Negombo CC in box seat
Negombo's Roscoe Thattil is caught by Army SC's Janith de Silva - Pic by Priyantha Wickramaarachchi
A first innings lead of 329 runs put Negombo CC in the box seat against Army SC on the second day’s play at Braybrooke Place. Saad Nasim was the top scorer, hitting 139. Apart from Nasim, Angelo Jayasinghe, Ashen Silva and Upul Indrasiri made half centuries as Negombo scored 484 runs in response to Army’s paltry first innings score of 155. At stump, Army reached 74 for no loss still needing 255 runs to avoid an innings defeat.
The matches will be continued today.
Results
- At Braybrooke Place:
Army SC 155
Negombo CC (164/2 overnight) 484 for 9 declared (Saad Nasim 139, Angelo Jayasinghe 87, Ashen Silva 67, Upul Indrasiri 63, Dilshan Munaweera 40, Rosco Thattil 32: Malka Madusanka 3/126, Dushan Vimukthi 2/83, Seekkuge Prasanna 2/146)
- At Katunayake:
NCC 312 (Sahan Arachchige 128, Chamika Gunasekera 50, Chathuranga de Silva 47: Asitha Fernando 5 for 46, Nimsara Atharagalla 2/58, Shehan Jayasuriya 2/90) and 16 for 0
Chilaw Marians CC (35/1 overnight) 304 (Shehan Jayasuirya 120, Sanoj Dharshika 38, Lasith Croospulle 36: Dilesh Gunaratne 5/52, Chathuranga de Silva 3/105)
- At BRC:
Moors SC 353 and 137 (Pabasara Waduge 74, Ramesh Mendis 36:Tharindu Kaushal 4/30, Duvindu Tilekeratne 3/60, Savin Gunasekera 2/6)
BRC (23/1 overnight) 238 (Raminda Wijesuriya 61, Kevin Koththigoda 60, Shanuka Dulaj 38, Deshan Dias 31: Sachithra Serasinghe 5/80, Adeesha Thilanchana 2/24) and 2 for 0
- At Colts:
SSC 301 and 114 for 5 (Sachithra Senanayake 33, Nuwanindu Fernando 21: Dilruwan Perera 3/27, Prabath Jayasuriya 2/46)
Colts CC (14/2 overnight) 183 (Heshan Dhanushka 66, Dhananjaya Lakshan 26, Priyamal Perera 25: Sachithra Senanayake 5/52, Akash Senaratne 3/24)
- At Maggona:
Ragama CC 119 (Lahiru Thirimanne 28: Kasun Rajitha 8 for 31)
Saracens SC (134/1 overnight) 321 for 5 (Navindu Withanage 83, Sithara Gimhan 74, Chamikara Edirisinghe 55, Gamindu Kanishka 45, Milinda Siriwardena 22 n.o.: Amila Aponso 2/36, Kalhara Senaratne 2/106)