SLC Premier League:

Splendid 139 by SSC's Dimuth

Chris DHAMBARAGE

Promising opening batsman Dimuth Karunaratne hit a splendid 139 as the SSC piled up a formidable 311 for 7 in their first innings on the opening day of their SLC Premier League Tier A cricket tournament match against Bloomfield which began at Reid Avenue yesterday.

SSC: 311 for 7 (D. Karunaratne 139, T. Paranavithana 50, B. Rajapaksa 25, K. Lokuarachchi 35 n.o, S. Senanayake 25 n.o, T. Lakshitha 3 for 42) v Bloomfield

Sampath takes 4/53

All rounder Tillekeratne Sampath snapped up four wickets for 53 as Baduraliya CC dismissed the defending champions Chilaw Marians CC for 210 runs in their first innings on the opening day of their SLC Premier League Tier A cricket tournament match which began at Katunayake yesterday.

Chilaw Marians CC: 210 (H. Cooray 30, J. Gunaratne 37, G. Wijekoon 56, T. Sampath 4 for 53, G. Sirisoma 3 for 49, R. Perera 2 for 19)

Baduraliya CC: 57 for 2 (Y. Lanka 23)

Jeewan helps Tamil Union

Skipper Jeewan Mendis hit a fighting century to lift Tamil Union to an impressive 347 for 5 in their first innings on the opening day of their SLC Premier League Tier A cricket tournament match against Saracens CC which began at the P. Saravanamuttu Oval yesterday.

Tamil Union: 347 for 5 (G. Weerasekera 79, J. Mendis 109, S. Serasinghe 80 n.o, I. Udana 52 n.o, U. Varuna 2 for 48) v Saracens CC

Rumesh props up Ragama

Dashing opener Rumesh Buddhika hit a sparkling half century to put Ragama CC on course to a good first innings lead over Lankan CC on the opening day of their SLC Premier League Tier A cricket tournament match which began at Moratuwa yesterday.

Lankan CC: 159 (A. Silva 31, C. Wijesinghe 62, R. Laksiri 21, K. Weeraratne 2 for 27, N. Premaratne 4 for 23, M. Lakmal 2 for 39, U. Indrasiri 2 for 49)

Ragama CC: 140 for 3 (R. Buddhika 67, N. Fernando 37 n.o, H. Vithana 2 for 52)

Moors reeling at 17/4

Moors SC were struggling at 17 for 4 in reply to Sri Lanka Army SC's first innings total of 240 runs on the opening day of their SLC Premier League Tier B cricket tournament match which began at Panagoda yesterday.

Army SC: 240 (S. Jayawardena 79, M. Feshal 20, C. Fernando 30, D. Soysa 27, I. Samarasuriya 4 for 58)

Moors SC: 17 for 4 (N. Liyanapathirana 2 for 4)

Udara-fine knock of 73

Opener Udara Jayasundera hit a top score of 73 to give Sri Lanka Navy SC a good first innings lead over Sri Lanka Air Force SC on the opening day of their SLC Premier League Tier B cricket tournament match which began at Welisara yesterday.

Air Force SC: 106 (A. Emmanuel 37, R. Gayashan 25, D. Kalhara 7 for 44, U. Peiris 2 for 23) and 26 for no loss

Navy SC: 182 (U. Jayasundera 73, R. Rasanga 37, D. Fernando 2 for 29, P. Hewage 3 for 36, A. Isanka 3 for 45, A. Emmanuel 2 for 21)

Seeduwa-Raddoluwa well placed

Seeduwa Raddoluwa CC were well placed at 149 for 5 in reply to Singha SC's first innings total of 127 runs on the opening day of their SLC Premier League Tier B cricket tournament match which began at Thurstan College ground yesterday.

Singha SC: 127 (N. Kaluarachchi 24, L. de Silva 41, M. Liyanage 2 for 19, C. Soysa 2 for 16, J. Vandersay 4 for 31)

Seeduwa RCC: 149 for 5 (H. Gunatilleke 25, K. Fernando 48, L. de Silva 22 n.o, M. Kumara 2 for 27, L. Moshin 2 for 30)

Ranga gets 132

Opener Ranga Cooray hammered a magnificent 132 to help Panadura CC reach a formidable 288 for 9 in their first innings on the opening day of their SLC Premier League Tier B cricket tournament match against Antonians SC which commenced at Panadura yesterday.

Panadura CC: 288 for 9 (R. Cooray 132, T. Thushan 57, A. Perera 47, V. Selvaraja 2 for 33, C. Randunu 4 for 81) v Antonians SC