Kanishka slams career best knock of 217
Saracens SC batsman Kansihka Amarasinghe slammed a career best knock of 217 against Bloomfield on day two in the Premier Plate Championship encounter played at the FTZ ground in Katunayake.
Raveendra Palliyaguruge
Kanishka’s marathon knock came off 378 balls that included 26 boundaries and two sixes. He was involved in two valuable partnerships first of 254 runs for the second wicket with Sangeeth Cooray and the other of 113 runs for the third wicket with skipper Harsha Cooray, helping Saracens SC resuming from their overnight score of 259 for 1, to make 492 for 9 declared. Bloomfield ended the day on 54 for 1.
Half tons by Ashen Silva, Bhanuka Rajapakse and Vidura Adikari helped Chilaw Marians resuming on their overnight score of 214 for 3 to end their innings on 306 against Army SC who were 120 for no loss in the match played at CCC ground.
SLPA CC has already taken a first innings lead over Badureliya SC when play stopped for lunch on day two in another match of the same tournament played at Panagoda.
At Katunayake:
Saracens SC (259/1 overnight) 492 for 5 (Kanishka Amarasinghe 217, Harsha Cooray 97, Sangeeth Cooray 85, Alankara Asanka 20, Geeth Kumara 18: Upul Indrasiri 5 for 153, Chathura Randunu 3 for 109)
Bloomfield 54 for 1 (Primosh Perera 42 n.o.)
At CCC:
Chilaw Marians (214/3 overnight) 306 (Ashen Silva 71, Bhanuka Rajapakse 68, Saliya Saman 42, Vidura Adikari 59, Rukshan Fernando 24, Thikshila de Silva 16: Seekkuge Prasanna 4 for 62, Ravindra Palliguruge 3 for 44, Dushan Vimukthi 2 for 68)
Army SC 120 for no loss (Leo Fransisco 76 n.o., Sulan Jayawardena 40 n.o.)
At Panagoda:
Badureliya SC 197 (Sachin Hewawasam 64, Lassana Perera 39, Nadeera Nawala 25, Samin Kandanarachchi 21, Nishan Peiris 17: Chaminda Bandara 5 for 63, Chanaka Komasaru 3 for 57, Shanuka Dissanayake 2 for 22) and 58 for 2 (Samin Kandanearachchi 30)
SLPA CC (33/0 overnight) 211 (Ranesh Perera 48, Gihan Rupasinghe 48, Yohan de Silva 38, Omesh Wijerisiwardena 19, Chaminda Bandara 17 n.o.: Kasun Rajitha 5 for 86, Shanaka Silva 2 for 31, Hasantha Fernando 2 for 33)