Joes rout Wesley for seasons fourth victory

by Chris DHAMBARAGE

CRICKET: St. Joseph's College cruised to a morale boosting ten wicket outright victory over Wesley College with a session to spare in their annual inter school under 19 cricket tournament match which concluded at Darley Road yesterday.

Their success which was in fact the fourth outright win for the current season had a great amount of significance considering the fact that they last defeated the Wesleyites way back in 1994 at this same venue under the captaincy of Peter Harmer.

Wesley College were skittled out for a paltry 103 runs in their second innings with Supechala Jayatilleke, Dinal Fonseka and skipper Dinal Dhambarage causing most of the damage.

Earlier the Joes went on to take a first innings lead of 85 runs with all rounder Rosco Thatill contributing a useful knock of 43 runs. This win will also give St. Joseph's College a great amount of confidence ahead of their 113th annual encounter against Royal College which will be worked off this weekend at Reid Avenue.

Wesley: 112 and 103 (D. Wijesinghe 38, D. Dhambarage 2 for 29, S. Jayatilleke 3 for 22, D. Fonseka 3 for 24).

St. Joseph's: 197 (H. Perera 23, C. Kumara 23, R. Thatill 43, B. Muzammil 5 for 55, R. Suriyakumara 3 for 66, D. Wijesinghe 2 for 40) and 20 for no loss.

Imraz double helps Zahia win

Opener Imraz Lafir hammered a splendid 142 and took a matchbag of seven wickets as Zahira College trounced St. Anne's College Kurunegala outright by an innings and 25 runs in their inter school under 19 cricket tournament match concluded at Maradana yesterday.

St. Anne's: 175 (Y. Francis 68, K. Dabare 33, I. Lafir 4 for 28, I. Mohamed 4 for 52) and 80 (I. Lafir 3 for 16, I. Mohamed 3 for 24, I. Ibunu 3 for 23).

Zahira: 280 (I. Lafir 142, S. Shadir 64, I. Mohamed 22, R. Wijesinghe 5 for 54).

Royal a magnificent fight back

Royal College fought back magnificently in their second innings to force a draw to their annual inter-school under-19 cricket tournament match against Nalanda College which concluded at Campbell Place yesterday.

Royal who were trailing by 154 runs on the first innings batted with more determination and finished the day at an impressive 258 for 7 wickets.

Middle order batsman Rambukwella led their recovery while completing twin fifties followed by two other half centuries from Devasurendra (83) and Rajaratne (60).

Earlier Nalanda went on to pile up a huge 353 runs in their first innings with the overnight pair of skipper Dinuka Jayasinghe and Adeesha Nanayakkara extending their fourth wicket partnership to 154.

Nanayakkara missed out a century by just eight runs having hoisted three sixes and half a dozen of boundaries while Jayasinghe struck a superb 87 with the help of five sixes and six boundaries.

Royal: 199 and 258 for 7 (C. Devasurendra 83, R. Rambukwella 50, M. Rajaratne 25, C. Rajaratne 60, A. Nanayakkara 2 for 18, D. Jayasinghe 4 for 88).

Nalanda: 353 (P. Wickremasinghe 35, T. Vidanapathirana 28, A. Nanayakkara 92, D. Jayasinghe 87, S. Tennekoon 35 n.o, I. Khan 3 for 55, M. Thanthirigoda 3 for 81, G. Rajakaruna 3 for 92).

Shehan cracks ton for Petes

Opener Shehan Fernando hammered a magnificent 123 as St. Peter's College took first innings honours over Ananda College in their annual inter school under 19 cricket tournament match which ended in a draw at Bambalapitiya yesterday.

Fernando also figured in a century opening stand along with his partner Jason Buultjens as the Peterites went on to make 265 for 9 in reply to their opponent's total of 246.

Ananda: 246 and 108 for 3 (S. Devage 37 n.o, M. Jayaratne 27 n.o, T. Fernando 2 for 10).

St. Peter's: 265 for 9 decl (S. Fernando 123, J. Buultjens 31, D. Perera 34, N. Perera 21, R. Shermen 2 for 44, M. Rasuwan 3 for 97, K. Athulathmudali 2 for 30).

St. Bens a fine performance

St. Benedict's College put up a fine performance to take major honours in their annual inter school under 19 cricket tournament fixture against S. Thomas' College which ended in a draw at Mount Lavinia yesterday.

St. Benedict's: 237 and 126 for 6 decl.

S. Thomas': 160 and 70 for 2.