Bloomfield’s Janith Liyanage twin tons, Mineth Premaratne 103 n.o. , but Nugegoda W&SC force a draw

By Srian Obeyesekere

Sri Lanka cap Janith Liyanage continued to showcase the pleasing form he has brought to the national teams in the two white ball formats as he achieved dream twin century milestones for Bloomfield C&AC following his first innings 107 with a telling 102 off the second innings hitting 10 be boundaries and a six in a 118-ball stay in the drawn game against Nugegoda SC at CCC grounds.

He went on to post 174 for the fourth wicket together with Mineth Premarathne who topped the three figure mark with an unbeaten 103 off 131 with 12 to the ropes in a second innings total of 265 for 5 wickets declared that left Nugegoda SC tottering on 123 for 8 chasing 315 to win in staving off defeat.

Chief scores:

Bloomfield 320 and 265/5 decl
Mineth Premaratne 103 n.o., Janith Liyanage 102, Anuk Fernando 2/25
Nugegoda W&SC 271 and 123/8 Kevin Perera 51, Ravindu Fernando 5/44,
Jeffrey Vandersay 2/53