Rusiru slams Tier ‘B’ tournament’s first double ton
Sebastianites C&AC opener Rusiru Vilochana had the honour of slamming the first double century of the SLC Tier ‘B’ 3-day Club Cricket Tournament when he achieved the feat against Leo CC on the second day of the match played at the Army ground in Kosgama yesterday.
Rusiru, who was unbeaten on 106 on the first day, went on to make an unbeaten 200 runs in 282 deliveries that included 26 boundaries. Following his 188-run stand for the second wicket with Sandun Fernando, Rusiru associated in another valuable 86-run stand for the sixth wicket with Tharusha Fernando for the his team.
Sebastianites, who resumed from their overnight score of 201-2, went on to make a formidable score of 345-6 before declaring. Leo CC just faced one delivery when the match was called off due to bad light.
Krishan Sanjula cracked 106 for SSC, as he associated with Nipun Dhananjaya to put on a massive stand of 195 runs for the second wicket against Kandy Customs at Dombagoda. SSC ended the second day in a strong position on 253-3 in reply to Kandy Customs’ first innings score of 155. All matches will continue today.
| Brief Scores | |
Sebastianites (201-2 o’night) 345 for 6 (92.4) decl (Rusiru Vilochana 200n.o., Sandun Fernando 66, Tharusha Fernando 34: Praveen de Silva 3/86) Leo CC 0 for no loss (0.1) at stumps
Kandy Customs 155 all out (66.5) (Sudeera Weeraratne 27, Yashoda Mendis 27, Mithun Jayawickrama 20; Kasun Rajitha 3/19, Charith Asalanka 3/35, Prabath Jayasuriya 3/50) SSC (13-0 o’night) 253 for 3 (57) at stumps (Krishan Sanjula 108, Nipun Dhananjaya 91, Charith Asalanka 21n.o.)
Galle CC (191-7 o’night) 271 all out (81.1) (Amith Eranda 37, Lisula Lakshan 34, Ramesh Nimantha 33, Kaceesha Rajapakse 33, Supun Kavinda 33, Rajith Priyan 33n.o., Hansamana de Silva 28; Imesh Udayanga 3/38, Methsuha Thilina 3/42, Navin Kavikara 2/67) Moratuwa SC 288 for 4 (62) at stumps (Rashmika Mevan 79, Abishek Liyanaarachchi 76, Gavin Botheju 71n.o., Chanaka Ruwansiri 35; Rajith Priyan 2/31)
United Southern (136-4 o’night) 299 all out (94.2) (Pesandu Sanjana 87, Nipuna Gamage 44, Danosh de Silva 30, Adithya Siriwardena 26, Kovindu Ediriweera 25, Thanush Damindu 24n.o., Adeesha Nanayakkara 22; Thimira Malshan 5/75, Woshitha Amarasinghe 3/70) Malay CC 79 for 3 (24) at stumps (Deshan Dias 24, Kevin Samuel 22; Kavindu Ediriweera 2/10)
Negombo CC 118 for 4 (36) (Kaveen Fernando 41, Koshan Wannirachchi 27, Pasindu Thithmedura 22; Vikum Sanjaya 2/37) vs Ragama CC
Army SC 344 all out (68.3) (Ishara Mendis 128, Chrishen Aponso 83, Pathum Dilshan 30, Thisara Perera 29; Poorna Charuka 5/47, Dilanka Auwardt 3/85) Navy SC 70 for 2 (17) at stumps (Thevindu Dickwella 37; Shehada Zoysa 2/18) |