3 in reply to Tamil Union’s first innings total of 320 runs on the second day of their SLC Premier League cricket tournament Tier A match continued at the P. Saravanamuttu Oval yesterday.

Tamil Union: 320.

Colts CC: 157 for 3 (M. Warnapura 38, D. Perera 47, R. Silva 22 n.o, M. Pushpakumara 2 for 21).

First innings lead for Marians

Dynamic all rounder Milinda Siriwardena hit a fighting half century to give Chilaw Marians SC a good first innings lead over the SSC on the second day of their SLC Premier League cricket tournament Tier A match continued at Maitland Place yesterday.

SSC: 171 and 77 for 1 (D. Karunaratne 37).

Chilaw Marians SC: 210 (A. Athulathmudali 42, M. Siriwardena 76, J. Gunaratne 42, D. Prasad 2 for 69, S. Senanayake 5 for 71, A. Perera 3 for 45).

Rangana’s 5 wkts not enough

Leg spinner Rangana Herath took a five wicket haul, but could not prevent Moors SC from conceding a first innings lead to Baduraliya CC on the second day of their SLC Premier League cricket tournament Tier A match continued at Braybrooke Place yesterday.

Moors SC: 178 and 0 for no loss.

Baduraliya CC: 202 (D. Vitharana 29, T. Attanayake 48, R. Wijeratne 39, R. Herath 5 for 68, A. Rideegammanagedera 2 for 23).

Dinesh Chandimal 164

Former Sri Lanka Youth captain Dinesh Chandimal hit a magnificent 164 runs as NCC piled up a mammoth 551 for 9 in their first innings on the second day of their SLC Premier League cricket tournament Tier A match continued at Maitland Place yesterday.

NCC: 551 for 9 decl (U. Tharanga 155, D. Chandimal 164, Y. de Silva 80, C. Wijesinghe 35, K. Perera 56 n.o., S. Boralessa 4 for 129, S. Pathirana 2 for 117).

CCC: 76 for 1 (C. Kapugedera 52).

Prasanna Jayawardene 115

Wicket keeper batsman Prasanna Jayawardena hit a superb 115 to lift Bloomfield to a formidable 336 runs in their first innings on the second day of their SLC Premier League cricket tournament Tier A match continued at Reid Avenue yesterday.

Bloomfield: 336 (T. Gunaratne 63, S. Jayasuriya 32, C. Silva 44, P. Jayawardena 115, T. Gamage 23 n.o., K. Weeraratne 2 for 46, D. Dharshanpriya 2 for 88, N. Premaratne 2 for 81).

Ragama CC: 46 for no loss.