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Ian Daniel, Sajeewa Weerakoon shine on opening day

SSC opener Ian Daniel’s superb 117 with 10 fours and leg spinner Sajeewa Weerakoon’s 7 for 68 highlighted the opening day of the Cricket Board’s Under 23 tournament matches yesterday.

• SSC vs Sebastianites at SSC Grounds

SSC 268 (Ian Daniel 117, Upeka Fernando 60, R. Galappatti 21, D. Fernando 3 for 53, S. de Silva 3 for 50, N. Perera 4 for 42) and Sebastianites 2 for no loss.

• BRC vs Chilaw Marians at Colts grounds

• Chilaw Marians 205 (Nimesh Perera 42, A. Perera 36, J. Gunaratne 33, P. Jayasundara 39 n.o., Sajeewa Weerakoon 7 for 68) and BRC 23 for 1.

• Tamil Union vs NCC at Sara Stadium.

• NCC 159, Kumar Sangakkara 48, A. Ganegama 32, D. Rupasinghe 35, C. Fernando 5 for 43, M. Maduwantha 3 for 54 and Tamil Union 17 for 1.

• Negombo CC vs Police at Katunayake.

• Negombo CC 179 for 2 at the close. (L. Fernando 20, A. Ratnasiri 85 n.o., Mevan Fernando 64 n.o.)

• Bloomfield vs Panadura at Reid Avenue.

Panadura SC 184 (Anjula Perera 50, S. Kusal 29, R. Wimalasena 27, Kelum Gangodawila 6 for 38) and Bloomfield 12 for 1.


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