Ragama CC pile up 429 for 6

Chris DHAMBARAGE

Opener Udara Jayasundera hammered a splendid 137 as Ragama Cricket Club piled up a huge 429 for 6 in their first innings on the opening day of their SLC under 23 division one cricket match against Sebastianites CC which began at the NCC ground in Maitland Place yesterday.

Ragama CC: 429 for 6 (U. Jayasundera 137, R. Buddhika 96, N. Fernando 83 n.o, K. Boteju 2 for 92, R. Silva 2 for 105) v Sebastianites CC

Leo CC struggle

Leo CC were struggling at 70 for 4 in reply to Bloomfield's formidable first innings total of 261 runs on the opening day of their SLC under 23 division one cricket tournament match which began at Reid Avenue yesterday.

Bloomfield: 261 (P. Perera 65, D. Ratnayake 56, A. Amarasiri 59, I. Sandalanka 30, P. Jayasuriya 4 for 80, D. Vimukthi 3 for 80)

Leo CC: 70 for 4 (I. Massalage 30, D. Munaweera 2 for 34)

Tamil Union hit back

Tamil Union after being dismissed for 250 runs hit back strongly through their bowlers to reduce Moors SC to 208 for 6 in their first innings on the opening day of their SLC under 23 division one cricket tournament match which began at Braybrooke Place.

Tamil Union: 250 (D. Jayasinghe 53, A. Priyanjana 49, L. Moshin 31, K. Madushanka 3 for 55, I. Samarasuriya 2 for 34, S. Fernando 2 for 57)

Moors SC: 208 for 6 (C. de Silva 37, I. Gouse 36, L. Abeyratne 34, S. Jayasuriya 29, H. Illangaratne 2 for 45, D. Jayasinghe 2 for 41)

Kamileen gets 73

Opener Shehan Kamileen hit a top score of 73 as Colts CC reached 249 for 7 in their first innings on the opening day of their SLC under 23 division one cricket match against the SSC which began at Maitland Place yesterday.

Colts CC: 249 for 7 (S. Kamileen 73, O. Fernando 31, A. Fernando 26, C. Peiris 43, A. Aponso 3 for 42) v SSC