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NCC amass a mammoth 468/6

By M. Shamil Amit

The first session of play on day two of the Under 23 Division One cricket encounter between NCC and Air Force at the NCC ground saw the home team making a mammoth 468 for 6 before declaring.
NCC (396/3 overnight) 468 for 6 declared in 104 overs (Dinesh Chandimal 116, Rishan Kavinda 78, Imesh Udayanga 61, Angelo Perera 55, Shashrika Pussegolla 100 n.o; Akila Isanka 4 for 128)
Air Force 245 for 7 in 75.3 overs (Sanjeewa Bulathwela 56rtd, Angelo Emmanuel 52, Asanka Gihan 38, Hasitha Nirmal 21: Umesh Mayurakantha 2 for 55)


BRC bowler Ruwan Perera in action at Havelock Park yesterday. (Picture by Ranjith Perera)

Colts come out on top
Colts came out on top against Seeduwa/Raddoluwa CC at the end of the second day’s play at the Colts ground. Colts having made a formidable score of 302 restricted Seeduwa/Raddoluwa CC resuming from their overnight score of 10 for 2 to 197.

Colts 302 (Chathuranga Kumara 128, Ishan Jayaratne 70, Hasitha Wickremasinghe 38, Rajeewa Weerasinghe 35, Kusal Janith 28, Oshada Fernando 20, Roshen Silva 20: Chanaka Ranaweera 4 for 84, A. Ghafoor 2 for 92) and 227 for 3 in 40 overs (Sashan Silva 52, Thisara Perera 41, Oshada Fernando 38, Kusal Janith 85 n.o.)

Seeduwa/Raddoluwa CC (10/2 overnight) 197 in 52.4 overs (Lakshitha de Silva 63, A. Ghafoor 28, Shashendra Gunatileke 25, Eranga Hasitha 24 n.o.: Chathuranga Kumara 2 for 13, Thisara Perera 2 for 22, Rajeewa Weerasinghe 2 for 27, Roshen Silva 2 for 58)

Navy fight back
Navy despite being bowled out for 150 fought back after being made to follow on to end the second day on 159 for 2 against BRC at the BRC ground.

BRC (331/9 overnight) 339 in 90.5 overs (Yasitha Abeykoon 125, Dharshana Chathuranga 49, Supun Devinda 37, Praneeth Jayasinghe 33, Marlon Madusanka 18, Amira Rabel 17, Dilruksha Wijesekera 15: Dulanjala Mendis 5 for 99, Chanaka Ruwansiri 2 for 8, Vindo Perera 2 for 47)

Navy 150 in 48.3 overs (Udara Jayasundara 48, Dilan Chandima 21, Vinod Perera 20, Chanaka Ruwansiri 17: Ruwan Perera 4 for 52, Yasitha Abeykoon 2 for 31, Marlon Madusanka 2 for 37) and 159 for 2 in 38 overs (Vindika Chandrasiri 45, Dilan Chandima 25, Nipuna Ranasinghe 60 n .o., Pubudu Edirisinghe 21 n.o.)

Upper hand for Bloomfield
Bloomfield took the upper hand against Moors at Reid Avenue. The home team has put themselves in line of recording an outright win.

Moors 89 (Dilan Gangoda 24, Shehan Jayasuriya 20: Amal Atapattu 4 for 16, Denuwan Fernando 3 for 29) and 200 for 8 in 57 overs (Chathuranga de Silva 52, Kasun Madumal 20, Irosh Samarasooriya 20, Dilan Gangoda 40 n.o., Kasun Madusanka 22 n.o.: Dilshan Munaweera 3 for 64, Denuwan Fernando 2 for 27)

Bloomfield (164/5 overnight) 262 in 84. 2 overs (Dimitri Ratnayake 50, Amal Atapattu 40, Denuwan Fernando 35, Dilshan Munaweera 30, Madawa Warnapura 22, Chethan de Silva 20: Kasun Madusanka 3 for 58, Sanjaya Fernando 3 for 60, Chathuranga de Silva 2 for 3)

Gajasinghe and Nayana helps Ragama CC
A six wicket haul by Kaushalya Gajasinghe’s and an unbeaten 84 by Nayana Priyanjana helped Ragama CC to take honours against CCC on day one at the CCC ground.

CCC 176 in 39.1 overs (Gayan de Silva 42, Hasitha Lakmal 24, Chamindu Isanka 22, Sachith Pathirana 21: Kaushalya Gajasinghe 6 for 43, Sameera Perera 2 for 31)
Ragama CC 184 for 5 in 55 overs (Wimanga Perera 47, Nayana Priyanjana 84 n.o.: Seshan Niwanka 2 for 45)

Upul and Ryan shine
Upul Bandara and Ryan Kern shone for SSC against Tamil Union on day one of their match played at the P. Sara Stadium.

SSC 329 in 81.4 overs (Upul Bandara 108, Ryan Kern 66, Nuwan Kavinda 46, Angelo Jayasinghe 38: Navin Kavikara 4 for 86, Udara Peiris 3 for 84, Isuru Udana 2 for 40)
Tamil Union 8 for 2 in 6 overs (Milan Fernando 2 for 4)

Bhanuka slams quick fire 130
An unbeaten knock of 130 in just 93 runs with 11 boundaries and nine sixes by Bhanuka Devasurendra was the highlight of the opening day’s play between Leo CC and Kandy CC in the Under 23 Division 2 encounter at Kadolkelle.

Leo CC 313 for 9 declared in 70 overs (Javed Siyambalapitiya 55, Ravija Sandaruwan 49, Damith Priyadharshana 22, Vikum Sanjaya 21, Bhanuka Devasurendra 130 n.o.: Chamila Gunasekera 3 for 60, Lakshitha Madushan 3 for 65)

Kandy CC 53 for 7 in 20 overs (Indika Massalage 3 for 12, Vikum Sanjaya 3 for 22)

Sebastianites dominate
Sebastianites dominated the first day’s play against Badureliya CC at Kalutara.
Badureliya CC 102 in 40.1 overs (Harsha Sampath 27: Yohan Silva 3 for 17, Kanishka Boteju 3 for 29, Sudesh Shivantha 2 for 29)

Sebastianites 318 for 6 in 54 overs (Tharaka Dushyanth 86, Trevin Fernando 66, Lakshan de Silva 53, Tharuka Kahawella 50, Dinuk Madusanka 26 n.o.: Harsha Sampath 2 for 67, Sameera Silva 2 for 69)

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