Lassana Dias - a four - wicket haul

CRICKET: Lassana Dias took a four wicket haul to help Tamil Union dismiss Police SC for 219 runs in their first innings on the opening day of their Premier League division one cricket tournament match played at Police Park yesterday.

POLICE SC: 219 (M. Kuruppu 58, R. Nirmal 24, N. Soysa 26, M. Sashmil 29, M. Jayawardena 34, N. Ranjith 3 for 67, R. Dias 2 for 59, L. Dias 4 for 33).

TAMIL UNION: 97 for 2 (N. Perera 55 n.o, B. Ediriweera 20 n.o.).

Lankan CC struggling

LANKAN CC were struggling at 77 for 7 in reply to Moors SC's first innings total of 200 runs on the opening day of their Premier League division one cricket tournament match played at Braybrooke Place yesterday.

MOORS SC: 200 (R. Peiris 23, H. Boteju 25, A. Rideegammanagedera 37, R. Herath 49, T. Priyadarshana 20, R. Priyadarshana 2 for 60, C. Hathurusinghe 4 for 47, D. Gunawardena 2 for 21).

LANKAN CC: 77 for 7 (D. Gunawardena 21, S. de Silva 2 for 21, D. Asanga 4 for 22).

Kumar takes 5/55

KUMAR Dharmasena captured five wickets for 55 to help Bloomfield dismiss Singha SC for 215 runs in their first innings on the opening day of their Premier League division one cricket tournament match played at Reid Avenue yesterday.

SINGH SC: 215 (B. Arunathantri 49, T. Sampath 40, K. Fernando 30, K. Dharmasena 5 for 55, U. Warna 3 for 44).

BLOOMFIELD: 47 for 3 (A. Wettasinghe 2 for 15).

Jeewantha - 51

ALL rounder Jeewantha Kulatunga hit a fighting half century to help Colts CC reach 207 for 5 in their first innings on the opening day of their Premier League division one cricket tournament match against BRC played at Havelock Park yesterday.

COLTS CC: 207 for 5 (H. Vithana 26, S. Fernando 31, J. Kulatunga 51, M. Warnapura 37 n.o, M. Pushpakumara 37 n.o, K., Peiris 2 for 48) v BRC.

Chamara - splendid 122

CHAMARA Silva hit a splendid 122 and topped the seven hundred and fifty run mark for the season as Sebastianites SC piled up 286 for 5 in their first innings on the opening day of their Premier League division one cricket tournament match against Panadura SC played at Moratuwa yesterday.

SEBASTIANITES SC: 286 for 5 (C. Silva 122, D. Fernando 85, K. Fernando 24 n.o, K. Gangodawila 3 for 68) v Panadura SC.

Exchanges even

EXCHANGES were even at the end of the first days play in the inter school mini battle between the traditional rivals St. Joseph's College and St. Peter's College played at Bambalapitiya yesterday.

ST. JOSEPH'S 'A': 126 (H. Silva 36, L. Kankanthiri 24, T. Silva 5 for 19, U. Samsudeen 3 for 37) and 4 for no loss.

ST. PETER'S 'A' : 72 (R. Wickremanayake 20, A. Peters 5 for 35, C. Kumara 3 for 5, N. de Silva 2 for 21).