Ranuda, Nuwanidu steer SSC to 354

By M. Shamil Amit

A knock of 137 by Ranuda Somaratna and a half ton by skipper Nuwanidu Fernando helped SSC taking first lease of the wicket to make a formidable score of 354 against Moratuwa SC on day one of their Major Club Tier ‘A’ cricket encounter played at Moratuwa. A fine knock of 135 by Harshajith Rashan saw Army SC batting first make a score of 336 against Sebastianites at the end of the first day’s play in their match played at Panagoda.

Results:

At Moratuwa

SSC 354 (Ranuda Somaratne 137, Nuwanidu Fernando 84, Shevon Daniel 45, Nipun Dhananjaya 29, Nadeesha Akash 16: Chanaka Ruwansiri 4/97, Dumindu Sewmina 2/70, Gayan Sirisoma 2/93) vs Moratuwa SC

At Panagoda

Army SC 336 (Harshajith Rushan 135, Seekkuge Prasanna 31, Tharindu Dilanka 25, Asela Gunaratne 24, Janith de Silva 24, Ratnaraja Thenurathan 22, Ravindu Wijewardena 27 n.o.: Hashan Sandeepa 5/89, Nipun Mendis 3/86),

Sebastianites 8 for 0

At Welisara

Negombo CC 262 (Keshan Wanniarachchi 94, Angelo Jayasinghe 90, Dimuth Sandaruwan 17: Dilanka Auwardt 8/1183)

Navy SC 33 for 3 (Shehan Pramod 2/12)

At Katunayake

Kandy Customs 172 (Malindu Maduranga 60, Ashan Randika 17, Asela Silva 39 n.o.: Githmin Colombage 6/57, Senash Fernando 3/31)

Leo CC 243 (Hirun Sigera 74, Nethma Karunaratne 30, Ramesh Suranga 30, Poorna Kalhara 27, Ramesh Suranga 18, Malshan Gunasinghe 17: Mithun Jayawickrama 4/86, Nirmala Ratnayake 2/38, Thishen Wickramasinghe 2/47)

At Maggona

Galle CC 242 (Amith Eranda 51, Lisula Lakshan 44, Kevin Koththigoda 41, Ramesh Nimantha 36, Kaveesha Rajapaksa 26: Kavindu Ediriweera 4/73, Tharush Damindu 4/84, Dhanosh de Silva 2/67)

United Southern 52 for 0 (Adesha Nanayakkara 31 n.o., Adithya Siriwardena 20 n.o.)

At BRC

Ragama CC 291 (Manisha Rupasinghe 113, Ravindu Sembakutty 40, Upul Indrasiri 35, Sahil Dias 28, Kemira Wijenayake 52 n.o.: Niman Umesh 2/27, Yesith Rupasinghe 2/33, Woshitha Amarasinghe 2e/58, Ushan Manohara 2/59)

Malay CC 59 for 5 (Pulasthi Athapaththu 26 n.o.: Dasith Gunatileke 2/18, Koshan Jayawickrama 2/18)