Superb 134 by Tharanga
By Sajeewa Jayakody
NCC opening batsman Upul Tharanga topped the leading scorers' list in
the current Premier League season as he scored 134 runs against Galle
Cricket Club at NCC yesterday.
Tharanga one of the good timer of the ball, hit 15 fours and five
sixes and the left hander forged 224-run partnership for the first
wicket with wicket-keeper batsman Niroshan Dickwella, who scored a
80-ball 86 with nine fours and a six.
Tharanga has scored 800 hundred runs with three centuries and two
half tons with a double hundred in nine matches so far.
Earlier, Galle CC were bowled out for 111.
Galle CC: 111 in 28.2 overs (Dushmantha Chameera 3/20,
Chaminda Vidanapathirana 2/21, Kosala Kulasekara 2/23, Tharindu Kaushal
2/23).
NCC: 305/4 in 50 overs (Upul Tharanga 134, Niroshan Dickwella
80.
Kaushal, Dimuth excel
Kaushal Silva scored an unbeaten century (155) and Dimuth Karunaratne
hit another ton (115) in SSC's 358 runs for 3 wickets against Tamil
Union at SSC yesterday.
SSC: 358/3 in 90 overs (Kaushal Silva 155 n.o, Dimuth
Karunaratne 115, Thilina Kandamby 68 n.o, Chanaka Welagedara 2/64,
Rangana Herath 1/75).
Air Force 89/3
The match was stopped by the two umpires due to unsafe wicket when
the Sri Lanka Air Force play against BRC at Riffle Green yesterday.
The match was held after 6.2 overs of Air Force SC and it started as
a new match around 4 pm on a new wicket under the supersion of SLC
tournament committee.
SL Air Force SC: 89/3 in 29 overs (Nimesh Perera jnr 2/16).
At Kalutara
Badureliya SC: 265 in 44 overs (Saliya Saman Jeewantha 62 n.o,
Pabasara Waduge 56, Mapa Bandara 52, Umesh Karunaratne 5/47, Dinesh
Dharshanapriya 2/33, Geeth Kumara 2/46).
Chilaw Marians CC: 53/2 in 11 overs (Lahiru Gamage 2/19).
At Bloomfield
Colts: 99 in 33.1 overs (Vishwa Fernando 5/35, Tharanga
Lakshitha 2/12, Upul Indrasiri 2/16).
Bloomfield: 199/3 in 54 overs (Madhawa Warnapura 76 n.o,
Nadeera Nawala 57, Akila Dhananjaya 2/41).
At CCC
CCC: 404 in 74 overs (Hasantha Fernando 129 n.o, Amal
Athulathmudali 99, Roy Silva 64, Nimesh Perera snr 61, Chaminda Bandara
5/78, Chanaka Komasaru 2/78, Koshan Dhanushka 2/91).
SL Ports Authority CC: 40/0 in 12 overs.
At Kurunegala
SL Navy SC: 369 in 80.3 overs (Chanaka Ruwansiri 122, Yoshan
Kumara 79, Mahesh Kodamullage 3/31, Chamikara Edirisinghe 3/107, Sampath
Perera 2/38).
Kurunegala YCC: 17/1 in 6 overs.
At Katunayake
Ragama CC: 366 in 76.3 overs (Dhananjaya de Silva 121, Udara
Jayasundara 60, Ian Daniel 55, Amila Aponso 5/54, Rajeeva Weerasinghe
3/126)
Lankan CC: 50/3 in 11 overs (Kaushalya Weeraratne 3/23).
At Moors
Moors: 240 in 65.2 overs (Harsha Cooray 67, Gayan Sirisoma
5/41)
Panadura SC: 58/3 in 22 overs (Malinda Pushpakumara 3/31)
At Panagoda
Saracens SC: 155 in 49 overs (Ajantha Mendis 5/50, Ravindra
Palliyaguruge 2/9, Roshan Jayatissa 2/24).
SL Army SC: 104/2 in 32.2 overs (Dilan Zoysa 60 n.o). |