Here’s a round up of the matches which took place in the SLC Tier B Premier League Tournament today.
Navy SC vs Negombo CC
Negombo CC ended day 2 just 129 runs behind Navy SC with 8 wickets in hand at Welisara. Play resumed with Navy SC 256 for 6 on board. Kusal carried his bat through the innings to remain unbeaten at 121 runs. He found good support from former Peterite Savin Gunasekara who chipped in with a valuable 60 to help Navy reach 342 runs.
In reply, Negombo were 213 for the loss of 2 wickets at stumps with Prasanna Jayamanne and Akeel Inham unbeaten with half centuries under their name
Navy Sports Club 342 (111.4) Kusal Edusuriya 121*, Buddhika Hasaranga 80, Savin Gunasekara 66, Umega Chaturanga 4/145 Roshen Fernando 3/68, Sehan Weerasinghe 2/57,
Negombo Cricket Club 213/2 (75) Prasansana Jayamanna 67*, Akeel Inham 62*, Lasith Croospulle 52,
Kalutara TC vs Galle CC
Eranga Rathnayake’s unbeaten 133 helped Kalutara TC post 379 for their first innings against Galle at Moratuwa. Gayan Sirisoma did the bulk of the bowling for Galle and he was rewarded with 7 wickets in the first innings.
In reply, Galle were in a spot of bother at stumps with only 195 runs on board for the loss of 6 wickets. Chanaka Wijesinghe remained unbeaten on 81 for Galle CC.
Kalutara Town Club 379 (112.5) Rathnayake 133*, Matheesha Perera 122, Gayan Sirisoma 7/115, Krishan Abeysuriya 2/70
Galle Cricket Club 195/6 (59.5) Chanaka Wijesinghe 81*, Lasith Fernando 55, Matheesha Perera 2/39, Ravindu Thilakarathna 2/65
Police SC vs Kurunegala YCC
Police SC ended day 2 with their noses in-front against Kurunegala YCC at the Welagedara Stadium. Police resumed play with 224 for 5 in board for their first innings. They lost their last 5 wickets for just 46 runs. Keshan Wijerathne picked up a 5-for for Kurunegala.
In reply, the boys from Kurunegala were bundled out cheaply for 156 runs with Nimesh Vimukthi taking 5 wickets for Police. Dhanushka Dharmasiri scores a valuable 67 for Kurunegala.
At stumps, Police were 112 for 3 in their second innings.
Police Sports Club 270 (94.1) Dinusha Fernando 61, Tharindu Dilshan 52, Lakmal de Silva 38, Samith Dushantha 37, Keshan Wijerathna 5/37, Thusith de Soyza 2/49 & 112/3 (28) Hasitha de Silva 41*, Tharindu Dilshan 26, Dinusha Fernando 26*,
Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club 156 (52.2) Danushka Dharmasiri 67, Ruwantha Ekanayake 25, Nimesh Vimukthi 5/60, Tharindu Siriwardena 3/32
Air Force SC vs Panadura SC
Air Force registered an emphatic victory by an Innings and 97 runs against Panadura SC. Air Force who resumed play at 68 for 1 went on to make 309 all out for their first innings. Dulash Udayanga top scored with 96 while Hashan James and Roscoe Thattil chipped in with 59 and 48 respectively.
Panadura who came into bat for their second innings were bamboozeled by some brilliant bowling from the airmen. The innings just lasted 13.3 over which is the shortest all-out innings by balls in the history of SL domestic cricket. Shohan Rangika claimed 4 wickets without conceding a single run to become only the 2nd Sri Lankan to achieve this feat. However, Praneeth Rathnayake was the highlight of the innings with his 5 for and interestingly, Panadura scored all their runs against his bowling.
Panadura Sports Club 176 (46.4) Suresh Peiris 30, Vinodh Perera 29, Mohammad Rameez 26, Danusika Bandara 20, Shohan Rangika 5/52, Praneeth Ratnayake 3/44 & 36 (13.3) Geshan Wimaladharma 8, Praneeth Ratnayake 5/36, Shohan Rangika 4/00
Air Force Sports Club 309 (86.1) Dulash Udayanga 96, Hashan James 59, Roscoe Thattil 48, Danushika Bandara 3/80, Sasindu Perera 3/43, Kamindu Nanayakkara 2/45
