Bloomfield pile up 320/5

Chris DHAMBARAGE

CRICKET: Opener Ian Daniel cracked a splendid 116 with one six and fourteen boundaries to help Bloomfield pile up a huge 320 for 5 in their first innings on the opening day of their SLC Premier League inter club cricket tournament match against Saracens SC played at Reid Avenue yesterday.

Bloomfield: 320 for 5 (Y. de Silva 61, I. Daniel 116, T. Kandamby 19, G. de Silva 67 n.o, C. Jayasinghe 20 n.o, G. Joseph 3 for 96) v Saracens SC.

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Ruchira takes 5 for 51

Paceman Ruchira Perera returned excellent figures of five wickets for 51 as Colts CC dismissed Baduraliya CC for 184 runs in their first innings on the opening day of their SLC Premier League inter club cricket tournament match played at Havelock Park yesterday.

Baduraliya CC: 184 (D. Hunukumbura 36, S. Silva 44, N. Wickremaratne 36, P. Liyanage 25, L. Dias 25 n.o, R. Perera 5 for 51, T. Mirando 2 for 53).

Colts CC: 158 for 3 (M. Warnapura 57, S. Kalawitigoda 53, J. Kulatunga 21 n.o, P. Liyanage 2 for 44).

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Rangana Herath - 5/27

Rangana Herath took a superb five wicket haul as Moors SC dismissed Tamil Union for 219 runs in their first innings on the opening day of their SLC Premier League inter club cricket tournament match which commenced at Braybrooke Place yesterday.

Tamil Union: 219 (R. Tissera 23, S. Fernando 70, L. de Silva 49, R. Dias 22, S. Liyanagunawardena 20, C. Welagedera 3 for 73, R. Herath 5 for 27).

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Moors SC: 49 for 1.

Ragama CC in command

Ragama CC have already built up a massive first innings lead over Panadura SC on the opening day of their SLC Premier League inter club cricket tournament match played at Panadura yesterday.

Panadura SC: 92 (S. Umayanga 27, T. Dharshanpriya 2 for 33, K. Weeraratne 2 for 9, M. Bandara 2 for 27, S. Jeewantha 4 for 19).

Ragama CC: 209 for 3 (M. Thotuwilage 34, D. Ranatunga 66, I. de Saram 52 n.o, S. Perera 30 n.o, K. Perera 3 for 53).

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Fine knock by Eshan

Eshan Abeysinghe hit a fighting knock of 83 to help CCC reach 298 runs in their first innings on the opening day of their SLC Premier League inter club cricket tournament match against Sebastianites SC played at Maitland Crescent yesterday.

CCC: 298 (D. Ranaweera 31, B. Seneviratne 18, T. Mendis 44, E. Abeysinghe 83, C. Kumara 23, B. Fernando 2 for 30, P. Salgado 2 for 32, S. Vidyut 2 for 56).

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Police bundled out for 161

Galle CC were 82 for 3 in reply to Police SC's first innings total of 161 runs on the opening day of their SLC Premier inter club cricket tournament match played at the Police Park yesterday.

Police SC: 161 D. Rajapaksa 41, S.Soysa 33, S. Wijeratne 24, M. Abdeen 4 for 46, M. Perera 2 for 15, I. Ratnaweera 3 for 30).

Galle CC: 82 for 3 (A. Wewelwela 36 n.o, A. Ratnayake 20 n.o, A. Priyantha 2 for 10).