Rising star Dinesh Chandimal slammed his second ton of the ongoing Premier Tier ‘A’ cricket tournament when he cracked a quick-fire 164 against CCC at the NCC ground.

Moors left armer Rangana Herath who bagged 4/58 in action against Badureliya CC. Pic by Ranjith Perera

Dinesh who unbeaten on 100 on day one made his knock off 168 balls which included 17 boundaries and five towering sixes. NCC skipper Upul Tharanga too came back into form with a 210 ball knock of 155 which included 17 boundaries and three sixes.

Skipper Upul along with Yohan de Silva (who made 88) gave the home side a flying start of 207 runs which laid the foundation for the mammoth score of 551 for 9 declared by NCC. CCC in their turn was 76 for 1.

NCC (384/3 o’night) 551 for 9 declared (Dinesh Chandimal 164, Upul Tharanga 155, Yohan de Silva 88, Chanaka Wijesinghe 36, Angelo Perera 56 n.o.: Sohan Boralessa 4 for 129, Sachith Pathirana 2 for 117)
CCC 76 for 1 (Chamara Kapugedera 52)

Marians in slender lead
Chilaw Marians took a slender first inning lead over SSC when play stopped on day two in the match at the SSC ground. The Marians resuming from their overnight score of 120 for went on to make 210 in reply to SSC’s 171.

SSC 171 (Tharanga Paranavithana 103, Mahela Jayawardena 17; Arosh Janoda 3 for 30, Milinda Siriwardena 2 for 20, Shaminda Eranga 2 for 34, Dinuka Hettiarachchi 2 for 60) and 77 for 1 (Dimuth Karynaratne 37, Tharanga Paranavithana 24 n.o.)

Chilaw Marians (120/4 o’night) 210 (Milinda Siriwardena 76, Amal Athulathmudali 42, Janaka Gunaratne 42; Sachitra Senanayake 5 for 71, Madura Lakmal 3 for 45, Dhammika Prasad 2 for 69)

Tamil Union make 320
Tamil Union resuming on their overnight score of 278 for 5 ended their innings on 320 against Colts who finished the day on 157 for 3 at the P. Sara Stadium.

Tamil Union (278/5 o’night) 320 (Muthumudalige Pushpakumara 79, Kanchana Gunawardena 68, Ashan Priyanjan 56, Sajith Fernando 38, Jeewan Mendis 22, Isuru Udana 22; Sajeewa Weerakoon 3 for 67, Dilruwan Perera 3 for 89)

Colts 157 for 3 (Kushal Perera 47, Malinda Warnapura 38, Angelo Mathews 34 n.o., Roshane Silva 22 n.o; Muthumudalige Pushpakumara 2 for 21)

Prasanna 115
Prasanna Jayawardena’s knock of 115 saw Bloomfield resuming from their overnight score of 227 for 4, make 336 against Ragama CC who were 62 for no loss at at Reid Avenue.

Bloomfield (227/4 o’night) 336 (Prasanna Jayawardena 115, Chamara Silva 44, Sanath Jayasuriya 32, Sanjaya Gangodawila 16, Dilshan Munaweera 15, Tyronne Gamage 23 n.o; Kaushalya Weeraratne 2 for 46, Malinga Bandara 2 for 47, Nilanka Premaratne 2 for 81, Daminda Darshanapriya 2 for 88)
Ragama CC 62 for no loss (Ian Daniel 36 n.o., Dushantha Ranatunga 24 n.o.)

Badureliya CC make 202
Badureliya CC made 202 in reply to Moors score of 178 at the end of the second day at Braybrooke Place.
Moors 178 (Chathuranga de Silva 38, Nadeera Nawela 34, Rajitha Wickramaarachchi 30, Imesh Udayanga 23: Ranesh Perera 3 for 26, Alankara Asanka 2 for 41) and 0/0

Badureliya CC (26/0 o’night) 202 (Tharindu Attanayake 48, Sahan Wijeratne 39, Dilshan Vitharana 29, Niroshan Bandaratileke 18, Viraj Perera 15: Rangana Herath 5 for 68, Anil Ridigammanagedera 2 for 23)
Rakitha 8/68

Right arm off spinner Rakitha Wimaladharma with a career best figures of 8 for 68 helped Saracens SC (who made 172) to bowl out Army for 161 at Panagoda.

Saracens SC 172 (Eranga Gangoda 72, Dasun Randika 28: Seekuge Prasanna 4 for 44, Nuwan Liyanapathirana 2 for 26, Ajantha Mendis 2 for 42)

Army (15/1 o’night) 161 (Manjula de Soysa 41, Damith Indika 27, Chandima Prasad 24, Chanaka Withanage 21, Thilina Masmulla 18: Rakitha Wimaladharma 8 for 68)