The final round of the group stage matches in the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) Major League Tournament continued around the island today(20).
Army vs BRC
The ever consistent Rumesh Buddhika’s century put BRC well in control of their match against Army SC today.
Lisula Lakshan and Lasith Lakshan also hit half centuries as BRC replied with 345 after Army SC posted 232 all-out on the opening day.
Army Cricket Club 232 (65.3) Dilshan de Soysa 50, Seekkuge Prasanna 45, Himasha Liyanage 21, Kasun de Silva 21, Tillakaratne Sampath 4/40, Chamikara Edirisinghe 3/70, Suraj Randiv 2/39 & 126/2 (35) Ashan Randika 52, Dushan Vimukthi 45*
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Burgher Recreation Club 345 (84.4) Rumesh Buddika 114, Lisula Lakshan 80, Lasith Lakshan 65, T N Sampath 22, Harsha Vithana 21, Dushan Vimukthi 5/65, Dilshan de Soysa 2/26, Seekkuge Prasanna 2/95
SSC vs Moors
SSC secured crucial first innings points after bowling out Moors SC for 160, before Sri Lanka Test batsmen Dimuth Karunaratne and Kaushal Silva both hit centuries in their second innings.
The duo added 274 for the first wicket as SSC ended the day on 357/3 with an overall lead of 396 runs. The stars with the ball for SSC were Sachithra Senanayake and Jeffrey Vandersay who shared seven wickets between them.
Sinhalese Sports Club 199 (52.1) Dasun Shanaka 75, Minod Bhanuka 36, Tharindu Ratnayake 5/71, Shiran Fernando 3/56 & 357/3 (76) Kaushal Silva 142, Dimuth Karunarathna 128, Minod Bhanuka 31*, Milinda Siriwardana 24*, Adeesha Thilanchana 2/123
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Moors Sports Club 160 (48) Chamara Silva 32, Nilanka Sandakan 31, Nilanka Sandakan 30, Adeesha Thilanchana 30, Primosh Perera 27, Jeffrey Vandersay 3/30, Sachithra Senanayake 4/40, Vimukthi Perera 2/40
Saracens vs CCC
The energetic left hander Kavin Bandara fell short of a century by 8 runs as CCC made a stubborn reply of 140/3 after Saracens made 496 all-out.
The star with the bat for Saracens was their skipper Harsha Cooray who made a magnificent 140. Sachith Pathirana captured four scalps for CCC.
Saracens Sports Club 496 (127.2) Harsha Cooray 140, Minhaj Jaleel 82, Thanuka Dabare 72, Saliya Saman 69, Promod Maduwantha 29, Navindu Vithanage 34, Sachith Pathirana 4/95, Ashan Priyanjan 2/63
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Colombo Cricket Club 140/3 (50) Kavin Bandara 92
CCC vs Saracens – SLC Premier League Tier A Tournament 2017/18
Ragama vs Bloomfield
Lahiru Samarakoon and Dhanosh De Silva hit half centuries but it went in vain as Ragama CC secured crucial first innings points against Bloomfield. Nishan Pieris captured four wickets for Ragama while Amila Aponso and Ishan Jayaratne captured three apiece.
Ragama CC, batting a second time lost three quick wicket but more importantly their man-in-form Lahiru Milantha remained unbeaten on 23* when stumps were drawn on day two.
Ragama Cricket Club 320 (90) Lahiru Thirimanna 62, Roshen Silva 59, Sameera de Zoysa 53, Janith Liyanage 50, Lahiru Milantha 38, Kasun Rajitha 4/81, Lahiru Samarakoon 2/51, Dhanosh de Silva 2/86, Ramesh Mendis 2/89 & 51/3 (18) Lahiru Milantha 23*
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Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club 273 (63.5) Lahiru Samarakoon 53*, Dhanosh de Silva 52, Pramud Hettiwatte 48, Nipun Karunanayake 46, Ramesh Mendis 35, Nishan Peiris 4/97, Ishan Jayaratne 3/63, Amila Aponso 3/75
Bloomfield C&AC v Ragama CC – SLC Premier League Tier A
Badureliya vs NCC
Skipper Angelo Perera’s 89 made sure NCC gained a vital 119 run first innings lead after they bowled out Badureliya for 194 on the opening day.
Malinga Amarasinghe chipped in with 45 for NCC as they made 313 all out, while Alankara Asanka and Nimanda Subasinghe picked up three wickets each.
Badureliya Cricket Club 194 (72.4) Sanjaya Chathuranga 28, Alankara Asanka 25, Chathuranga de Silva 3/28, Lasith Embuldeniya 3/33, Lahiru Kumara 2/45 & 28/1 (9)
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Nondescripts Cricket Club 313 (89.1) Angelo Perera 89, Malinga Amarasinghe 45, Farveez Maharoof 37, Mahela Udawatte 33, Alankara Asanka 3/43, Nimanda Subasinghe 3/59 Dilesh Gunarathna 2/95
NCC v Badureliya CC – SLC Premier League Tier A Tournament 2017
Chilaw Marians vs SLPACC
Ashen Silva returned to form with an unbeaten 168* for Chilaw Marians while Sachithra Serasinghe also hit a century to help Chilaw to 427 all-out in their first innings.
No one expected the game to end on day two but a stunning spell of fast bowling from Asitha Fernando demolished Ports Authority for 135 in their first innings, with Fernando picking up five wickets to set up the game.
Batting a second time around Ports didn’t fair any better as they were shot out for 108 to lose by an innings and 184 runs. It was the left arm and right arm spin combination of Malinda Pushpakumara and Shehan Jayasuriya who did the bulk of the damage in the second innings, as the duo shared seven wickets between them.
Chilaw Marians Cricket Club 427 (112.1) Ashen Silva 168*, Sachithra Serasinghe 145, Oshada Fernando 65, Chanaka Komasaru 6/139, Akalanka Ganegama 2/83, Hashan Vimarshana2/101
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Sri Lanka Ports Authority CC 135 (32.2) Gayan Maneeshan 49, Gihan Rupasinghe 42, Asitha Fernando 5/34 & F/O 108 (25.3) Nisal Randika 23, Malinda Pushpakumara 4/33, Shehan Jayasuriya 3/39
Sachithra Serasinghe, Ashen Silva centuries put Chilaw in control
