Rain hampers day one proceedings
Rain disrupted the opening day of the SLC Major Club 3-day Tournament matches across the island, forcing early abandonments at several venues. The standout fixture in rain-shortened play was between CCC and Nugegoda S&WC at the R. Premadasa Stadium, where only 48.5 overs were possible. CCC, after opting to bat first, reached 206-2, powered by unbeaten half-centuries from Dhananjaya de Silva (86) and Sahan Kosala (73), who added an unbroken 155-run stand for the third wicket.
Police SC were trailing Panadura SC by 145 runs when stumps were drawn early due do bad light at Surrey Village in Maggona. Batting first, Panadura SC was bowled out for 196 runs with Sasindu Malshan top scoring 65. Panadura SC lost both their openers for ducks for paceman Himesh Ramanayake, and they were reeling down at 50-5, while one-down batsman Oshada Fernando anchored from one end with a patient knock of 45. Fernando found a partner in top scorer Malshan to form a 47-run partnership for the sixth wicket.
But the recovery was performed by a stand of 69-run stand for the seventh wicket between Malshan and Dushan Hemantha, who went on to score 45 runs to help Panadura SC reach a respectable total. Left-arm spinner Dilum Sudeera picked a five-fer while Ramanayake and off-spinner Nalin Priyadarshana claimed two wickets each.
Police SC responded with 51-3, with off-spinner Dushan Vimukthi claiming all three wickets. All matches will continue today.
| Brief Scores | |
CCC 206 for 2 (48.5) at stumps (Dhananjaya de Silva 86n.o., Sahan Kosala 73n.o., Nishan Madushka 21, Lasith Croospulle 21; T.M. Sampath 2/53) vs Nugegoda S&WC
Tamil Union 130 for 5 (36) at stumps (Navod Paranavithana 46, Minod Bhanuka 23, Sineth Jayawardena 22, Bhanuka Rajapaksa 17; Malinda Pushpakumara 2/39) vs Badureliya SC
Chilaw Marians 180 for 8 (46) at stumps (Lasith Lakshan 54, Kalhara Senaratne 30n.o., Sakuna Liyanage 20, Udayawansha Parakrama 19, Sammu Ashan 18, Sithum Dissanayake 17n.o.; Harshana Wickramasinghe 4/41, Akila Dhananjaya 2/57) vs Colts
Panadura SC 196 all out (54.1) (Sasindu Malshan 65, Dushan Hemantha 46, Oshada Fernando 45; Dilum Sudeera 5/77, Nalin Priyadharshana 2/34, Himesh Ramanayake 2/35) Police SC 51 for 3 (21.3) at stumps (Ashan Bandara 19n.o., Dulash Udayanga 15n.o.; Dushan Vimukthi 3/15)
Moors SC 120 for 3 (28) at stumps (Sohan de Livera 38, Janishka Perera 27, Sadeera Samarawickrama 21) vs BRC
Ace Capital 177 for 2 (50) at stumps (Nimesha Gunasinghe 74n.o., Pawantha Weerasinghe 65, Kavindu Kulasekara 32n.o.; Dinushka Malan 2/45) vs Kurunegala YCC |