Sri Lanka: SSC slide towards another defeat (7 February 1999)
Defending champions SSC were sliding to another defeat at the hands of NCC today in their Premier Cricket Tournament game at Maitland Place
07-Feb-1999
7 February 1999
Sri Lanka: SSC slide towards another defeat
Lal Gunesekera
Defending champions SSC were sliding to another defeat at the hands
of NCC today in their Premier Cricket Tournament game at Maitland
Place. In reply to NCC's massive 443 for 9 declared, SSC, were 137
for 5 when bad light stopped play yesterday.
SSC lost to Moors SC in an earlier game.
NCC added 91 runs to their overnight score for the loss of five
wickets with Nawid Nawaz (83) and Ruwan Kalpage (50) putting on 85
runs for the fifth wicket. The former stroked eight boundaries and
two sixes in his knock, while the latter hit five boundaries and a
six in his half century.
Except for Hemantha Wickremaratne, the rest of the SSC batsmen
failed. He was unbeaten on 72 with 12 boundaries and so far has put
on 46 runs for the unbroken sixth wicket. Together with Sanjeewa
Ranatunga, Wickremaratne, made 62 runs for the fifth wicket.
Scores:
NCC 443 for 9 declared in 107.4 overs (Russel Arnold 122, Pradeep
Hewage 84, Nawid Nawaz 83, Ruwan Kalpage 50, Prasanna Jayawardene 30,
Suresh Perera (jnr) 3 for 160, Sanjeewa Ranatunga 4 for 51).
SSC 137 for 5 at close in 51 overs (Hemantha Wickremaratne not out
72, Sanjeewa Ranatunga 26, Ruwan Galappathi not out 16, Chinthaka
Jayasinghe 3 for 31).
Source :: Daily News (https://www.lanka.net)