Baduraliya in innings win over NCC

Chris Dhambarage

Baduraliya CC created a major sensation as they toppled the more fancied NCC outfit outright by an innings and two runs in their SLC Premier League Tier ‘A’ tournament match concluded at Maitland Place yesterday.

NCC who were well placed on 162 for 2 at one stage in their second innings figured in a dramatic collapse against some splendid bowling from Amila Prasad (4 for 45) and Amila Ratnayake (3 for 36).

NCC: 141 and 175 (D. Indika 69, C. Wijesinghe 26, A. Prasad 4 for 45, A. Ratnayake 3 for 36).

Baduraliya CC: 319

Sajeewa bowls Colts to victory

Left arm spinner Sajeewa Weerakoon claimed a matchbag of ten wickets for 121 to steer Colts CC to an easy innings and 68 run outright victory over Moors SC in their SLC Premier League Tier A tournament match concluded at Havelock Park yesterday.

Weerakoon and Dilruwan Perera shared nine wickets between them as Moors SC were dismissed for 212 runs in the first innings. Following on, the visitors were bowled out for 222 with Weerakoon returning excellent figures of five wickets for 78.

Colts CC: 502 for 7 decl.

Moors SC: 212 (W. Fernando 33, S. Weerakoon 5 for 43, D. Perera 4 for 62) and 222 (D. Sudarshana 82, D. Lokuhettige 49, S. Weerakoon 5 for 78, R. Perera 2 for 19, D. Perera 2 for 58).

Vain effort by Sujeewa

Paceman Sujeewa de Silva claimed a hat-trick but his efforts were in vain as CCC succumbed to a humiliating 148 runs outright defeat at the hands of Bloomfield in their SLC Premier League Tier ‘A’ tournament match concluded at Reid Avenue yesterday.

De Silva snapped up the wickets of Chinthaka Jayasinghe, Shanuka Dissanayake and Suraj Mohamed in successive deliveries to bundle out Bloomfield for 276 runs in their second innings.

However CCC collapsed to 141 in their second innings with Tyronne Gamage and Chinthaka Jayasinghe causing most of the damage.

Bloomfield: 148 and 276 (C. Silva 58, S. de Silva 3 for 63, C. Vidanapathirana 3 for 55, N. Randhika 3 for 32).

CCC: 135 and 141 (S. de Silva 25, I. Abeysinghe 23, B. Perera 21, A. Wettasinghe 22, T. Gamage 3 for 25, C. Jayasinghe 3 for 23, S. Dissanayake 2 for 15).

Ragama CC fall short by 20 runs

Ragama CC fell short by just 20 runs from pulling off an outright victory as their SLC Premier League Tier A tournament match against the Tamil Union ended in an exciting draw at the P. Saravanamuttu Stadium yesterday.

Chasing a victory target of 211 runs Ragama CC were well on course at one stage with opener Ian Daniel (47), Lahiru Thirimanna (54) and Indika de Saram (60) all making useful contributions. Earlier Sajith Fernando hit a superb 94 and Lanka de Silva made 63 to lift Tamil Union to 358 runs in their second innings after being dismissed for 207 in the first innings.

Tamil Union: 207 and 358 (L. de Silva 63, S. Fernando 94, I. Udana 21, U. Wijesiriwardena 25, K. Weeraratne 4 for 104, R. Dilruk 2 for 67, M. Bandara 2 for 54, D. Gamage 2 for 65).

Ragama CC: 355 and 191 for 8 (I. Daniel 47, L. Thirimanna 54, I. de Saram 60, I. Udana 2 for 37, S. Lakmal 4 for 41).

Suresh saves Chilaw Marians

Suresh Niroshan hit a fighting century (112) to help Chilaw Marians SC avoid an outright defeat at the hands of the defending champions SSC who had to be content with first innings point in their SLC Premier League Tier ‘A’ tournament match concluded at Maitland Place yesterday.

Earlier Thilan Samaraweera stroked an elegant 111 and Kaushal Silva hammered an unbeaten half century to help SSC extend their overall lead to a formidable 366 runs.

SSC: 319 and 233 for 5 decl (T. Samaraweera 111, K. Silva 76, K. Lokuarachchi 20).

Chilaw Marians SC: 186 and 274 for 6 (S. Niroshan 112, J. Gunaratne 73 n.o, S. Serasinghe 2 for 46).

BRC beat Saracens

Off spinner Rakitha Wimaladharma returned outstanding figures of seven wickets for 34 to help BRC beat Saracens SC outright by six wickets in their SLC Premier League Tier ‘B’ tournament match concluded at Havelock Park yesterday.

Saracens SC: 250 and 136 (S. Mendis 45, G. Alwis 44, R. Wimaladharma 7 for 34).

BRC: 222 and 165 for 4 (M. Fernando 76, M. Maligaspe 47, S. Nichethana 3 for 26).