School Cricket

'Sebs' records fourth win

by Chris DHAMBARAGE and Dilwin MENDIS- Moratuwa Sports Corr.

St. Sebastians College, Moratuwa recorded their fourth outright victory for the season when they beat Isipathana Vidyalaya by four wickets in their inter school under 19 cricket match played at Colombo.

Isipathana resuming at 60 for 2 on day two were all out for 195 runs leaving the visitors a target of 185 runs for an outright victory and Sebs notched up the required score for the loss of six wickets.

Highlight of the Sebs secnd innings was a first wicket partnership of 117 runs between Oshada Fernando 59 and Deshan Dias 67.

Earlier Irfan Rahim 43 and Thivanka Ranasinghe 47 excelled for Isipathana in batting and Amila Aponso bagged 4 for 41 for the Sebs.

Chief Scores

Isipathana - 96 and 195 - Irfan Rahim 43, Thivanka Ranasinghe 47, Dimithri Perera 33, Amila Aponso 4/41, Anuk de Alwis 3/29.

Sebs - 107 and 185/6 - Oshada Fernando 59, Deshan Dias 67, Anushka Samaratunge 2/83, Samitha Sulochana 2/40.

Ananda on first innings

Ananda College, Colombo gained an easy first innings win over Prince of Wales' College, Moratuwa in their under 19 inter-school cricket match played for "Anuruddha Polonnowita Challenge Trophy".

Anandians who beat Cambrians last year retained the trophy this year too.

Resuming at 17 for 1 Cambrians were 130 for 5 at lunch on day two but rest of the wickets tumbled for six runs. Sachitra Perera bagged 5 for 53 for the homesters.

Cambrian Nipun Peiris returned with fine figures of 7 for 78. Ananda's first innings and Sithum Fernando top scored with 46 runs.

In their second essay at stumps Anandians were 172 for 4 with Madumal Jayarathne scoring 81 runs.

Ananda College: 219 for 9 dec: (Ishan Wimaladarma 34, Udesh Nadiranga 40, Madumal Jayarathne 33, Pasindu Madushan 21, Vinura Janadhi 36, Nipun Peiris 7/78, Buddhika de Alwis 2/47) and 172/4 (Madumal Jayarathne 81, Ishan Wimaladarma 29, Sachin Devage 25, Vinura Janadhi 22 n.o., B. de Alwis 2 for 49).

Prince of Wales: 136 (Sithum Fernando 46, Nipun Peiris 23, Pasindu Madushan 4/26, Sathitra Perera 5/53).

Trinity win over Maris Stella

A face saving ninth wicket stand of 91 between, last year skipper and under 19 national youth cricketer Rushan Jaleel (69) and tail-ender Chinthaka Gokula (35) helped Trinity College to squeeze through to a 3 run first innings win over Maris Stella College, Negombo in their school cricket tournament concluded at the Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy.

Rushan Jaleel had 7 fours and a six in his 83 ball knock. Chinthaka Gokula who took 7 for 60 faced 49 deliveries and hit 2 fours and a six.

Trinitians resuming at their overnight score of 12 for no loss in reply to Maris Stella's total of 260 were in dire straits in the pre-lunch session with the scoreboard reading 68 for 5 at one stage and later it became 133 for 7 wickets and their chances of overhauling their opponents total looked slim at this stage that the two saviours who are essentially bowlers Rushan Jaleel and Chinthaka Gokula came together and saved them with a productive partnership of 91 which would have been more if the latter had not ran himself out.

Maris Stella: 260 all out and 155 for 2 wickets in 39 overs (Vishwa Kanchuka 26, Shanuka de Silva 36, Angelo Jayasinghe 59 not out, Malinda Samarasekera 17 not out, Rushan Jaleel 2 for 42).

Trinity College: 263 all out in 66.2 overs (Shameera Wijesuriya 27, Kavinda Jayasuriya 18, Dinuk Wickremanayake 33, Mohamed Sajid 28, Suresh Wickrema 12, Rushan Jaleel 68, Chinthaka Gokula 35, Shanuka de Silva 2 for 41, Madheesha 2 for 33, Viswa Kanchuka 2 for 11, Sathira Dilipa 2 for 48).

St. Benadict's enforce draw

A fighting seventh wicket stand of 127 runs between Sandun Sampath (71) and Dilushan Wanigasuriya (77) helped St. Benedict's College force a draw to their 89th annual inter school under 19 cricket tournament match which concluded at Kotahena yesterday.

St. Joseph's: 300 for 8 decl and 135 (S. Samarawickrema 36, E. Ratnayake 3 for 76, D. Perera 7 for 28).

St. Benedict's: 265 (N. Fonseka 34, S. Sampath 71, D. Wanigasuriya 77, D. Dhambarage 2 for 70, C. Kumara 2 for 77, R. Thatil 5 for 64).

Denham strokes a ton

Elegant middle order batsman Denham Perera hit a fighting century to help St. Peter's College force a draw to their annual inter school under 19 cricket tournament match against Royal College which concluded at Reid Avenue yesterday.

