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Kalpage century puts NCC in command over Panadura SC
By Marlon Fernandopulle
Ruwan Kalpage stroked his second successive century as NCC took firm control of their Premier League game against Panadura SC at Maitland Place yesterday.
Helped by a 101 run stand for the 6 th wicket between Kalpage (107) and Rally Tissera (28) NCC hit up 299 all out. Kalpage's century included five sixes and nine boundaries and came off 180 deliveries.

Trailing by 136 runs, Panadura SC did well to be 161 for 5 wickets but were still not out of trouble as they lead by just 35 runs and have only five wickets remaining.

NCC vs Panadura SC
Panadura SC - 163 & 161/5 (Anjula Perera 74, Tharanga Priyadarshana 26, Suresh Kumara 17 n.o)

NCC-299 (Pradeep Hewage 65, Naweed Nawaz 32, Ruwan Kalpage 107, Rally Tissera 28; Nadeera Nawala 2/48, Dilruwan Perera 2/53, Amila Perera 3/68)

Lokuarachchi 8/102
Leg Spinner Kaushal Lokuarachchi picked up a match bag of 8 for 102 as Bloomfield sent Colts crashing to a 10 wicket victory inside two days at Reid Avenue yesterday.
Chasing Bloomfield's first innings total of 256 Colts were skittled out for just 62 runs with medium pacer Dharshana Gamage (4/7) and Lokuarachchi(4/38) being the chies tormentors.

Trailing by 196 runs Colts were forced to follow on. The visitors fared much better but were still bundled out for 217 runs.Shantha Kalawitigoda 84 and M Pushpakumara 51 not out compiled half centuries but it was not enough to avoid defeat.

Colts SC vs Bloomfield
Bloomfield - 256 & 23/0 Colts SC - 62 (M. Pushpakumara 24, K. Lokuarachchi 4/38, D. Gamage 4/7) & 217 (C. Mendis 21, S Kalawitigoda 85, M Pushpakumara 51 n.o; K Lokuarachchi 4/64, K. Dharmasena 2/48 S.Dissanayake)

Hathurusinghe 78
SSC bowlers teamed up to bowl out Moors SC for 239 and take first innings points in their game at Maitland Place yesterday. Moors did well to bowl out SSC for 377 after the home team were soundly placed at 329 for 5 wickets overnight. Nandika Ranjith was the pick of the bowlers claiming 4 for 74.

Veteran all rounder Chandika Hathurusighe compiled a fine 78 and anchored the Moors innings but received little support from his team mates as they were dismissed for 239.Suresh Perera and Thilan Samaraweera captured three wickets each while Nuwan Zoysa picked up two wickets.

SSC vs Moors SC
SSC - 377 (Thilan Samaraweera 75, T. Paranawithana 21, Nuwan Zoysa 22; Nandika Ranjith 4/74, Chanaka Welagedara 2/66, T Abeyaratne 2/62)
Moors SC-239 (M Faizer 47, Manoj Fernando 35, C. Hathurusinghe 78; Nuwan Zoysa 2/51, Thilan Samaraweera 3/34, Suresh Perera 3/40)

Rupasinghe 5 for 37
Nisitha Rupasinghe captured 5 for 37 as CCC gained a slender first innings lead against Tamil Union at the Sara Stadium yesterday. Rupasinghe's leg breaks saw Tamil Union all out for 170 in reply to CCC' s 178 all out. For the hosts Indika de Saram and Gayan Wijekoon stroked half centuries but the rest of the batsmen failed to live up to expectations.

CCC vs Tamil Union
CCC - 178 & 164/5 (M. Van Dort 82, D. Ranaweera 27, L. de Silva 29 n.o; R Dias 2/32, U. Chandana 2/37) Tamil Union - 170 ( G Wijekoon 56, I. de Saram 52; N Rupasinghe 5/37)

BRC on first innings
BRC did well to take first innings points in their game against Galle CC at Havelock Park yesterday.

Galle CC managed 231 all out in reply to BRC's first innings total of 331 with all rounder Anil Riddigammanagedara top scoring with 63.

BRC vs Galle CC
BRC - 331 & 23/1
GalleCC- 241 (P. Buddhika 39, P. Wanasinghe 37, A. Riddegamanagedara 63, D. Lokuhettige 27; P. Silva 4/58, C. Jayasinghe 2/33,S. Silva 2/39)

Double century by Arosh
By M. Shamil Amit
An unbeaten double century by Arosha Perera and an unbeaten century by Charith Sylvester for Chilaw Marians against Police SC was the feature of the second day's play in the Premier Plate Championship cricket match being played at the Police Grounds.

Chilaw Marians - 474 for 4 declared (Arosha Perera 201 rtd, Hasantha Fernando 65, Janaka Gunaratne 57, Ishan Muthalip 22, Charith Sylvester 102 n.o; Aruna Priyantha 3 for 101)

Police SC - 215 for 6 at close (Chaminda Liyanage 51, Ravindra Wimalasiri 42, Aruna Priyantha 40, Rangana Fernando 18, Malinda Abeyratne 17, Deepal Gunawardena 12 n.o.; Praneeth Jayasundara 2 for 31, Janaka Gunaratne 2 for 50)

Kurunegala on top
Kurunegala YCC have already taken a first innings lead over Moratuwa SC in the Premier Plate championship cricket match being played at the De Soysa Stadium in Moratuwa.

Kurunegala YCC - 274 (R. Sureshchandra 53, R. Amunugama 51, S. Priyankara 65; A. Ranaweera 3 for 36, D. Rajapakse 3 for 40, C. Hathurusinghe 2 for 67) and 36 for 2 at close (C. Hathurusinghe 2 for 22)

Moratuwa SC - 153 (A. Ranaweera 23, D. Rajapakse 24, L.R. Fernando 40; A. Ekanayake 6 for 66, I. Dharmawardena 2 for 15)-MSA Dhammika and Upul slam tons
Dhammika Premadasa and Upul Fernando slammed two centuries for Ragama CC in their Premier Plate championship cricket encounter against Kandy CC being played at Katunayake.

Ragama CC - 304 (Rasika Priyadharshana 45, S. Weerasiri 44, Dhammika Premadasa 106 n.o; P. de Silva 3 for 50, N. Seneviratne 2 for 33) and 250 for 8 at close (Upul Fernando 106, Sanahasa Fernando 36, Rasika Priyadharshana 22, Dhammika Premadasa 28, Suwanji Madanayake 21; T. de Silva 3 for 58)
Kandy CC - 147 (Suresh Peiris 22, Mohamed Rameez 30; Rasika Priyadharshana 3 for 31, Suwanji Madanayake 2 for 18)-MSA

Saracens SC 317/8
Saracens SC made a formidable 317 for 8 against Rio SC, Ambalangoda on the first day's play of the Sara Trophy Plate championship being played at the Malay grounds in Colombo.

Saracens SC - 317 for 8 (Maduranga Soysa 60, Mohamed Ikram 45, Dinesh Lasantha 44, Dinesh Weerasinghe 35, Sajith Dilantha 27, Malinga Perera 25, Upul Indrasiri 25 n.o., K. Hasanjith 21 n.o; A. Kumara 3 for 70, M. Roshan 2 for 53)-MSA

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