Bloomfield outclassed CCC by eight wickets with more than a day to spare in the Premier League Super Eight cricket encounter at P. Sara Stadium. Left arm spinner Chathura Randunu and the right and left arm pace combination of Nuwan Pradeep and Vishwa Fernando wrought havoc in the morning session of play on day three. [...]

The Sunday Times Sri Lanka

Bloomfield outclass CCC with a day to spare

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Bloomfield outclassed CCC by eight wickets with more than a day to spare in the Premier League Super Eight cricket encounter at P. Sara Stadium.
Left arm spinner Chathura Randunu and the right and left arm pace combination of Nuwan Pradeep and Vishwa Fernando wrought havoc in the morning session of play on day three.

Army’s Asela Gunaratne drives during his knock of 122 against Badureliya SC at Braybrooke Place - Pic by Ranjith Perera

The trio laid the foundation for the early Bloomfield win as they combined with effect to bundle out CCC resuming their second innings from their overnight score of 36 for 1 for a meager 85 runs.

Chathura ended with impressive figures of 4 for 26 while Nuwan and Vishwa shared five wickets between.

The low scoring first innings saw CCC making 235 and Bloomfield 238. Bloomfield chasing a simple run chase of 83 runs though losing two early wickets with just nine runs on the board was steered by an unbroken third wicket stand of 74 runs between Kusal Mendis and Madawa Warnapura helping them to reach the target in the 19th over.

In the other matches that were played at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colts ground and NCC ground saw Moors SC, SLPA CC and Army SC gain first innings leads over NCC, Tamil Union and Badureliya SC.

Chathuranga de Silva made a 107 for Moors SC enabling them make a score of 296 while NCC in their turn was able to muster a score of only 196.
Ashan Priyanjan hit 122 for SLPA CC to guide his side make a formidable 370 in reply to Tamil Union’s 198 while Asela Gunaratne made a 122 helping Army SC post a mammoth score of 415 against Badureliya SC who was bowled out for 239.

ScoreboardAt P. Sara Stadium: Bloomfield beat CCC by 8 wickets
CCC 235
Hasantha Fernando 48
Chamara Silva 38
Geshan Wimaladharma 37
Prasanna Jayawardena 36
Lasith Abeyratne 22
Lakshan Sandakan 18
Roshan Anuruddha 16
Suraj Randiv 3 for 44
Vishwa Fernando 3 for 64
Chathura Randunu 2 for 51
(Nuwan Pradeep 2 for 56)
and (36/1 overnight) 85
Hasantha Fernando 21
Geshan Wimaladharma 17
Chathura Randunu 4 for 26
Nuwan Pradeep 3 for 14
Vishwa Fernando 2 for 22
Bloomfield 238
Ashen Silva 62
Dilhan Cooray 28
Kusal Mendis 25
Lahiru Madusanka 22
Primosh Perera 21
Nipun Karunanayake 20
Suraj Randiv 31 n.o.
(Dulanjana Mendis 5 for 73, Lakshan Sandakan 5 for 75)
and 83 for 2
Kusal Mendis 46 n.o.
Madawa Warnapura 31 n.o.
At R. Premadasa Stadium:
Moors SC 296
Chathuranga de Silva 107
Kosala Kulasekera 53
T.N. Sampath 29
Janaka Gunaratne 29
Denuwan Rajakaruna 25
Oshada Fernando 22
(Chaminda Vidanapathirana 5 for 65, Sohan Boralessa 2 for 68)
and (74/0 overnight) 120 for 1
Harsha Cooray 55
Oshada Fernando 62 n.o.
NCC 195
Jehan Mubarak 62
Sohan Boralessa 24
Sandun Weerakkody 22
Hashan Vimarshana 19 n.o.:
(Dilhara Lokuhettige 3 for 31, Janaka Gunaratne 3 for 41, Sanitha de Mel 2 for 49)
At Colts:
Tamil Union 198
Dinuk Wickramanayake 35
Madushan Ravichandrakumar 34
Hashen Ramanayake 33
Ramith Rambukwella 29
Rumesh Buddika 24
Pabasara Waduge 21
(Shanuka Dissanayake 4 for 29, Malinda Pushpakumara 2 for 63)
and (62/0 overnight) 141 for 4
Manoj Sarathchandra 41
Pabasara Waduge 39
Ramith Rambukwella 17
Minhaj Jaleel 16
(Malinda Pushpakumara 2 for 46)
SLPA CC 370
Ashan Priyanjan 122
Sachithra Serasinghe 77
Shanuka Dissanayake 44
Mahela Udawatte 34
Gayan Maneesha 30
Yohan de Silva 16
(Devin Pathmanathan 3 for 69, Nisala Tharaka 3 for 72, Madushan Ravichandrakumar 2 for 110)
At NCC:
Army SC 415
Asela Gunaratne 122
Shalika Karunanayake 85
Lakshitha Madushan 46
Dilan Soysa 45
Manjula de Zoysa 39
Amila Jayasinghe 38
Ravindra Palleguruge 19
(Mohamed Dilshad 4 for 93, Imesh Udayanga 2 for 44,
Gayan Sirisoma 2 for 67)
and 79 for 1
Dilan Soysa 16
Lakshitha Madushan 32 n.o.
Amila Jayasinghe 27 n.o.
Badureliya SC (238/7 overnight) 239
Milinda Siriwardena 66
Andy Solomons 57
Charitha Buddika 38
Lassana Perera 33
Supeshala Jayatileke 19
Nuwan Liyanapathirana 5 for 94
Roshan Jayatissa 3 for 79

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