16 wickets for 15-year old

Karandeniya Central College beat Revatha Central College Balapitiya by 98 runs in their first round match of the 'Singer Trophy' Under 19 inter school cricket tournament at Karandeniya yesterday as Dilum Sudeera an under-15 boy scored two half centuries and took 16 wickets.

Karandeniya Central: 111 (Dilum Sudeera 52, Tharindu Lakshan 5/29, Mohammed Ishrath 2/19) and194/6 (Pasindu Nisal 24, Gihan Madhusara 32, Dilum Sudeera 58, Upendra Irosha 47, Ramesh Madhushanka 2/18, Mohammed Ishrath 2/57)

Revatha: 117 (Ishan Chathuranga 19, Kasun Kumara 20, Tharindu Lakshan 20, Sandun Piyumal 2/27, Dilum Sudeera 7/27) and 90 (Ashan Chathuranga 44, Dilum Sudeera 9/23)

Peterites crush De Mazenod

St. Peter's College beat De Mazenod College by an innings and 25 runs in their first round match of the 'Singer Trophy' Under 19 inter school cricket tournament at Kandana yesterday.

De Mazenod: 114 (Akash Senaratne 49, Sangeeth Deshan 33, Taneesha Weerakoon 6/31, Sadesh Pathiranage 2/15) and 45 (Irosh de Silva15, Vinu Mohotti 4/15, Ashanth Malka 4/22, Sadish Pathirana 2/6)

St. Peter's: 184 (Hashan Wanasekara 96, Rukshan Fernando 3/58, Akash Senaratne 4/42, Avishka Indrajith2/59)

Zahira clobber President's boys

Zahira College Colombo beat President's College Kotte by an innings and 115 runs in their first round match of the 'Singer Trophy' Under 19 inter school cricket tournament at Zahira ground Maradana yesterday.

Zahira: 366/9 (Sajith Sameera 143, Mohammed Anaf 90, Iroshan Lakruwan 23, Ramzan Rafaideen 23, Chamoda Seneviratne 3/38, Nethmina Kodippili 3/84, Dilshan Kooragamage 2/81)

President's: 86 (Navod Kalansooriya 23, Ishan Samsudeen 5/31,Sajith Sameera 2/8) and 165 (Hiruna Sigera 47, Sajith Sameera 5/67, Ishan Samsudeen 3/51)

Royal's Panditharatne and Embuldeniya excel

Geeshanth Panditharatne skipper of Royal College scored an unbeaten 150 against St. Sebastian's College in their first round match of the 'Singer Trophy' Under 19 inter school cricket tournament at Moratuwa yesterday as his team won on first innings.

Lasith Embuldeniya of Royal took 10 wickets in the match.

St. Sebastian's: 253 (Tharusha Fernando 66, Sandaruwan Fernando 43, Praveen Perera 40, Avishka Fernando 35, Mishane Silva 28, Praveen Jayawickrema 20 n.o., Lasith Embuldeniya 7/106, Charuka Hathurusinghe 2/90) and 91/3 (Avishka Fernando 65, Lasith Embuldeniya 3/42)

Royal: 371/9 (Geeshanth Panditharatne 150 n.o., Thiran Dhanapala 115, Helitha Vithanage 23, Naveen Vidanapathirana 21, Ronuka Jayawardena 20, Tharusha Fernando 2/57, Nimesh Bandara 2/88, Praveen Jayawickrema 2/93)

Trinity on first innings

Trinity College beat Wesley College on first innings in their first round match of the 'Singer Trophy' Under 19 inter school cricket tournament at Campbell Park in Colombo yesterday.

Trinity:188 (Nushan Weerasinghe 62, Dilan Jayalath 41, Raveen Sayer 25, Andrew Parais 6/67, Helitha Bambarenda 2/44) and160/6 (Shavindu Amarasinghe 62 n.o., Nushan Weerasinghe 38, Ravin Sayer 32 n.o.,Yomesh Ranasinghe 2/55)

Wesley: 179 (Shamod Athulathmudali 31, Zenith Wickremasinghe 30, Andrew Parais 26, Duvindu Tillekaratne 5/30, Lahiru Kumara 4/41) and 85/5 (Thilina Perera 34, Jason de Silva 26, Duvindu Tillekeratne 3/34) -YK