At the NCC grounds, in the P. Sara Trophy Segment 'A' match between NCC and Bloomfield the match is interestingly poised with NCC replying with 281 for 5 to Bloomfield's 364 in their first innings.
NCC were 24 for 1 overnight. NCC's left-hander Avishka Gunawardena played an adhesive innings engaging himself in two useful stands. He first added 88 for the fourth-wicket with opener Ruvin Pieris (85) after being unbeaten on 13 overnight and thereafter put on another 129 with Hashan Tillkeratne (71) for the 5th wicket.
Pieris had 11 fours in his innings while Gunawardnena's responsible innings contained 9 fours and faced 244 deliveries and Tillekeratna's 71 came off 119 balls with 11 fours.
Bloomfield 364.
NCC (24 for 1 overnight) - 281 for 5 wkts (Ruvin Pieris 85, Avishka Gunawardena 86 n.o, Hashan Tillekeratne 71, Ruwan Kalpage 2 for 90).