Lankan CC on top
Lankan CC was on top against Air Force SC as they were well set to record an outright win in the Premier Tier B inter-club cricket encounter played at the Surrey Village ground in Maggona.
Lankan CC in pursuit of a run chase of 164 runs set by the Airmen was on 75 for 2 at the midway of the second session of proceedings on the final day’s play.
Scores
- At Maggona: Lankan CC beat Air Force by 7 wickets
Lankan CC 349 (Maduranga Soyza 74, Lakshan Rodrigo 53, Geeth Kumara 43, Shasheen Fernando 31, Chanaka Ruwansiri 120 n.o: Lakshan Fernando 3 for 69, Buddika Sandaruwan 3 for 81, Gayan de Silva 2 for 54, Shohan Rangika 2 for 53) and 166 for 3 (Geeth Kumara 30, Maduranga Soyza 69 n.o., Chanaka Ruwansiri 33 n.o)
Air Force SC 192 (Udayawansa Parakrama 45, Lakshan Fernando 33, Dileepa Tharaka 29, Milan Ratnayake 28: Dinushka Malan 4 for 54, Geeth Kumara 2 for 1, Rajeewa Weerasinghe 2 for 12) and (206/4 overnight) 320 (Udayawansa Parakrama 101, Kasun Abeyratne 64, Lakshan Fernando 52, Raju Gayashan 30. Dulash Udayanga 21: Navin Kavikara 3 for 80, Geeth Kumara 2 for 30, Thushiru Madanayake 2 for 45, Rajeewa Weerasinghe 2 for 82)
- At Bandaragama: First innings win for Panadura SC
Panadura SC 380 (Vinod Perera 138, Kashif Naveed 68, Vishwa Chathuranga 30, Suwanji Madanayake 29, Shashrika Pussegolla 20, Chamika Sansaka 18: Mateesha Perera 3 for 46, Nipuna Kariyawasam 3 for 70) and 88 for 5 (Chamika Sansaka 21: Geeth Perera 2 for 15, Eranga Ratnayake 2 for 20)
Kalutara TC (68/0 overnight) 280 (Sameera Sandamal 102, Nilushan Nonis 57, Suresh Niroshan 43, Geeth Perera 29: Dhanushka Bandara 5 for 117, Keshara Lakshan 2 for 45, Vinod Perera 2 for 45)
- At Moratuwa: First innings win for Police SC
Navy SC 274 (Ishan Abeysekera 76, Buddika Hasaranga 54, Ushan Hemantha 42: Kalyana Rathnapriya 3 for 54, Hasitha Nirmal 3 for 90, Dinusha Fernando 2 for 20) and 159 for 5 (Mohamed Alfar 48, Asiri de Silva 34: Hasitha Nirmal 3 for 49)
Police SC (160/3 overnight) 331 (Dinusha Fernando 71, Gidor Yadev 52, Tharindu Dilshan 42, Saman Wijeratne 41, Dhanuka Pathirana 33: Sudara Dhakshana 6 for 92, Ishan Abeysekera 3 for 72)
- At Galle: First innings win for Galle CC
Negombo CC 159 (Srihan Anuruddika 38, Akeel Inham 31: Gohar Saiz 6 for 66, Gayan Sirisoma 4 for 26) and 95 for 2 (Praveen Fernando 25, Prasansana Jayamanne 39 n.o., Akeel Inham 29 n.o.) and 234 for 3 declared (Prasansana Jayamanne 40, Praveen Fernando 25, Ravindra Karunaratne 101 n.o., Akeel Inham 57 n.o.: Gohar Faiz 2 for 54)
Galle CC (134/5 overnight) 177 (Damith Hunukumbura 51, Aruna Dharmasena 71 n.o.: Umega Chathuranga 6 for 56) and 68 for 0 (Hasantha Fernando 50 n.o.)