Sri Lanka discard Lahiru Thirimanne returned to form with an unbeaten 166 for Ragama CC scored unbeaten 166 on the second day of their SLC Premier League Inter-Club cricket match against CCC at Maitland Crescent yesterday.
Thirimanne played a captain’s innings to score his runs off 258 deliveries with 13 fours and 2 sixes to
give Ragama the vital first innings lead.
Dinuk Wickramanayake of Tamil Union took 6 wickets for 42 runs against Ports Authority CC.
All matches will continue on day three today.
SECOND DAY SCORES
* At Panagoda: NCC: 224 in 59.2 overs (Angelo Perera 80, Chamika Karunarathne 39, Tharindu Kaushal 30, Bhanuka Rajapaksha 29, Nuwan Liyanapathirana 3/40, Janith Silva 2/27) and 35/1 at close in 8.2 overs
Army SC: 369 (92/0 o/n) in 106.1 overs (Dilshan de Soyza 97 n.o., Janaka Sampath 79, Lakshitha Madushan 71, Navod Ilukwatte 34, Lasith Embuldeniya 3/105, Nuwan Karunaratne 2/31)
* At P. Sara Oval: Tamil Union: 120 and 257/4 at close in 74 overs (Tharanga Paranavithana 78, Ramith Rambukwella 41, Manoj Sarathchandra 40 n.o., Jeevan Mendis 38 n.o., Dinuk Wikramanayaka 30, Madhuka Liyanapathiranage 3/67)
Sri Lanka Ports Authority CC: 233 (169/6 o/n) in 54.2 overs (D. Compton 56, Gihan Rupasinghe 89, Gayan Maneeshan 43, Dinuk Wikramanayake 6/42)
* At CCC: CCC: 273 and 43/1 at close in 11 overs (Dilshan Munaweera 29 n.o.)
Ragama CC: 345 (63/3 o/n) in 101.2 overs (Lahiru Thirimanne 166 n.o., Shehan Fernando 79, Sameera de Soyza 38, Lahiru Madushanka 4/73, Ashan Priyanjan 3/49)
DAY ONE SCORES
Matches will continue today on day two.
* At Maggona: Saracens CC: 318/9 at close in 90 (Pramod Madhuwantha 84 n.o., Gamindu Kanishka 62, Minhaj Jaleel 43, Andy Solomons 33, Mishen Silva 29, Ravindu Gunasekara 24, Lahiru Samarakoon 3/58, Malith Mahela 3/74, Koshan Jayawickrame 2/52) vs Bloomfield
* At BRC: BRC: 128 in 34.4 overs (T.N. Sampath 30, Chamikara Edirisinghe 26, Alankara Asanka 5/45, Dilesh Gunarathne 4/42)
Badureliya CC: 123/9 at close in 53 overs (Pethum Nisshanka 41, Chamikara Edirisinghe 5/18, Suraj Randiv 2/35) - (YK)