Half tons from Janith Liyanage, Lahiru Milantha and Chathura Pieris pulled off a mammoth chase of 352 runs For Ragama in their match against NCC and CCC register a convincing 10 wicket victory against Tamil Union in the SLC Tier A Premier League super 8 matches which concluded today.
Ragama vs NCC
Ragama CC pulled off a miraculous win against NCC as they chased down 352 in their second innings with 1 wicket intact. Ragama resumed
play on the fourth and final day with 161 for 4. Janith Liyanage was unbeaten on 56. He and Sameera De Soyza put together a 59 run stand for the fifth wicket. Janith lost his wicket for a fighting knock of 87. Sameera carried onto make 56 but after his dismissal, Ragama lost three quick wickets. When Chathura Pieris was joined by last man Nilanka Premarathne, Ragama was 48 runs behind the target. The pair showed grit and survived 15 overs to push their team over the line. Chathura Pieris were unbeaten on 51 while Nilanka scored 11, including the winnings runs.
Early on, NCC scored 265 runs for their first innings. In reply, Ragama was cleaned up for 127 runs. NCC scored for 213 in the second innings.
Ragama CC 1st innings 127 all out in 47.3 overs
Sameera De Soyza 57, Chathura Pieris 25, Chathuranga De Silva 4/21, Farveez Maharoof 3/28
NCC 2nd innings 213 for 9 in 53.5 overs
Chathuranga De Silva 78, Jehan Mubarak 49, Thilaksha Sumanasiri 3/28
Ragama CC 2nd innings 352 for 9 in 136.3 overs
Janith Liyanage 87, Lahiru Milantha 59, Sameera De Soyza 56, Chathura Pieris 51*, Chathuranga De Silva 3/84, Tharidu Kaushal 3/103
CCC vs Tamil Union
CCC registered a massive 10 wicket victory against Tamil Union at Colts grounds. Tamil Union resumed play with 63 for 2 on board. They lost five wickets for just 25 runs in the first session. Manoj Sarathchandra and Ramith Rabukwella resisted for 13 overs. After the departure of Sarathchandra the resistance fell away and they were bowled out for 149 runs. Lahiru Gamage was lethal in the morning session with 3 quick wickets and he ended up with figures of 5 for 51 while centurion Lahiru Madushanka bagged 3 for 68.
CCC was given a target of just 30 runs and they got over the line in just 2.3 overs.
Early on, Tamil Union posted 377 runs for their first innings. In reply CCC made 497 with centuries from Chandraguptha and Madushanka.
Tamil Union 1st innings 377 all out in 87.3 overs
Kithruwan Vithanage 130, Chamika Karunarathne 50, Manoj Sarathchandra 63, Jeewan Mendis 40, Lahiru Madushanka 4/77, Lahiru Gamage 3/83
CCC 1st innings 497 all out in 112.1 overs
Ron Chandraguptha 157, Lahiru Madushanka 164, Chamikara Karunarathne 4/128, Lahiru Samarakoon 3/102
Tamil Union 2nd innings 149 all out in 46.1 overs
Ramith Rabukwella 33, Lahiru Gamage 5/51, Lahiru Madushanka 3/68
CCC 2nd innings 30 for no loss in 2.3 overs
Wanindu Hasaranga 22*
