Joes retain Gilmour Jayasuriya Trophy

by Ranjan Anandappa

St. Joseph’s retained the Gilmour Jayasuriya Trophy when the school cricket encounter between S. Thomas’ ended in draw at Darley Road yesterday.

The Thomians were given a victory target of 224 runs in 44 overs and at the close they were 117 for 5 wickets. In reply to the Joes first innings total of 189 the Thomians were all out for 115.

The Joes spearheaded by an unbeaten 80 by Dylan Fernandopulle declared their innings at 149 for 4.

In the Thomian second innings Yannich Captain and Javed Bongso excelled with the bat.

St. Joseph’s 189 in 63.3 (Dylan Fernandopulle 29, Sadeera Samarawickrema 20, Priyamal Perera 23, Fabian Fernando 25, Aravinda Akurugoda 23 n.o, Ravindu Tillekeratne 6 for 37) and 149 for 4 declared (Dylan Fernandopulle 80 n.o, Y.Samarassinghe 28, Sadeera Samarawickrema 24, Ravindu Tillekeratne 2 for 32).

S.Thomas’ (68, for 6 overnight) 115 in 38.2 overs (Madushan Ravichandrakumar 59, Rajindu Rodrigo 3 for 40, Sachin Hewawasam 2 for 12) and 117 for 5 at close in 41 overs (Yannich Captain 20, Javed Bongso 38, Thilaksha Sumanasiri 26, Sachin Hewawasam 2 for 19, Muditha Weerasinghe 2 for 21).

Zahira pile up 300

Zahira batsmen fired from all cylinders to pile up 300 runs in their first innings against Revatha College, Balapitiya on the first day of their under-19 school cricket match played at Maradana.

Nicky Ahamed (77, 11 fours, four sixes, in 35 deliveries), Arshad Immudeen (67, ten fours), Salman Fazil 81 ten fours), were the main scorers.

Revatha in their first innings were shot out for 188 and following on were 4 for 1 at stumps).

Brief scores.

Zahira 300 in 51 overs (Nisky Ahamed 72, Arshad Immadeen 67, Salman Fazil 81, Deleepa Samarasekera 38, Dilshan de Soysa 5 for 61, Muthumal de Silva 3 for 72, Lakmal de Silva 2 for 35).

Revatha MV 188 in 42.5 overs (Lakmal de Silva 59, Dilshan de Soysa 34, Sasalanka Mendsi 20, Amitha Kaushalya 4 for 18, Arshad Immudeen 3 for 54, Wasim Sinnen 4 for 1) and following on 4 for 1).