

Premier League Cricket
Round-4 begins with NCC in lead
The fourth round of this season’s main 1st Class domestic cricket tournament, the Premier League (Tier ‘A’), began on Friday (23) at six venues in Colombo and Panadura. NCC are in lead after the first three rounds of this three-day competition.
At Panadura:
Saracens SC (won the toss) 200 all out in 44.2 ovs (Geeth Alwis 65; Alankara Silva 4-38, Niroshan Bandaratilleke 3-47)
Badureliya SC 160 for 6 wkts in 43 ovs (Dilshan Vitharana 53, Hemantha Wickramaratne 53)
At Bloomfield:
SL Army SC 251 all out in 84.1 ovs (Damith Indika 65 n.o.; Suraj Randiv 4-78)
Bloomfield (toss) 11 for 2 wkts in 2.2 ovs
At CCC:
CCC (toss) 167 all out in 49.2 ovs (Dinuka Hettiarachchi 3-26)
Chilaw Marians SC 127 for 3 wkts in 35.4 ovs
At Colts:
Colts CC 170 all out in 45.4 ovs (Kosela Kulasekara 4-52, Akalanka Ganegama 3-44)
NCC (toss) 142 for 3 wkts in 30 ovs
At NCC:
Ragama CC 332 for 9 wkts in 90 ovs (Lahiru Thirimanne 107 in 183 balls – 4x13 – 6x1, Indika de Saram 98; Muthumudalige Pushpakumara 5-71 in 22 ovs) vs Tamil Union (toss)
At SSC:
SSC 377 for 6 wkts in 90 ovs (Hans Fernando 103 in 110 balls – 4x14, Tharanga Paranavitana 78, Thilina Kandamby 76 n.o., Kaushal Silva 75).