Denham scores ton against Isipatana

Middle order batsman Denham Perera hit a splendid 103 to help St. Peter's College amass a massive 304 for 4 in their first innings on the opening day of their inter school under 19 cricket tournament match against Isipatana College which began at Bambalapitiya yesterday.

St. Peter's: 304 for 4 decl (D. Perera 103, S. Fernando 48, D.

Jayawardena 40, N. Perera 39 n.o, L. Jayaratne 31 n.o)

Isipatana: 29 for 2

Mahanama hit back

Mahanama College after been dismissed for 186 runs hit back strongly to reduce Richmond College Galle to 77 for 7 in their first innings on the opening day of their inter school under 19 cricket tournament match which commenced at Katunayake yesterday.

Mahanama: 186 (P. Devinda 43, D. Rusiru 35, C. Wanniarachchi 31, J. Dayananda 19, D. de Silva 5 for 34, T. Bhanuka 4 for 51)

Richmond: 77 for 7 (D. de Silva 20, C. Jayasinghe 3 for 21, C. Wanniarachchi 3 for 22)

Koshan 4 for 58

Spinner Koshan Danushka snapped up four wickets for 58 as Nalanda College dismissed Thurstan College for 208 runs in their first innings on the opening day of their inter school under 19 cricket tournament match which began at Thurstan ground yesterday.

Thurstan: 208 (H. Dias 38, T. Madurapperuma 28, M. Wedasinghe 35, A. Wanigaratne 37, K. Danushka 4 for 58, G. Medawatte 3 for 33)

Nalanda: 63 for 2 (V. Tharusurath 30, P. Arthavindu 2 for 23)

Lumbini vs POW evenly poised

Exchanges were even on the opening day of the inter school under 19 cricket tournament match between Lumbini and Prince of Wales College Moratuwa which began at the BRC ground in Havelock Park yesterday.

Lumbini MV: 139 (R. Sandaruwan 20, H. Madushanka 23, S. Jayasuriya 5 for 41, N. Fernando 3 for 30)

Prince of Wales: 138 for 8 (S. Jayasuriya 34, T. Dilshan 33, K. Mendis 20 n.o, M. Liyanapathirana 4 for 61, R. Sandaruwan 2 for 21, P. Sanjaya 2 for 27)

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