Panadura in shock win over Bloomfield and Deadly Spin attack give Army win in Premier League
Panadura SC claimed a shock 101 run win over Bloomfield in their Premier League cricket encounter concluded at Panadura Esplanade yesterday. Chasing 369 to win, Bloomfield managed 267 runs as medium pacer Dilruwan Perera took 6 for 105 to lead hosts to a comfortable win.
Panadura hit 214 in the first innings before bowling the visitors out for 131 in the first innings and hammered 285 for the loss of five wickets with Chamara Silva making an impressive 104 and Chathura Peiris an unbeaten 70.
Panadura SC: 214 and 285 for 5 decl. (Lasith Fernando 64, Chamara Silva 104, Chathura Peiris 70 n.o. Dilruwan Perera 20, Imran Khan 2 for 86, Suraj Randiv 3 for 100,
Bloomfield: 131 and 267 (Primosh Perera 51, Nadeeera Nawala 29, Suraj Randiv 59, Daminda Ranaweera 43, Sanjaya Gangodawila 43, Dilruwan Perera 6 for 105)
Yashodha slams 139
An imposing batting by display by Yashodha Lanka (139) and Sajith de Silva (12&0 and brilliant piece of bowling from Asiri Karunaratne (10 for 87) saw Air Force registering a massive innings and 82 run win over Saracens SC in their Premier League cricket encounter at Rifle Green yesterday.
After Lanka and de Silva helped Air Force reached a match winning 423 for 8 in the first innings, left arm medium pacer Karunaratne took five wickets in each innings to rattle the visitors leading them to a commanding win.
Saracens SC: 172 & 169 ( R rathika 45, L Abeyratne 35; Asiri Karunaratne 5 for 33, Akila Ishanka 2 for 54, Lasanda Rukmal 2 for 42)
Air Force SC: 423/8 at close (Sajith de Silva 127, Rajitha Ratnayake 43, Yashodha Lanka 139, Ajith Kumara 41, Akila Isanka 35, Lahiru Lakmal 2 for 112)
Spin rips through Lankan CC
Ajantha Mendis added four more to his first innings seven while Seekkuge Prasanna took 6 for 36 in a deadly spin attack as Army claimed an innings and 24 run win over Lankan CC in their Premier League match at Panagoda yesterday.
Two spinners ran through the top and the middle order after GP Smith (41) and P Taraka (37) had amassed 52 for the first wicket in just 10 overs. Prasanna took 6 for 36 while Mendis took 4 for 38 to finish with a match bag of 11 for 105 runs.
Lankan CC: 200 & 107 (GP Smith 41, P Taraka 37, Ajantha Mendis 4 for 38, Seekkuge Prasanna 6 for 36) and 52 for 1 at close (Taraka Waduge 37)
Army SC: 331 (Rishan Kavinga 35, Sulan Jayawardane 33, Asela Gunaratne 29, Seekkuge Prasanna 32, Lakshan Edirisinghe 69, Dilan Soysa 45, Ravindra Palleguruge 26 n.o. Amila Aponso 2 for 85, Rajeeva Weerasinghe 2 for 70, Sachitra Perera 3 for 60, Dilhan Cooray 2 for 33)
