Dimuth and Kaushal put SSC on top

Dimuth Karunaratne and Kaushal Silva cracked tons to put SSC on top against Tamil Union on day one in their Premier league cricket encounter played at the SSC ground.

The pair was associated in an unbroken 202 runs for the third wicket helping SSC make a score of 233 for 2 just before the tea break. Dimuth was unbeaten on 115 which included 15 boundaries and a six while Kaushal remained unbeaten on 103 inclusive of 14 boundaries and a six.

Left arm pacie Vishwa Fernando ended with a impressive figure of 5 for 35 as he along with Tharanga Lakshitha and Upul Indrasiri helped Bloomfield to bundle out Colts for a paltry score of just 99 runs. Bloomfield in reply were 37 for no loss.

At the NCC ground Galle CC to were bowled out for a low score of 111. NCC were guided by openers Niroshan Dickwella and Upul Tharanga and were 97 for no loss just before the tea break.

Moors SC taking the first lease of the wicket helped by a knockoff 67 by Harsha Cooray were 147 for 4 against Panadura SC at Braybrooke Place.

A ton by Dhananjaya de Silva and half tons by Udara Jayasundara and Ian Daniel saw Ragama CC batting first making a score of 280 for 5 against Lankan CC at the FTZ ground in Katunayake.

Saracens SC was struggling on 109 for 5 against Army in the match which got off to a late start at Panagoda. Half tons by Amal Athulathmu- dali, Roy Silva and Hasantha Fernando saw CCC make a score of 271 for 5 at CCC ground.

At SSC: SSC vs Tamil Union

SSC 233 for 2 (Dimuth Karunaratne 115 n.o., Kaushal Silva 103 n.o.: Chanaka Welagedera 2 for 39) vs Tamil Union

At Reid Avenue: Colts vs Bloomfield

Colts 99 (Nisal Randika 20, Roshen Silva 19, Malinda Warnapura 17: Vishwa Fernando 5 for 35, Tharanga Lakshitha 2 for 12, Upul Indrasiri 2 for 16)

Bloomfield 37 for no loss

At NCC: NCC vs Galle CC

Galle CC 111 (Chanaka Withanage 18, Rajith Priyan 18, Asela Wewalwala 16: Dushmantha Chameera 3 for 20, Chaminda Vidanapathirana 2 for 21, Kosala Kulasekera 2 for 23, Tharindu Kaushal 2 for 23)

NCC 97 for no loss (Niroshan Dickwella 52 n.o., Upul Tharanga 39 n.o)

At Braybrooke Place; Moors vs Panadura SC

Moors SC 147 for 4 (Harsha Cooray 67, Anoj Katipiarachchi 26) vs

Panadura SC

At FTZ Katunayake : Ragama CC vs Lankan CC

Ragama CC 280 for 5 (Dhananjaya de Silva 121, Udara Jayasundara 60, Ian Daniel 55, Sameera de Zoysa 19: Rajeewa Weerasinghe 3 for 85) vs Lankan CC

At Panagoda: Saracens SC vs Army

Saracens SC 109 for 5 (Rukshan Weerasinghe 38, Lasith Abeyratne 25, Amila Sandaruwan 18: Ajantha Mendis 3 for 33) vs Army

At CCC: CCC vs SLPA

CCC 271 for 5 (Amal Athulathmudali 99, Roy Silva 64, Gayan Wijekoon 18, Hasantha Fernando 55 n.o.: Chanaka Komasaru 2 for 35) vs SLPA

Badureliya CC 169 for 5 (Pabasara Waduge 56, Malinga Maligaspe 15, Mapa Bandara 47 n.o., Alankara Asanka 23 n.o.: Umesh Karunaratne 5 for 47) vs Chilaw Marians

Navy SC 220 for 5 (Buddi Hasaranga 29, Duleeka Tissakuttige 20, WimeshWickramasinghe 17, Dhanushka Gurusinghe 16, Yohan Kumara 61 n.o., Chanaka Ruwansiri 58 n.o.: Mahesh Kodamullage 2 for 16, Sampath Perera 2 for 38) vs Kurunegala YCC

Air Force 20 for 1 vs BRC

At Maggona: Badureliya CC vs Chilaw Marians At Kurunegala: Kurunegala YCC vs Navy

At Rifle Green: Air Force vs BRC