Drawn match at Kotahena

by Ranjan ANANDAPPA

In a match dominated by bowlers of either side the school cricket match between St. Benedict's and St. Anthony's Katugasthota ended in a draw at Kotahena yesterday.Yohan Soysa of St. Benedict's had a match bag of 10 for 61 while Anthonian Saranga Rajaguru took 6 for 38 in the Bens first innings.Chief score.

St. Benedict's: 100 (Praveen Gunawardena 31, Arjuna Perera 23, Saranga Rajaguru 6 for 38, P. Wijetunga (3 for 17,) and 156 .M. Madusanka 42, Dilan Angelo 27, Abdul Manas 26, Sachin Bulathsinhala 3 for 38).

St. Anthony's, Katugathota: 79 (K. Ranaraja 33, Yohan Soysa 7 for 15) and 138 for 8 at close (Viraj Deepal 64, Yohan Soysa 3 for 46, Chandana Jayasanka 2 for 23, Sachin Peiris 2 for 15).

Koshan match bag of 11 for 120

A fine spell of off spin by Nalanda's Koshan Danushka who had a match bag of 11 for 120 was the highlight of the drawn school cricket encounter between Nalanda and Dharmaraja played at the Army grounds Panagoda yesterday.Dharmaraja batting first were shot out for paltry 89 but did well to reach 200 for 8 in the second innings with S. Gunasekera top scoring with 52.Chief scores:

Dharmaraja: 89 and 200 for 8 at close (Viraj Karaputugala 23, Lochana Wijesiri 25, Deneth Lanka 32, S. Gunasekera 52, Chandimal de Silva 21, Nuwan Karunaratne 28 n.o, Koshan Danushka 4 for 81).

Nalanda: 166 for 7 overnight 175 (K.Danushka 50, W. Silva 30, P. Hettiawatte 44, G. Wickremarachchi 20 n.o, Aravinda Vithanachie 5 for 64, Lakshan de Silva 3 for 49, deneth Lanka 2 for 42)