Nishan Madushka struck a mammoth 183 continuing from an overnight 75 in CCCs 404 for 9 wickets declared against Bloomfield C&AC on day two of the SLC Major Club Cricket Tournament at the Galle International Cricket Stadium.
Madushka’s marathon knock off 343 balls included 13 boundaries as he partnered with Chamindu Wijesinghe who made 72 in a 157 run for seventh wicket stand.
Bloomfield were 5 for the loss of one wicket in their turn having faced 2.3 overs.
Meanwhile, Wanuja Sahan scored 120 to guide Ace Capital CC to 288 for 9 in reply to NCC’s first innings score of 333 at the SSC grounds. Skipper Dunith Wellalage was unfortunate to miss out on a century by one run, as he rallied Colta CC to 239 for 6 with Dinesh Chandimal scoring 61 after
Police SC scored 317 at Sooriyawewa.
Chief Scores of all matches:
At Galle: Bloomfield trail CCC by 399 runs
CCC (156-4 o’night) 404 for 9 (120.4) decl (Nishan Madushka 183, Nishan Madushka 75n.o., Chamindu Wijesinghe 72, Dhananjaya de Silva 40, Nishan Peiris 34, Sonal Dinusha 20, Pavan Ratnayake 15; Lahiru Madusanka 3/40, Janith Liyanage 3/63, Nisala Abeyratne 2/72)
Bloomfield 5 for 1 (2.3) at stumps
At SSC: Ace Capital trail NCC by 45 runs
NCC (311-8 o’night) 333 all out (94.2) (Vinuka Rubasinghe 76, Lahiru Udara 70, Chamika Karunaratne 52, Kamil Mishara 37, Ashian Daniel 35n.o.; Wanuja Sahan 5/88, Roshan Jayatissa 3/98)
Ace Capital 288 for 9 (65) at stumps (Wanuja Sahan 120n.o.. Ranesh Silva 33, Roshan Jayatissa 30, Danakl Hemananda 29; Chamika Karunaratne 4/69, Lasith Embuldeniya 2/72)
At Sooriyawewa: Colts trail Police SC by 78 runs
Police SC 317 all out (79.1) (Dulash Udayanga 94, Ashen Bandara 79, Dhanuja Induwara 51, Priyamal Perera 28, Dilum Sudeera 23; Kavishka Anjula 5/70, Akila Dhananjaya 3/85)
Colts (6-0 o’night) 239 for 6 (82) at stumps (Dunith Wellalage 99, Dinesh Chandimal 61; Dilum Sudeera 2/54, Nalin Priydharshana 2/74)
At Kurunegala: Tamil Union trail Moors SC by 327 runs
Moors SC (260-4 o’night) 393 all out (131.3) (Pasindu Sooriyabandara 91, Sohan de Livera 60, Sithara Gimhan 47, Ramesh Mendis 43, Sadeera Samarawickrama 40, Janishka Perera 39; Tharindu Ratnayake 6/117, Kavindu Dilhara 2/47)
Tamil Union 66 for 2 (18) at stumps (Minod Bhanuka 29n.o., Sharujan Shanmuganathan 20n.o.)
At NCC: Chilaw Marians trail Nugegoda S&WC by 57 runs
Chilaw Marians 203 all out (61.1) (Kasun Vidura 52, Nimsara Atharagalla 38n.o., Thanuka Dabare 23, Sakuna Liyanage 21; Lohan de Zoysa 3/43, Maduka Liyanapathiranage 2/35, T.M. Sampath 2/45) and 62 for no loss (9) at stumps (Thanuka Dabare 50n.o.)
Nugegoda S&WC (90-3 o’night) 321 all out (110.2) (T.M. Sampath 64, Pathum Kumara 57, Akram Muthalib 54, Maduka Liyanapathiranage 31, Kevin Perera 24, Anuk Fernando 23, Pulindu Perera 20; Kalhara Senaratne 3/62, Nimsara Atharagalla 2/42)
At Maggona: BRC trail Kurunegala YCC by 54 runs
Kurunegala Youth (276-9 o’night) 289 all out (90.5) (Manoj Sarathchandra 53, Chamikara Edirisinghe 45, Sameera Sandamal 37, Dinushka Malan 34n.o., Dilhara Polgampola 22, Lakshan Edirisinghe 22; Mohamed Shiraz 4/74, Shashika Dulshan 4/77)
BRC 235 for 2 (69) at stumps (Heshan Dhanushka 114, Samindra Fernando 47, Hashan Dumindu 43n.o., Raminda Wijesooriya 28n.o.)