Fine double by Bens skipper Jason
by Ranjan ANANDAPPA
Benedictine skipper Jason Perera gave a fine all round display when
he struck a fluent 53 and had a match bag of 7 for 52 in their drawn
school cricket encounter at Mount-Lavinia yesterday.
The Bens batting first were restricted to 136 as Madushan
Ravichandrakumar and Dilum Fernando shared six wickets among themselves.
The Thomians in reply were marginally better totalling 148 mainly
through Chamod Pathirana who was unbeaten on 25 overnight and struck a
fine 91. Sachin Peiris (5 for 44) and Jason Perera (4 for 42) had the
impressive bowling figures for the Bens.
Wesley hold Joes to a draw
At Darley Road: The school cricket match between St. Joseph's
and Wesley ended in a draw after a rain affected first day.
St. Joseph's: (131 for 7 overnight) 248 in 82.2 overs (S.
Samarawickrema 53, Vidusha Jayasinghe 24, Supekshala Jayatileka 50 n.o.,
Yashan Samarasinghe 56, J. Caderamanpulle 2 for 18, Ashail Kariyawasam 3
for 72, Sachin Jaywardena 2 for 33).
Wesley: 197 (Lahiru Perera 19, Nadheem Thawfeeq 18, Migara
Wickremasinghe 58, Sahi Jayawardena 43, J. Caderamanpulle 22, Priyamal
Perera 3 for 35, Supekshala Jayatileka 5 for 47).
SPC-Ananda - a stalemate
At. Bambalapitya: St. Peter's drew with Ananda
St. Peter's: 196 (Lahiru Milantha 53, Shehan Fernando 42,
Tiran Wijesuriya 4 for 40) and 139 for 3 in 34 overs declared (Shasheen
Fernando 52, Shehan Fernando 5 Ishan Bandaranayake 2 for 18).
Ananda: (1 for no loss overnight) 147 in 36.1 over (Ushan
Gunatileka 67, D. Madushan 21, Ranitha Liyanarachchi 4 for 45, Ali Khan
2 for 26, Julien de Silva 2 for 34) and 76 for 4 in 23 overs. (I.
Wimaladharma 21, Pasindu Madushan 22 n.o, R. Liyanarachchi 2 for 26, Ali
Khan 2 for 22).
Royal-Nalanda drawn
At Reid Avenue: The Royal-Nalanda match ended in a draw with
both days play being affected by rain
Nalanda: (80 for 4 overnight) 177 in 57.4 overs. (K. Danushka
24, I. Rangana 25, L. Jayakody 71, Pramud Hettiarachchi 19, Chamuka
Karunaratne 2 for 44, Anura Tlekeratne 3 for 33).
Royal: 212 for 6 in 41 overs (Imal Liyanage 63, Heshan
Kumarasiri 24, Milan Abeysekera 30, Malinda Vimukthi 2 for 28). |
