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Colts - innings win

Colts Cricket Club beat CCC by an innings and 85 runs in the Premier League final round match yesterday at the Saravanamuttu Stadium. Dilip Liyanage had a match bag of 9 for 59 for Colts.

CCC 146 in 51 overs and 58 in 18.2 overs (Prasanna Jayawardena 13, Dilip Liyanage 5 for 22, Eric Upashantha 3 for 36).

Colts overnight 183/5 - all out 289 in 67.3 overs (Shantha Kalavitigoda 27, Romesh Kaluwitharana 51, Dilip Samaraweera 70 not out, Jeewantha Kulatunga 20, M. Pushpakumara 41, Eric Upashantha 21, Tharindu Mendis 3 for 40, Nisitha Rupasinghe 5 for 85).

Sabreen's century saves day for Josephians

Though the game was drawn, with Royal obtaining an easy first innings win, the day belonged to Josephian No. 9 batsman Joel Sabreen who thumped a quick fire 101 in only 117 balls with 16 boundaries and three sixes in the second innings total of 345. The Joes made only 74 in their first innings with Royal replying with 177, in their schools cricket match at Darley Road yesterday.

Sabreen did well with the ball too, capturing 4 for 48. Royal's skipper and seamer Ganganath Ratnayake too did well with the ball having a match bag of 12 for 132 (7 for 22 and 5 for 110).

The Joes were 198 for 8 at one stage but Sabreen and Shiraz Illyaz (36) made 40 runs for the ninth wicket while Sabreen and Costa (not out 14) put on 107 runs for the 10th wicket.

St. Joseph's: 74 (Ganganath Ratnayake 7 for 22, Waruna Wijewardene 2 for 18) and 345 (Shermon Gunawardene 34, Tharindu Ariyawansa 24, Hashan Gunatilleke 24, Chandana Aravinda 24, Thivanka de S. Wijeratna 16, Gehan Perera 34, Joel Sabreen 101, Shiraz Illyaz 36, Costa not out 14, Ganganath Ratnayake 5 for 110, Pasindu Chamikara 3 for 50).

Royal: 177 (Arul Prakash 49, Sahan Perera 45, Chaminda Vidanapathirana 36, Pasindu Chamikara 23, Joel Sabreen 4 for 48, Ramesh Perera 4 for 71) and 55 for 1 at close (Surein Mendis 20, Pasindu Chamikara not out 10, Rochana Wijeratne not out 23).

Rahula in 7-wkt win over Ananda 'A'

Rahula College, Matara beat Ananda 'A' by 7 wickets in their inter-school cricket match for Lemonade Trophy at Matara yesterday.

Two bowlers M. M. M. Suraj with 8 for 118 and M. Kandage 6 for 74 bowled well for Rahula to bring them victory.

Ananda 'A' 177 in 62 overs (T. Dissanayake 42, M. Samararatne 36, M. M. M. Suraj 4 for 61, M. Kandage 4 for 37) and 120 in 41.2 overs (T. Botejue 51, M. M. M. Suraj 4 for 57, M. Kandage 2 for 37).

Rahula 235 in 62 overs (T. Kariyawasam 71, V. Rajapakse 44, M. Sanjeewa 44, M. Somaratne 5 for 77) and 63 for 3 wkts in 13 overs (M. M. M. Suraj 29 not out, M. Sanjeewa 20 not out).

St. Peter's - 1st innings lead over Ananda

St. Peter's College obtained first innings points from their inter-school encounter with Ananda College, Colombo when they bundled them out for 157 runs and thus enjoyed a healthy lead of 61 runs over their opponents in the Lemonade Trophy cricket match at Ananda Mawatha yesterday.

Ananda continuing from their overnight 56 for 3 were bowled out for 157. St. Peter's in reply did not fare much better with two Anandians capturing five wickets each in the Peterite second innings.

The Peterites finally folded up for 146 with L. Senaratne and Y. Wickramage bowling tantalising spells to capture five for 35 and 5 for 45 respectively.

St. Peter's 218 all out (Jehan Jayasuriya 36, G. de Silva 65, S. Mendis 33, Y. Wickremage 2 for 59, R. Wimaladharma 2/20) and 146 all out. (Denver Faux 24, J. Jayasuriya 27, P. Jansz 30, G. de Silva 20, A. Herath 17, L. Senaratne 5/35, Y. Wickremage 5/45).

Ananda 56/3 overnight 157 all out in 84.4 overs (D. Kularatne 18, T. Kumarasinghe 34, D. Danthanarayana 26, A. Ranasinghe 25).

Bens on top in low-scoring draw

Remarkable bowling performances from both right-arm medium pacemen Amila Sudesh who claimed 4 for 3 and fresher Shehan Dhammika 4 for 18 enabled St. Benedict's to pull off a close 16-run first innings win over St. Anthony's, Katugastota in their inter-school cricket match played at Kotahena yesterday.

Bens dismissed for a low 111 on Friday saw Antonians struggle for 38 for 4 in reply. Yesterday they were bundled out for mere 95 despite two useful knocks from Nuwan Rathnayake 26 and Mohamed Rikaz 25 and valuable 50 runs stand for the sixth wicket. With the dismissal of both Nuwan and Mohamed at 88 the Antonians last four wickets just fell for 7 runs.

Amila returned the figures of 6 overs, 4 maidens, 3 runs for 1 wicket.

St. Benedict's in their second turn made 157 for 6 at close.

St. Benedict's: 111 and 157 for 6 (L. Hettiarachchi 40, A. Sudesh 27, S. Sudath 23, A. Anadappa 22 n.o., J. A. Priyantha 17, A. Ariyaratna 4 for 59).

