Vimukthi, Dushantha bowls Maristonians to victory

Opening bowlers Vimukthi Dassanayake and Dushantha Chameera snapped up four wickets each to give Maris Stella College Negombo a stunning eight run victory over the more fancied Thurstan College team in their Munchee inter school knock out limited overs cricket tournament preliminary round match worked off at Kadirana yesterday.

Maris Stella: 125 in 48.5 overs (S. Jayasinghe 34, A. Silva 28, A. Ratnayake 27, P. Arthavindu 2 for 14, S. Kamaleen 2 for 15, C. Gamage 2 for 18)

Thurstan: 117 in 33 overs (S. Kamaleen 40, U. Munasinghe 28, V. Dassanayake 4 for 25, D. Chameera 4 for 38) C.D.

Joes trounce Mahanama

Skipper Shameera Weerasinghe returned excellent figures of three wickets for four runs and opener Hareen Silva struck an unbeaten half century as St. Joseph’s College trounced Mahanama MV by nine wickets in their Munchee inter school knock out limited overs cricket tournament first round match worked off at Darley Road yesterday.

Mahanama MV: 88 in 32.2 overs (R. Ruberu 19, S. Weerasinghe 3 for 4, C. Kumara 3 for 22)

St. Joseph’s: 91 for 1 in 12.2 overs (C.D).

DSS by 3 wkts

A fine all round performance from Charith Jayampathy (3 for 26 and 54) helped D. S. Senanayake College edge out Bandaranaike MV, Gampaha by three wickets in a close Munchee inter school knock out limited overs cricket tournament first round match worked off at Wijerama Mawatha yesterday.

Bandaranaike MV: 144 in 41.2 overs (T. Ratnasuriya 29, C. Jayampathy 3 for 26, N. Kavikara 2 for 27, M. Wickremasinghe 2 for 25)

D. S. Senanayake: 148 for 7 in 43 overs (N. Mudalige 26, C. Jayampathy 54, N. Kavikara 24, V. Dharmaratne 2 for 25, T. Jeewan 2 for 26) C.D.

Zahira beat St. Aloysius

Zahira College Maradana edged out St. Aloysius College Galle by two runs on a faster run rate in their rain hit Munchee inter school knock out limited overs cricket tournament match worked off at Rathgama yesterday.

St. Aloysius: 133 in 46.2 overs (M. Cooray 35, A. Ponnapperuma 31, M. I. Mohamed 5 for 20)

Zahira: 88 for 3 in 24.2 overs (I. Gouse 31 n.o)

Madhuka excellent figures of 8/60

Off spinner Madhuka Liyanapathirana returned outstanding figures of eight wickets for 60 to help President’s College dismiss Siri Piyaratne MV for a modest 162 runs in their first innings on the opening day of their inter school under 19 cricket tournament match which commenced at Padukka yesterday.

Siri Piyaratne MV: 162 (C. Tillekawardena 52, G. Udawatte 35, D. Pathum 26, M. Liyanapathirana 8 for 60, C. Vimukthi 2 for 47)

Presidents College: 364 for 9 (C. Gunasekera 117, C. Silva 56, S. Vimukthi 43, N. Geethanga 35, J. Priyasad 25, D. Perera 25, N. Priyadarshana 3 for 17)