A brilliant century by Maduranga Soysa helped Lankans CC post 367 for 7 on day 1 in their match against Kalutara Physical Culture Club at Panagoda.
Kalutara PCC won the toss and elected to field first. Lankans batted brilliantly right through the innings with valuable contributions from all the batsmen. In form Lakshan Rodrigo scored a valuable 68 right at the top and he was followed by Zoysa who came in at number 4 and scored 127 off 156 balls. His innings had 16 boundaries and 1 six.
Soysa and Charith Fernando put up 107 runs for the 6 wicket. Left-handed Charith was unbeaten on 74 at stumps and he will be eyeing three figures in the morning session tomorrow. With the ball in hand, Ruchira Tharindra bagged 3 for 89 for the boys from down south.
Lankan CC 367 for 7 in 90 overs
( Maduranga Zoysa 127, Charith Fernando 74, Lakshan Rodrigo 68, Rajeewa Weerasinghe 24, Ruchira Tharindra 3/89 )