St. Anthony's: 38 for 4 overnight all out 95. (N. Rathnayake 26, M. Rikaz 25, S. Dhammika 4 for 18, A. Sudesh 4 for 3).

Cambrian Amila Sadaruwan 115 in drawn game against S. Thomas'

S. Thomas', having to make 88 runs in 13 overs for an outright victory, ended up with 61 for 6 and had to be content with first innings points in their Lemonade Trophy inter-school cricket encounter against Prince of Wales at Mt. Lavinia yesterday.

S. Thomas', continuing from their overnight score of 174 for 5 in reply to Prince of Wales meagre first innings score of 86 runs, went on to make 232 for 6 declared, with Kaushal Silva being unbeaten on 74.

Off-spinner Budhika Dananjiya bowled well to take three wickets for the Cambrians.

Prince of Wales made amends for their poor batting display in the first innings by rattling an impressive 233 runs. This was mainly due to two fine knocks by Amila Sadaruwan and Budhika Dananjiya. Sadaruwan was enterprising enough to make 115 which was studded with 15 fours and 3 sixes whilst Dananjiya had 6 fours and one six in his 61.

Paceman Tharindu Fernando claimed four wickets for S. Thomas'. With the fielders manning the boundary line, the fours drying up, the Thomians failed to make the 88 in 13 overs to be 61 for 6.

Prince of Wales 86 and 233 (A. Sadaruwan 115, B. Dananjiya 61, I. Galapathi 22, T. Fernando 4 for 26, V. Balasubramaniam 4 for 82).

S. Thomas' 174 for 5 contd 232 (K. Silva 74 n.o., P. Rodrigo 19 n.o., P. Peiris 10, B. Dananjiya 3 for 30) and 61 for 6 (S. Mendis 12, D. Gunewardene 10, P. Peiris 10, D. Warusavitharne 10, S. Wijeratne 4 for 21 and B. Dananjiya 2 for 26).

Sebastianites heads for innings win

Sebastianites are heading for an easy innings win today against Kandy CC in their Premier League Plate cricket match at Katunayake. Sebastianites made 334 with Hasantha Fernando top scoring with 107 while the Sebastianites who were bundled out for 101 were 138 for 5 in their second turn.

Sebastianites: 334 (Hasantha Fernando 107, Dinusha Fernando not out 76, Sanjeewa Fernando 43, G. Randiligama 35, Nalin Wijesinghe 33, Thanuja 4 for 93, N. Mohamed 3 for 32, Indika Suresh 2 for 78).

Kandy CC: 101 (C. Wickremanayake 26, M. M. Rameez 23, T. Bandara 14, Nimesh Perera 4 for 17, Hasantha Fernando 4 for 24, Marlon Peiris 2 for 18) and 138 for 5 at close (Suresh Peiris 58, C. Wickremanayake 31, Nimesh Perera 3 for 48, L. Fernando 2 for 39).

Clifford Fernando's unbeaten century helps Trinity

Clifford Fernando scored a fine 105 not out inclusive of 11 fours in the second innings helped Trinity College to force a draw in their Elephant Lemonade Cup cricket tournament match concluded at the Asgiriya Stadium yesterday.

But Vidyartha College took the major honours in the match as they dismissed the Trinitians for just 63 which was their lowest ever against Vidyartha. Vidyartha spinners Sujith Perera and Buddhi Chandrasiri took match bags of 7 for 83 and 7 for 61 respectively. They could have won this match if not for some poor fielding which saw around five chances going abegging in Trinity's second innings.

Trinitians facing a deficit of 156 to avoid an innings defeat were anchored to safety by Clifford Fernando who stood like Horatius guarding the bridge and thereby preventing Vidyartha from scoring their maiden win over Trinity.

Trinity College: 63 and 181 for 6 in 309 mts. 89 overs (S. Jayasinghe 37, Clifford Fernando 105 not out, B. U. K. Chandrasiri 3 for 44, S. Perera 2 for 61).

Vidyartha College: 219 for 8 declared in 70.1 overs, 297 mts. (P. Indrajith 18, Sujith Perera 67, Harsha Nanayakkara 51, D. Wekadapola 19, J. Dharmasena 17 not out, M. Muneer 3 for 52, K. Chandrapala 2 for 33, C. Fernando 2 for 48).

Aravinda de Silva 154

Veteran Sri Lankan batsman, Aravinda de Silva tuned up to his recall to the national pool with a timely century (154) against Tamil Union in their Premier League division-I cricket match played at the CCC grounds yesterday.

De Silva's knock containing 21 boundaries in NCC's total of 340 enhanced his stakes for the forthcoming tour of Sharjah. Tamil Union were 165 for 5 wickets at the close.

NCC 232 for 6 wkts (overnight) 340 all out (Aravinda de Silva 154, Naweed Nawaz 52, G. Wijekoon 3/46, P. Wickramasinghe 3/62, U. Chandana 3/108).

Tamil Union 165/5 (Nuwan Shiroman 58, Gayan Wijekoon 30, U. Chandana 21).

BRC made 219 in reply to Bloomfield's 274 in their Premier League Division-I match played at SSC grounds yesterday.

Bloomfield 274 and 61/2 at close (Sanjaya Rodrigo 27 n.o., T. M. Dilshan 15 n.o.).

BRC 28/0 overnight, 219 all out (Damitha Hunukumbura 60, Chamara Soysa 37, Chinthaka Jayasinghe 23, Sanjeewa Weerakoon 17 n.o., Tharanga Lakshitha 3/59, Shanuka Dissanayake 5/37).

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