Kurunegala Youth sniff victory over Tamil Union
Kurunegala Youth CC ended the second day’s play of the SLC Major Club Tier ‘A’ 3-day Tournament in a strong position against Tamil Union in the match played at the NCC ground yesterday. Kurunegala Youth resumed from their overnight score of 331-5 and ended their innings with a formidable total of 404 runs, helped by a knock of 106 by Sameera Sandmal.
Tamil Union, in their turn, was made to struggle for their runs and with no significant contributions coming they were bowled out for a low score of 167 runs. Made to follow on, they faced 17 overs to end the day on 53-2, needing a further 184 runs to avoid an innings defeat. All matches will end today.
| Brief Scores | |
Kurunegala Youth (331-5 o’night) 404 all out (119.3) (Gayan Maneeshan 160, Sameera Sandamal 106, Chamod Sandaru 32, Manoj Sarathchandra 29, Lakshan Edirisinghe 27, Chamikara Edirisinghe 21; Vijayakanth Viyaskanth 4/101, Theesan Vithushan 2/67, Lahiru Samarakoon 2/83, Kavindu Dilhara 2/90) Tamil Union 167 all out (46) (Sachitha Jayatileke 33, Lahiru Samarakoon 33, Minod Bhanuka 23, Thulina Dilshan 20; Kasun Ekanayake 4/57, Chamikara Edirisinghe 2/23, Chamod Sandaru 2/51) and 53 for 2 (17) at stumps (Vihas Thewmika 33n.o.)
NCC (244-6 o’night) 387 all out (119.3) (Chamika Karunaratne 121, Vinuka Rubasinghe 77, Sahan Arachchige 76, Lahiru Udara 42, Kavindu Pathiratne 29; Adeesha Thilanchana 5/105, Malinda Pushpakumara 3/74, Buddhika Sanjeewa 2/123) Badureliya SC 125 for 7 (43.1) at stumps (Rumesh Buddika 27; Lahiru Kumara 2/20, Kavindu Pathiratne 2/21, Shakthi Udara 2/48)
BRC 233 all out (71.1) (Raminda Wijesooriya 80, Heshan Fernando 37, Promod Maduwantha 23, Yasiru Rodrigo 21, Saminda Fernando 20; Wanuja Sahan 4/39, Roshan Jayatissa 3/69, Isitha Wijesundara 2/52) and 186 for 7 (56) at stumps (Roshen Silva 49, Risith Upamal 31n.o., Heshan Fernando 29, Promod Maduwantha 25, Raminda Wijesooriya 24; Roshan Jayatissa 4/52, Wanuja Sahan 3/50) Ace Capital (23-3 o’night) 142 all out (40.2) (Wanuja Sahan 53, Kavindu Amantha 32; Mohamed Shiraz 5/32, Shashika Dulshan 2/15, Yasiru Rosrigo 2/31)
Panadura SC (213-8 o’night) 285 all out (79.4) (Shehan Jayasuriya 69, Nimesh Vimukthi 52, Dushan Vimukthi 40, Vishwa Chathuranga 33, Asanka Manoj 24, Kanchana de Livera 21; Duvindu Tilekeratne 2/27, Ravindu Fernando 2/63, Jeffrey Vandersay 2/74, Dulaj Samuditha 2/79) and 62 for 6 (13) at stumps (Shehan Jayasuirya 23; Ravindu Fernando 3/36, Lahiru Madusanka 2/7) Bloomfield 186 all out (50.5) (Asitha Wanninayake 64, Mineth Premaratne 50, Ravindu Fernando 23; Asanka Manoj 4/41, Mohamed Dilshad 4/61, Nimesh Vimukthi 2/39)
Chilaw Marians 185 all out (55.2) (Tharindu Amarasinghe 47, Kasun Vidura 46, Hiran Jayasundara 28; Asitha Fernando 4/31, Sonal Dinusha 2/33, Nishan Peiris 2/35) and 155 for 8 (46) at stumps (Hiran Jayasundara 54, Tharindu Amarasinghe 27, Kasun Vidura 16n.o.; Nishan 3/41, Asitha Fernando 2/29, Sonal Dinusha 2/37) CCC (62-4 o’night) 167 all out (47.3) (Sonal Dinusha 61, Lasith Croospulle 27, Sahan Kosala 20, Anjala Bandara 15n.o.; Thikshila de Silva 4/68, Melan Hansaka 3/18)
Police SC (210-4 o’night) 347 all out (82) (Ashen Bandara 103, Vishad Randika 91, Dhanuja Induwara 60, Chathuranga Kumara 24, Nalin Priyadharshana 24, Priyamal Perera 23; Maduka Liyanapathiranage 4/47, Nipun Malinga 3/73) Nugegoda S&WC 169 for 7 (60) at stumps (Kevin Perera 37, Akram Muthalib 34n.o., Anuk Fernando 23n.o,, T.M. Sampath 29, Lohan de Zoysa 20; Dilum Sudeera 4/48) |