sports in brief

Easy for PWC

Moratuwa Sports corr.

Prince of Wales College, Moratuwa beat Mahinda College, Galle by 115 runs in their inter-school under 17 division one second round league tournament cricket match organised by SLSCA and played at Moratuwa. Cambrians batting first made 224 runs with Rajeev Perera top scoring with 69 runs.

PWC 224 (W. I. T. Madushan 26, Rajeev Perera 69, Sithum Fernando 38, R. M. T. Dilshan 35, W. C. de Silva 3 for 46, G. H. S. Lakmal 2 for 22, U. J. Ranasinghe 2 for 29).

Mahinda 109 (H. Kumuditha 41, Saviya 3 for 21, Hashan Fernando 2 for 23, Namindu Fernando 2 for 12).

Aloysians lose

Moratuwa Sports corr.

Prince of Wales’ College, Moratuwa bet St. Aloysious College, Galle by 67 runs in their under 17 division one inter-school second round cricket match organised by SLSCA and played at Moratuwa.

Cambrians batting first scored 239 runs with Sithum Fernando unbeaten on 83 runs M.A. Ashan bagged 5 for 49 for the visitors St. Alosious in reply were all out for 163 runs.

Chief scores

PWC - 239 (Isuru Thilana 30, Rajeev Perera 24, Sithum Fernando 83 N/O, R.M.J. Dilshan 21, Nipun Perera 22, M.A. Ashan 5/49, Chanaka Wijerathne 3/39).

St. Aloysious - 163 (G.A.K. Nirmala 20, Uden de Silva 30, S. Savia 3/27).

St. Sebastian’s in quarters

St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa spearheaded by a superb knock of 36 by Marval Fernando romped to one wicket win over the Ananda College, Kotte in their all Island Division II under 17 limited over cricket match played at Dharmapala College ground to enter the quarter finals of the tournament.

Ananda College, Kotte, batting first were bowled out for 149 in 45.5 overs with Ruwan Fernando claiming 5 for 38. St. Sebastian’s College replied with 150 for 9. Sebastianites will meet Royal College Colombo in their quarter final encounter today at the Moors grounds.

Ananda College 149 (Sameera Chathuranga 41, Tharindu Danushka 24, Ruwan Fernando 5 for 38).

Sebastian’s 150 for 9 (Marval Fernando 36, Aukanthab 2 for 36, Sameera Senarathne 3 for 28, Dasun Chathuranga 2 for 12, Ramith Nissanka 2 for 21). AW

Softlogic in 53 - 41 win

Sampath BANDARA

Softlogic beat Eagle Insurance by 53 points 41 in the Mercantile ‘E’ division League basketball match played at Otters Sports Club Basketball Courts. The tournament is being conducted by Mercantile Basketball Association and sponsored by Hatton National Bank. Softlogic BC was in the lead at half time by 19 points to 17.

Susil Ranatunga was the top scorer for the winning team with 23 points. R. de Silva scored 10 points for Eagle BC N. Pieris collected 10 points and S. Silva 17. Standard Chartered Bank beat John Keells by 64 points to 46 in the ‘D Division Mercantile League match played at the same venue.

Standard Chartered was in the lead at half time by 30 points to 26. S. Palliyaguru and A. Ratnayake scored 12 points each for Standard Chartered and O Hasim obtained 13 points for John Keells.

Swimming meet postponed

Upananda JAYASUNDERA Kandy sports special corre.

Sri Lanka Schools Aquatic Sports Association organised swimming competition which was scheduled for August 15-16, 2009 has been postponed to August 22-23, 2009 due to unavoidable circumstances. This will be held at the Sugathadasa Stadium swimming pool.

This will be a trial to select the Sri Lanka Schools team for the tri nation contest to be held in Bangalore in due course.

Mettananda to be felicitated

A felicitation ceremony has been organized by the former cricketers of Dharmasoka College to R.G. Mettananda, who was the teacher in-charge of Cricket at the college for period of 1977 to 2009 and a Deputy Principal who served the college for a period of 32 years and recently retired from service. The ceremony will take place at the Dream Beach Hotel, Ambalangoda at 6.30 p.m. tomorrow.

Sixes for TFAB Trophy

The Trade Finance Association for Bankers, with the aim of promoting fellowship and networking among the Banking community wishes to invite all bankers and their families to ‘Shalika Ground’ on Saturday August 15, 2009 for the annual cricket sixes played for TFAB Trophy.

Twenty two teams from Member Banks have confirmed their participation.

IAAF to decide five Jamaicans’ fate today

Athletics’ world ruling body the IAAF has said it will decide today the fate of five Jamaican sprinters who were recently cleared by Jamaican athletics chiefs after testing positive for a stimulant.

Jamaica boasts the world’s fastest man over 100m in Usain Bolt, but the entire team’s credibility was undermined last month following revelations that five sprinters set to compete at the August 15-23 world championships here tested positive for methylhexanamine.

The stimulant is not included on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) banned list, a factor which led to Jamaica’s Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) to clear the quintet from any wrongdoing. AFP