sport in brief

St. John's force a draw

Two good half centuries from S. Gayan (66) and D. Indeevara (67) helped St. John's College force a draw to their 18th annual inter school Big Match against the traditional rivals Ananda Sastralaya Kotte and concluded at the P. Saravanamuttu Stadium yesterday.

Ananda Sastralaya: 207 and 159 for 6 (H. Madushanka 45, D. Karunatunga 42, T. Karunathunga 32, A. Madushanka 27, S. David 3 for 39).

St. John's: 205 (S. Gayan 66, D. Indeevara 67, K. Paranathala 2 for 21, A. Madushanka 4 for 43, S. Bathiya 3 for 46).

Sri Lanka hold Maldives to a draw

Leslie FERNANDO

The Sri Lanka-Maldives friendly football encounter ended in a one-all draw at the Sugathadasa Stadium last night. Mohamed Rahumy scored the goal for Sri Lanka while for Maldives M.A. Yaseen scored the equaliser. At half-time scores stood at one-all.

There was no scoring in the second-half despite both teams playing an aggressive game of football.

This encounter was a warm-up game for both teams as they were preparing to play in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Challenge Cup qualifier to be played on April 4, at Sugathadasa Stadium.

St. Servatius win easily

A.W. Gunawardhana - Matara Central Corr.

CRICKET: The ninth one-day encounter between St. Thomas' and St. Servatius', Matara as a part of the celebration to mark 109th Battle of the Blues held on the Uyanwatta Stadium, Matara ended in a grand victory for St. Servatius.

St. Thomas': 104 all out in 49.4 overs (J.W. De Silva 18, H.W.D. Jayasanka 28, U.H. Ashan 3 for 20, Lahiru Kokila 3 for 7).

St. Servatius 105 for three wickets in 32.1 overs (A. Dilanka 30, N. Madusanka 22, Chathura Jayasiri 22, Ekanayaka 1 for 23, N.R. Ranaweera 1 for 30).

Rajans-Kingswood limited over match postponed

S.M. Jiffrey ABDEEN Kandy Sports Corr.

CRICKET: The sudden postponement of the Limited Over clash between Dharmaraja College and Kingswood College for the Winston Hoole Trophy which was to be played at the Asgiriya Stadium yesterday has raised many eye brows among the cricket enthusiasts in the hill capital.It cannot be the weather as it has been bright and sunny for the last two days.

There were a few minor incidents involving the spectators during the big match.

Did the authorities fear that it will surface again during the limited over clash forcing them to postpone this match indefinetly.

It is unlikely that this match will be played this term.

Lyceum, Wattala under 13 cricket champions

CRICKET: Lyceum International School, Wattala emerged winners of the Inter. International Schools under 13 cricket tournament when they beat Colombo International School by 8 wickets in the final played recently at the Wattala grounds. The tournament was organised by Lyceum International School, Nugegoda.

Colombo International School: 112 in 33.3 overs (Deeraj Danasingham 24, Roshane Perera 23, Thushara Dharmadasa 23; Thilanka de Zoysa 2 for 6, Sanjeew Kumaraswamy 2 for 31, Daham Dias 2 for 36, Adhith Warma 2 for 14).

Lyceum International School: 115 for 2 wkts in 20.1 overs (Mohamed Rahil 59 not out, Chelaka Mallawaarachchi 38; Roshen Perera 1 for 12, Deshen Perera 1 for 27).

Special Awards

Lyceum Challenge Trophy for winners: Lyceum International School, Wattala.

Best Batsman (Series): Chelaka Mallawaarachchi of Lyceum, Wattala

Best Fielder: Chelaka Mallawaarachchi of Lyceum, Wattala.

Best Player of Final: Mohamed Rahil of Lyceum, Wattala.