Centurion Kusal helps Colts win

by Chris DAMBARAGE

CRICKET: Former Sri Lanka youth cap Kusal Janith Perera hammered a splendid 114 with three sixes and eleven boundaries as Colts CC snatched a close first innings victory over Bloomfield in their rain hit SLC Premier League Tier 'A' cricket tournament opening fixture which concluded at Havelock Park yesterday.

Bloomfield: 263 and 120 for 8 (S. Jayantha 40, N. Karunanayake 38, S. Boralessa 5 for 59, D. Perera 2 for 18).

Colts CC: 267 (K. Perera 114, J. Kulatunga 29, R. Silva 94, T. Gamage 3 for 43, S. Randiv 5 for 77, S. Dissanayake 2 for 59).

Ragama vs SSC no decision

Sri Lanka discard Tharanga Paranavithana hit a sparkling unbeaten half century with one six and three boundaries before SSC ran out of time and overs in their rain hit SLC Premier League Tier 'A' cricket tournament opening fixture against Ragama CC which ended in a no-decision at Reid Avenue yesterday.

Ragama CC: 171 (K. Weeraratne 39, U. Indrasiri 23 n.o, C. Jayampathy 2 for 19, S. Boralessa 2 for 36, C. Bandara 3 for 52, K. Lokuarachchi 3 for 20).

SSC: 114 for 1 (D. Karunaratne 31, T. Paranavithana 56 n.o, K. Lokuarachchi 23 n.o.).

CCC - Tamil Union no decision

Skipper Jeewan Mendis came out with a fine all round performance but Tamil Union had to be content with a no decision in their rain hit SLC Premier League Tier 'A' cricket tournament opening fixture against the CCC which concluded at the P. Saravanamuttu Oval yesterday.

CCC: 187 (D. Ranaweera 55, N. Randhika 29, J. Naik 41, C. Buddhika 25 n.o, C. Welagedera 3 for 58, J. Mendis 4 for 45).

Tamil Union: 111 for 4 (K. Gunawardena 27, J. Mendis 42 n.o, S. de Silva 3 for 40).