Bloomfield thrashed in their own den

By M. Shamil Amit

The Star studded Bloomfield out ate the humble pie in their own den yesterday. CCC’s chase of 253 for victory looked easy thanks to unbeaten knocks of 88 and 57 from Tharindu Mendis and Eshan Abeysinghe who together put on an unbroken stand of 144 for the fifth wicket in their Sirasa Premier Super League encounter.

Moors Batsman Hemantha Boteju waves his bat after completing his half century. Pic by Sanath Kariyawasam

Tharindu’s 102 ball knock comprised of 14 boundaries and two sixes while Eshan cracked 11 boundaries off 72 balls. CCC resuming their overnight score of 54 for no were given a good start by openers Michael Vandort and Daminda Ranaweera.

Bloomfield 150 and 244 in 67.4 overs (Ian Daniel 86, Shanuka Dissanayake 84, Sanath Jayasuriya 21, Farveez Maharoof 21.; Sujeewa de Silva 4 for 45, Laknath Perera 4 for 54)

CCC 142 and (54/0 o’night) 255 for 4 in 64.4 overs (Daminda Ranaweera 47, Michael Vandort 37, Tharindu Mendis 88, Eshan Abeysinghe 57 n.o..; Farveez Maharoof 2 for 62)

Colts home for lunch
The Colts and Ragama CC game which was expected to end in a close finish turned out to be a one sided affair with the home team romping to an easy 131 run victory at Havelock Park.

Colts needed just another 15.2 overs to destroy the Ragama batting, with the visitors resuming on their overnight score of 31 for 1 had nothing much to offer. Only opener Amila Sandaruwan was able make a decent score with the others failing.

Colts 111 and 281 in 72 overs (Jeewan Kulatunge 131, Harsha Vithana 24, Shantha Kalavitigoda 24, Sajeewa Weerakoon 23, Ruchira Perera 19.; Upul Indrasiri 4 for 51, Malinga Bandara 3 for 66, Saliya Saman 2 for 48)

Ragama CC 175 and (31/1 o’night) 86 in 31.2 overs (Amila Sandaruwan 21.; Ishara Amarasinghe 3 for 5, M. Pushpakumara 2 for 16, Nuwan Kulasekera 2 for 18, Ruchira Perera 2 for 32)

SSC set for the kill
SSC are set for the kill against Moors when play starts on the final day today at the SSC grounds. They had Moors struggling on 188 for 6 trailing by 118 runs to avert an innings defeat.

Moors 153 and 188 for 6 in 57.1 overs (Hemantha Boteju 58, Janaka Wannakawatta 32, Chanaka Wijesinghe 30)

SSC (389/4 o’night) 459 for 6 in 129 overs (Kaushal Silva 147, Avishka Gunawardena 74, Thilan Samaraweera 71, Mahela Jayawardena 65, Tharanga Paranavithana 21.; Anil Ridgammanagedera 2 for 48, Rangana Herath 2 for 99)

Army take lead
Army have already taken a first innings lead over Police at the end of the second day’s play in their Premier Tier ‘B’ encounter played at the Police grounds. The match will be continued at 9.45 a.m. today.

Army 250 (Manjula de Soysa 70, Sriyan Obinimuni 34, Rukman Samarasinghe 31, Seekuge Prasanna 30, Romesh Mendis 26.; Rashmi Jinan 6 for 62, Vajira Ranaweera 2 for 66) and 122 for 6 (Manjula de Soysa 32, Sriyan Obinimuni 21, Rukman Samarasinghe 43 n.o.; Manjula Jayawardena 3 for 5, Rashmi Jinan 2 for 48)

Police 146 (Sudeera Soysa 49, Dhammika Rajapakse 45.; Ravindra Palliyaguruge 4 for 22, Ajantha Mendis 4 for 39)
Singha SC on top
Singha SC Ambalangoda are on top on day two in their Premier Tier ‘B’ match against Galle played at the FTZ grounds in Katunayake. The match will be continued at 9.45 a.m. today.
Galle 153 (Chatun Sanjeewa 41, Ruwan Galappaththi 34, N. Nishantha 30, Suminda Wickramasinghe 25.; Sameera Vithana 4 for 25, Anoj Fernando 3 for 34) and 173 for 8 (Charles Silva 35, Asela Wewelwala 33, Ruwan Galappaththi 23, Suminda Wickramasinghe 44 n.o.; Malinda Pushpakumara 3 for 43, Sameera Vithana 2 for 30)
Singha SC 238 (Dilan Ramanayake 53, Thushara Madanayake 32, Pujitha Gunawardena 29, Buddhika Sirosh 24, Neville Liyanage 29 n.o.; Ishara Ratnaweera 4 for 58, Manoj Perera 2 for 35, Charles Silva 2 for 44)