Avishka (103) takes SSC to safety

Chris DHAMBARAGE

CRICKET: Skipper Avishka Gunawardena hit a solid 103 from 132 balls with fourteen fours as SSC took a firm grip over Chilaw Marians SC on the second day of the Premier League division one cricket tournament final continued at the Colts CC grounds, Havelock Park yesterday.

SSC finished the day at an impressive 426 for 9 in reply to Chilaw Marians SC's modest first innings total of 172 all out. Left hander Gunawardena was in excellent form as he occupied the crease for 164 minutes and also put on 140 runs for the first wicket along with Tharanga Paranavithana.

Kaushal Silva, Thilan Samaraweera and Jeewan Mendis also completed half centuries as SSC went on a run spree while taking a first innings lead of 254 runs. In fact Samaraweera and Mendis figured in a fifth wicket stand of 89 runs after Kaushal Silva had struck 52 from 102 balls with the help of four fours.

CHILAW MARIANS SC
 - 1ST INNINGS 172

SSC - 1ST INNINGS
(124 for no loss overnight)
T. Paranavithana b Wijekoon 			39
A. Gunawardena c Sylvester b Wijekoon 		103
K. Silva c Sylvester b Perera 			52
A. Polonowita c Gunaratne b Jayasundera 	30 
T. Samaraweera st. Sylvester b Gunaratne 	62
J. Mendis c Fernando b Gunaratne 		63
N. Zoysa c Fernando b N. Perera 		 8
S. Mohamed lbw b Wijekoon 			 7
D. Fernando c Sylvester b Wijekoon 		 0
D. Indika not out 				48
C. Jayaweera not out 				 3
Extras 						 8
TOTAL for 9 wickets 				426

FALL OF WICKETS: 1-140, 2-143, 3-194, 4-252, 
5-341, 6-380, 7-393, 8-410, 9-410 
BOWLING: G. Wijekoon 11-3-32-4, H. Fernando 10-3-78-0, 
C. Perera 8-0-39-0, D. Hettiarachchi 34-6-73-0, J. Gunaratne 28-1-120-2, 
M. Gajanayake 4-2-13-0, P. Jayasundera 15-2-48-1, N. Perera 16-0-58-2.