Prolific run scorer Roshen Silva stood up to the task once again scoring 109 to hand Ragama first innings points versus Army while Chilaw Marians, BRC, Colts and SSC ended day two in pole position with the possibility of wrapping up their games on the final day.
Chilaw Marians vs Galle CC
Sachithra Serasinghe carried off from where Shehan Jayasuriya left off as the right hander scored 151 runs of his own to take Chilaw Marians to a mammoth 552 for 8 in their first innings.
Malinda Pushpakumara of Chilaw then stepped up with the ball as his 5 for 65 left Galle CC rattled at 148 for 8 in their first innings at the close of play on day two.
The game will continue tomorrow at the FTZ grounds for the third and final day of play.
Brief Scores
Chilaw Marians: 552/8d (113.3) Shehan Jayasuriya 168, Sachithra Serasinghe 151, Mahela Udawatte 53, Rukshan Shehan 50*, Malinda Pushpakumara 41, Sajeewa Weerakon 3/161
Galle CC: 148/8 (55.1) Nilushan Nonis 47, Malinda Pushpakumara 5/65
Moors v BRC
Ruvindu Gunasekara scored a valiant 50 but it was not enough as Moors crashed to 226 all out in their first innings in reply to BRC’s 293, handing the latter first innings points.
Thilakarathne Sampath’s unbeaten 56 helped BRC to 164 for 5 in their second innings as day two drew to a close with BRC having a lead of 231 runs.
The game will continue for the third and final day tomorrow at BRC grounds.
Brief Scores
BRC: 293 (74.2) Lasith Lakshan 63, Hashen Ramanayake 53, Chanaka Wijesinghe 52, Thilan Thushara 3/54, Dilanka Sandakan 3/80 &
Moors SC: 226 (61.3) Ruvindu Gunasekera 50, Primosh Perera 45, T M Sampath 4/57, Dinuka Hettiarachchi 4/73
BRC 2nd Innings: 164/5 (35.1) T M Sampath 56*, Lasith Lakshan 46
Saracens v Colts
Fifties from Sangeeth Cooray and Irosh Samarasooriya helped Saracens to 223 for the loss of 6 wickets at the end of day 2 in their game against Colts CC. They are trailing by 151 runs.
Earlier in the day Colts resumed from being 321 for 8 overnight to finish their first innings on 374 all out with Angelo Jayasinghe managing to add just 6 runs to his overnight score of 103 as he fell victim to Chatura Randunu.
The game will continue tomorrow for the third and final day at Colts grounds.
Brief Scores
Colts CC: 374 (106.1) Anjelo Jaysinghe 109, Prabath Jayasuriya 81, Sadeera Samarawickrama 56, Chathura Randunu 6/94
Saracens SC: 223/6 (66) Milinda Siriwardana 45, Sangeeth Cooray 57, Irosh Samarasooriya 50, Prabath Jayasuriya 4/53
SSC v Bloomfield
The SSC bowlers left the Bloomfield batsmen reeling at 179 for 9 as the visitors trail the hosts SSC by a massive 311 runs.
Sachithra Senanayake and Jeffrey Vandersay managed 8 wickets between them as the spin duo ran through the Bloomfield batting line-up.
Earlier in the day SSC managed 490 before being bowled out. SSC added 108 to their overnight score of 382 as Sachithra Senanayake scored a blistering 120 off 107 balls with 4 fours and 6 sixes.
The game will continue for the third and final day at SSC tomorrow.
Brief Scores
SSC: 490 (99.5) Sachithra Senanayake 120, Minod Bhanuka 97, Danushka Gunathilaka 94, Kasun Madushanka 50, Charith Asalanka 37, Kavindu Kulasekara 36, Malith de Silva 4/151
Bloomfield: 179/9 (66) Nisal Fransisco 58, Jeffrey Vandersay 4/40, Sachithra Senanayake 4/52
Army v Ragama CC
Roshen Silva played a scintillating innings of 109 as he single handedly took Ragama past Army’s first innings score of 276 giving the visitors a slender 28 run lead.
Army added just 20 runs to their overnight score of 256 on the second morning.
The game will continue for the third and final day at Army grounds in Panagoda.
Brief Scores
Army SC: 276 (97.1) Leo Fransisco 103, Dushan Vimukthi 40, Manjula de Zoysa 28, Amila Aponso 7/71
Ragama CC: 304 (78.5) Roshen Silva 109, Lahiru Milantha 58, Chathura Pieris 62, Nalin Priyadarshana 5/52