The Peterites who were trailing by a massive 183 runs on the first innings produced an improved batting performance in their second attempt scoring 271 for 8 with Denham Perera stroking 111 inclusive of one six and a dozen of boundaries.

St. Peter's: 155 and 271 for 8 (D. Perera 111, A. Emmanuel 99, M. Thantrigoda 5 for 98, R. Rambukwella 2 for 66).

Royal: 338 for 3 decl (R. Rambukwella 103, I. Liyanage 122, M. Rajaratne 67 n.o, C. Rajaratne 25 n.o, A. Emmanuel 2 for 97).

Mahanama stun S. Thomas'

Mahanama College put up a stunning performance to take first innings honours over S. Thomas' College Mount Lavinia in their inter school under 19 cricket tournament match which ended in a draw at Moratuwa yesterday.

S. Thomas': 171 and 92 for 2 (K. Perera 40, P. Wijewardena 24 n.o)

Mahanama MV: 311 for 9 decl (L. Weerakoon 65, H. Perera 44, D. Tissakuttige 49, R. Welikannage 74, I. Kumara 51 n.o, C. Pathirana 4 for 86, L. Peiris 2 for 38).

Thurstan take honours

Thurstan College took major honours in their inter school under 19 cricket tournament match against Mahinda College Galle which concluded at the Thurstan ground yesterday.

Thurstan: 124 and 243 for 6 (S. Navaratne 60, H. Dias 36, J. Siyabalapitiya 57, T. Madurapperuma 43 n.o., P. Arthavindu 23 n.o, D. Buddhika 2 for 58).

Mahinda: 100 (N. Tharaka 27, H. Kumuditha 19, S. Wijesinghe 4 for 12, S. Dias 2 for 18, P. Arthavindu 2 for 13).

DSS trounce Kalutara MV

D.S. Senanayake College trounced Kalutara MV outright by a massive margin of 187 runs in their inter school under 19 cricket tournament match which concluded at Wijerama Mawatha yesterday.

D. S. Senanayake: 198 and 180 for 4 decl (C. Wickremasinghe 65, C. Satharasnghe 54 n.o).

Kalutara MV: 111 (I. Buddhika 46, S. Priyan 20, M. Gunasinghe 5 for 19, M. Ijaz 2 for 21) and 80 (M. Gunasinghe 3 for 16, M. Ijaz 2 for 17, M. Haresh 2 for 15).

Dharmaraja-Nalanda ends in draw

The inter-school cricket match between Dharmaraja College, Kandy and Nalanda College, Colombo ended in a draw in their inter school under 19 cricket tournament match at Nalanda College ground yesterday. Superb two half centuries from Sanjaya Kalubowila (70) and Prathap De Silva (56) helped Dharmaraja College to 201 for 8 in their second innings on the second day.

Nalanda batsman Nipun Karunanayake scored 900 runs in the current season.

Dharmaraja: 158 in 55 overs (Ramesh Bandara 21, Prathap de Silva 33, Sasanka Nakkawita 30, Rahula Ekanayake 23, Sineth Gunawardena 3 for 30, Koshan Dhanushka 2 for 13, Gayan Maduwantha 2 for 8) and 201 for 8 dec. (Sanjaya Kalubowila 70, Prathap De Silva 56, Rahula Ekanayake 29, Koshan Dhanushka 2 for 34, Nipun Karunanayake 3 for 64, Dinuk Jayasinghe 2 for 30).

Nalanda: 195 (Gayan Maduwantha 27, Nipun Karunanayake 33, Sineth Gunawardena 26, Suranga Thennakoon 29, Hemal Munaweera 3 for 22, Ramesh Bandara 3 for 52, Rahula Ekanayake 2 for 32) and 50 for 2, Nipun Karunanayake 43 n.o.).

Dulanjana shine in drawn game

A sparkling knock of 122 n.o. by Dulanjana Wijesinghe was the highlight batsman of their inter school under 19 cricket tournament match against Zahira College which began at Zahira College ground.

Superb Bowling by Sachith Jayawardane (5 for 24), Mohomed Ishan (3 for 30) and Dulanjana Wijesinghe (2 for 63) guided Wesely College team to an outright win over Zahira College, Colombo.

Wesley College: 217 (Dulanjana Wijesinghe 83, Ashen Kariyawasam 40, Sachin Jayawardena 36, Imbra Raffe 4 for 31, Sameer Ahamand 2 for 23, Ishard Umar 2 for 55) and 199 for 4 dec. (Dulanjana Wijesinghe 122 n.o, Ashen Fonseka 44).

Zahira College: 129 (Mohomed Ishan 34, M. Shadeer 25, Mohamed Zihan 18, Dulanjana Wijesinghe 3 for 32, Bashith Mushaweer 2 for 35, Ranindha Suriyakumara 2 for 10). 184 (Mohomed Ishan 63, M. Islam 48, Sachith Jayawardane 5 for 24, Dulanjana Wijesinghe 2 for 63).