NCC ended day 2 with a lead of just 57 runs and 1 wicket in hand after another brilliant spell of left arm spin bowling by Duvindu Tillakaratne.
Badureliya SC resuming on their overnight score of 187/3 went on to make 330 all out thanks to half centuries on day two by senior player’s Nadeera Nawela and Sahan Wijeratne. Nawela hit 10 fours and 2 sixes in his knock of 86 while Wijeratne hit 7 fours and a six in his 79.
Tharindu Kaushal got the price wicket of Nawela and cleaned up the Badureliya SC tail to end up with a five wicket haul while Chathuranga De Silva picked up four wickets for NCC.
None of the NCC batsmen managed to capitalize on their starts as NCC failed to impress with the bat in their 2nd innings ending day 2 on 202/9 with a slender lead of 57 runs. Lahiru Udara, Pawan Wickramasinghe and Nimesha Gunasinghe reached the 30 run mark but could not kick on as D. Tillakaratne picked up his 2nd five wicket haul of the game to register his maiden ten wicket haul in first class cricket.
NCC- 185 (44.4 overs) Pawan Wickramasinghe 42, Thimira Jayasinghe 41, Angelo Perera 32, Duvindu Tillakaratne 6/78, Alankara Asanka 3/41
Badureliya SC- 330 (85.5 overs) Shehan Fernando 85, Nadeera Nawela 86, Sahan Wijeratne 79, Imal Liyanage 24, Tharindu Kaushal 5/86, Chathuranga De Silva 4/139
NCC- 202/9 (45 overs) Lahiru Udara 34 , Pawan Wickramasinghe 41 , Nimesha Gunasinghe 30, Chathuranga De Silva 27, Tharindu Kaushal 24*, Duvindu Tillakaratne 5/68, Alankara Asanka 2/65
