Seven batsmen hit centuries including two from Chilaw Marians CC namely Vishva Chathuranga who slammed 172 off 182 balls inclusive of 20 boundaries and Kasun Vidura 113 off 135 containing 12 boundaries against Bloomfield on the opening day of the SLC Major League Tournament 2022 yesterday. The duo put on 186 for the third wicket as Chilaw Marians ran up 357 for 4 wickets after having won the toss and decided to bat first in a Group B match at Bloomfield grounds. The other centurions were Lankan CC’s Deshan Dias who made 130 in a total of 323 for 3 wickets against BRC in a Group A match at the Panadura Esplanade, Air Force’s Mishen Silva 102 in a total of 356 versus Nugegoda Sports Welfare Club in Group B at De Zoysa Stadium Moratuwa, Vishva Wijeratne 102 in a Kandy Customs total of 321 versus Ragama CC in a Group A match at Thurstan College grounds, and Moors SC’s Pasindu Sooriyabandara unbeaten on 123 in a total of 336 for 5 versus SSC in Group A at Moors grounds and Tamil Union’s Ravindu Fernando 105 in a total of 348 for 7 versus Negombo CC in a Group B fixture at the P. Saravanamuththu Stadium. Minod Bhanuka struck 105 in a :CCC total of 355 for 8 in a Group A game versus Kurunegala YCC at CCC grounds.
CHIEF SCORES: Group B Chilaw Marians 367/4 (Vishva Chathuranga 172, Kasun Vidura 113, Raveen Yasas n.o. 22, Gaurav Jathar 25, Maduka Liyanapathiranage 4/107) vs Bloomfield; Group A CCC 355/8 (Minod Bhanuka 105, Kamindu Mendis 82,Lasith Abeyratne 48, Chamindu Wijesinghe 24, Asitha Wanninayake 3/64, Sakidu Wijerathna 3/92) vs Kurunegala YCC; Group A Lankan CC 323/3 (Deshan Dias 130, Prasanna Jauamanne 38, Geeth Kumara 36) vs BRC; Group B Air Force 356 (Roscoe Thattil 71, Supeshala Jayathilake 57, Movin Subasinghe 47, Dulanjana Mendis 23, Ranitha Liyanarachchi 3/33, Sahan Nanayakkara 2/83, Qaiser Ashraf 2/59) vs Nugegoda Sports Welfare Club;
Group A Kandy Customs CC 321 (Vishva Wijeratne n.o. 102, Imesh Udayanga 67, Chanaka Wijesinghe n.o. 24 , Sahan Adeesha 21, Janith Liyanage 3/54, Eshan Malinga 2/97) vs Ragama CC; Group B Navy SC 129 (Supun Leelaratne 45, Adeesha Nanayakkara 16, Lasith Embuldeniya 3/45, Sahan Arachchige 3/23, Ashian Daniel 2/14).NCC 130/3 (Kavin Bandara 23, Lahiru Udara 17, Sahan Arachchige n.o. 18, Devinda Ayesh 1/25);.Group B Saracens SC 232/7 (Sithara Gimhan 82, Milinda Siriwardena n.o. 36, Navindu Vithanage 34, Pramod Maduwantha 19, Nipun Karunanayake 16, Lahiru Gamage 2/38, Anuk Fernando 2/39, Chalana de Silva 2/72) vs Badureliya SC; Group A Kalutara TC 210 (Dineth Munasinghe 30, Yasith Rupasinghe 25, Ishan Abeysekera 23, Chathura Peiris 18, Tharindu Ratnayake 6/78) Sebastianites C&AC 102/3 (Vimud Sapnaka n.o. 31, Lohan de Zoysa 28, Saurabh Dubey 17, Manelker De Silva n.o. 12, Tharindu Siriwardene 1/8, Ishan Abeysekera 1/4); Group A Moors SC 336/5 (Pasindu Sooriyabandara n.o. 123, Sahan de Livera 70, Kavindu Kulasekera 39, Ramesh Mendis 33, Pabasara Waduge 38, Nisala Tharaka 2/65, Prabath Jayasuriya 2/85) vs SSC; Group B Tamil Union 348/7 (Ravindu Fernando 105, Ron Chandraguptha 70, Dilum Sadeera n.o. 50, Navod Paranavithana 46, Sadeera Samarawickrama 23, Kamesh Nirmal 40, Upul Indrasiri 3/101, Chanura Fernando 2/79) vs Negombo CC; Group B Army SC 133 (Lakshan Edirisinghe 18, Mahesh Kumara 21, Shehan Fernando 12, Nimasara Atharagalla 2/33, Rohan Jayatissa 2/43) And 46/3 (Thulina Dilshan 30, Wanuja Sahan 3/10) Ace Capital CC 82 (Pramud Hettiwatte 28, Oshada Fernando 22, Mohammed Rizlan 14, Kaumal Nanayakkara 6/33, Hashan Sandeepa 3/30); Group A Colts CC 315/8 (Dhananjaya Lakshan 78, Hashan Dumindu 75, Avishka Perera 53, Dunith Wellalage 34, Nalin Priyadharshana 4/108, Supun Madushanka 2/60) vs Police SC
