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Ramesh Mendis scores unbeaten double ton

(UTV|COLOMBO) – Ramesh Mendis of Moors SC scored an unbeaten double century on the opening day of the SLC Major League Tier A Inter- Club Cricket Tournament yesterday. Mendis (24) struck 19 fours and 6 sixes in his innings of 205 scored off 207 balls against Negombo CC at Braybroke Place. Moors SC ended the day strongly placed at 509 for 6 wickets.

Sachitra Serasinghe (Moors SC), Minod Bhanuka (CCC), Lasith Abeyratne (CCC) and Gamindu Kanishka (Saracens CC) also scored hundreds. All matches will continued today on day two.

DAY ONE SCORES:

lAt Braybrooke Place: Moors SC: 509/6 (90) at close (Ramesh Mendis 205 n.o., Sachitra Serasinghe 149, Nimanda Madushanka 58 n.o., Charitha Kumarasinghe 51, Pabasara Waduge 21, Saad Nasim 3/155, Chanura Fernando 2/66) vs Negombo CC

lAt CCC: CCC: 430/6 (90) at close (Minod Bhanuka 114, Lasith Abeyratne 113 n.o., Ashan Priyanjan 90, Pawantha Weerasinghe 37, Wanindu Hasaranga 23, Malindu Maduranga 21, Charith Asalanka 2/42, Akash Senaratne 2/96) vs SSC

lAt P. Sara Oval: Saracens SC: 296/9 decl (84.5) (Gamindu Kanishka 129 n.o., Milinda Siriwardane 76, Chamikara Edirisinghe 28, Jeevan Mendis 4/68)

Tamil Union C & AC: 1/0 (1) at close.

lAt Dombagoda: Army CC: 279/3 (89) at close (Lakshan Edirisinghe 99, Dushan Vimukthi 82, Himasha Liyanage 40 n.o., Asela Gunaratne 39 n.o.) vs BRC

TIER B TOURNAMENT

Aeed Bin Nasir of Sri Lanka Ports Authority CC scored a hundred against Bloomfield while Dilanka Auwardt of Navy SC took 7 wickets for 133 runs against Police SC on the first day of the Tier B tournament yesterday. All matches will be continued today on day two.

DAY ONE SCORES:

*At BRC: Panadura SC: 177 (50) (Harsha Cooray 45, Vishwa Chathuranga 42, Dineth Karunarathne 28 n.o., Minhnaj Jaleel 22, Chirag Khurana 4/57, Sachira Perera 3/51)

Kandy Customs SC: 123/4 (34) at close (Chanaka Wijesinghe 41 n.o., Sasitha Manuranga 27, Hasitha Madushan 27 n.o., Azhar Attari 2/23)

*At Bloomfield: Sri Lanka Ports Authority CC: 363/4 (91) (Aeed Bin Nasir 121 n.o., Yohan De Silva 99, Ramesh Nimantha 72, Adeesha Nanayakkara 52) vs Bloomfield C & AC

*At Horana: Nugegoda S & WC: 56 (23) (M. Rashad 4/19, Rajinda Punchihewa 3/23, Eranga Rathnayake 2/0) and 92/3 (29) at close (Irosh Samarasooriya 29, Matheesha Perera 26 n.o., Ishan Abeysekara 2/41)

Kalutara TC: 160 (35.2) (Eranga Rathnayake 39, Sachin Dalpadado 23, Bhasith Ali 5/41, Matheesha Perera 3/60)

*At Welisara: Police SC: 357 (83.2) (Dulash Mihiran 81 n.o., Lakshan Rodrigo 69, Nisar Ahmad 57 n.o., Supun Madushanka 57, Maduranga Zoysa 36, Dilanka Auwardt 7/133) Navy SC: 11/2 (4) at close

*At Katunayake: Air Force SC: 317 (88.3) (Suminda Lakshan 99, Madhawa Nimesh 87, Ravindu Sembakuttige 67, Rishira Weerasuriya 32, Sameera Sadamal 2/8, Vinodh Perera 2/28, Lahiru Jayaratne 2/48, Shiwakumar Tyron 2/72) vs Kurunegala Youth CC

*At Galle: Galle CC: 264/6 (90) at close (Mansoor Amjad 80, Jacob Sachin 68 n.o., Kavindu Ediriweera 54, Nimesh Perera 31, Saman Kumara 3/64, Ranesh Perera 2/51) vs Sebastianites C & AC (DN)

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