Dineth and Tharanga shine for Tamil Union
NCC batsman Hashan Manasekera caught by wicket keeper Lasith Abeysekera of spinner Ravin Sayer Pic by Ranjith Perera
Dineth Thimodya cracked a 113 with nine boundaries and a six while Tharanga Paranvithana made an unbeaten 104 as the duo put on a valuable 214 runs stand for the third wicket for Tamil Union to make 269 for 3 against Ragama CC in their Premier Super Eight cricket encounter played at R. Premadasa Stadium.
CCC bowlers Lahiru Gamage, Wanindu Hasaranga and Usman Ishak combined to share eights to bowl out the strong NCC batting for a low score of 200 runs on day one in the match played at P. Sara Stadium. CCC in reply ended the day on 154 for 3.
In the other two matches that were played saw Army SC batting first making 228 against SSC who ended the day on 58 for 3 at the Colts ground while Colts CC after being bowled out for 150 fought back to take five Chilaw Marians wickets for 96 at the CCC ground. The matches will be continued today.
| Results: At R. Premadasa Stadium Tamil Union 269 for 3 (Dineth Thimodya 113, Sithara Gimhan 31, Tharanga Paranavithana 104 n.o.: Nilanka Premaratne 2 for 63) vs Ragama CC At P. Sara Stadium NCC 200 (Anuk Fernando 43, Lahiru Udara 40, Thimira Jayasinghe 34, Hashan Upendra 30: Lahiru Gamage 4 for 52, Wanindu Hasaranga 2 for 33, Usman Ishak 2 for 51) CCC 154 for 3 (Lasith Abeyratne 21, Ron Chandragupta 74 n.o., Roshan Anuruddha 22 n.o.: Lasith Embuldeniya 2 for 55) At Colts Army SC 228 (Dilshan de Soysa 74, Seekkuge Prasanna 40, Dushan Vimukthi 31, Kasun de Silva 20, Nuwan Liyanapathirana 17 n.o.: Sachithra Senanayake 4 for 43, Kasun Madusanka 3 for 29, Dasun Shanaka 2 for 41) SSC 58 for 3 (Minod Bhanuka 28, Kaushal Silva 18) At CCC Colts CC 150 (Sadeera Samarawickrama 29, Prabath Jayasuriya 26, Akila Dhananjaya 24, Hashan Dumindu 18, Kusal Perera 16: Arosh Janoda 7 for 38, Isuru Udana 2 for 27) Chilaw Marians 96 for 5 (Mahela Udawatte 27, Vidura Adikari 21, Shehan Jayasuriya 17: Akila Dhananjaya 3 for 5) |
-MSA