Five matches of the Sri Lanka Cricket Premier League – Tier A tournament began around the island today (4).
CCC vs Saracens
Left arm spinner Chamikara Edirisinghe had a day to remember with the ball, but CCC fought back late in the day thanks to their experienced left armer Malinda Pushpakumara.
Edirisinghe bowled impressively picking up wickets at regular intervals but didn’t get a lot of support as CCC fought their way to a competitive 238 all-out.
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Edirisinghe finished with astonishing figures of 9/87 while Madawa Warnapura’s half century stood out for CCC.
Saracens unfortunately couldn’t build on their dominance as Malinda Pushpakumara’s 4 wicket haul left them in all sorts of trouble at 47/5 when stumps were drawn.
Colombo Cricket Club238 (62) Madawa Warnapura 63, Wanindu Hasaranga 32, Ron Chandraguptha 30, Vishwa Fernando 28*, Manelkar de Silva 22, Chamikara Edirisinghe 9/87
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Saracens Sports Club47/5 (27.2) Pramod Maduwantha 22, Malinda Pushpakumara 4/31
Ragama CC vs Tamil Union
Supeshala Jayathilaka struck a brilliant century as Ragama CC took control of their encounter against Tamil Union.
Jayathilaka whose effort comes after his maiden first class century a couple of week’s back, helped Ragama CC amass 356/7 on the opening day.
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Janith Liyanage also made a vital half century while Dinuk Wickramanayake and Jeevan Mendis picked up two wickets apiece.
Ragama Cricket Club356/7 (89) Supeshala Jayathilaka 100, Janith Liyanage 52, Dineth Thomodya 49, Shehan Fernando 41, Sanjaya Chathuranga 36, Dinuk Wickramanayake 2/27, Jeewan Mendis 2/90
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Tamil Union Cricket And Athletic Club
Moors SC vs Army SC
Dushan Vimukthi’s dream season continued as he captured a five wicket haul to send Moors crashing to 110 all-out.
Only Adeesha Thilanchana made a notable contribution with 35 runs as the rest of the batting fell prey to some top quality spin bowling by the soldiers.
Army already secured a 19 run first innings lead with six wickets in hand at close on day 1 with Ashan Randika top scoring with 32.
Moors Sports Club110 (44.4) Adeesha Thilanchana 35, Dushan Vimukthi 5/35, Danusika Bandara 2/16, Nuwan Liyanapathirana 2/30
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Army Cricket Club129/4 (43) Ashan Randika 32, Dilshan de Soysa 31*, Lakshitha Madushan 20
SSC vs BRC
A century from the promising Sammu Ashan guided SSC to a competitive 289 all-out in their encounter against BRC.
Ashan went on to hit 125 runs while none of the other batsmen passed the half century mark.
Left arm spinner Duvindu Tillakaratne bowled best for BRC picking up 5/65.
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BRC in reply made a streaky start as they reached stumps at 57/1, trailing SSC by a further 242 runs.
Sinhalese Sports Club289 (66.4) Sammu Ashan 125, Kavindu Kulasekara 42, Sachithra Senanayake 32, Akash Senarathna 28, Duvindu Thilakarathna 5/65, Neranjana Wanniarachchi 2/36
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Burgher Recreation Club57/1 (21) Bhanuka Rajapaksha 34*, Lasith Lakshan 20*,
SLPA vs Chilaw Marians
Yohan de Silva and Primosh Perera got half centuries to guide Ports Authority to 233 all out in their encounter against Chilaw Marians CC.
Indian born Sagar Paresh was the star with the ball for the Marians as he picked up 6/70 to run through the middle and lower order of SLPA.
Chilaw Marians ran in to trouble in reply as they ended the day on 54/4 with Oshada Fernando unbeaten on 30*.
Sri Lanka Ports Authority CC233 (68.5) Yohan de Silva 64, Primosh Perera 51, Prakash Wickramasinghe 46*, Ruvindu Gunasekara 24, Sagar Paresh 6/70, Karimuttathu Rakesh 2/41
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Chilaw Marians Cricket Club54/4 (19)Oshada Fernando 30*, Harsha Cooray 22, Anuk de Alwis 2/09, Chaminda Bandara 2/17
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