Thikshila de Silva rattles CCC

BOTTOM of the table Chilaw Marians CC had CCC in a bit of bother, capturing four wickets for 62 runs by the close of the first day after they had been dismissed for 185 in their Major Club 3-day League match played at the Colts grounds yesterday.

- BY SA'ADI THAWFEEQ

All-round seamer Thikshila de Silva caused the CCC slump picking up the wickets of Nishan Madushka, Lasith Croospulle and Pavan Rathnayake to end the day with figures of 3/30. Earlier Sri Lanka Test fast bowler Asitha Fernando ran through the Chilaw Marians CC batting taking 4/31 with only Tharindu Amarasinghe (47) and Kasun Vidura (46) offering any resistance. CCC trailed Chilaw Marians CC by 123 runs with six first innings wickets in hand.