Panadura Royal amass season’s best total

Chris Dhambarage

Royal College Panadura produced a tremendous batting performance to pile up a season highest 418 for 4 wickets in their first innings on the opening day of their inter school under 19 cricket tournament match against Kingswood College Kandy which commenced at Panadura yesterday.

Charith Rusiranga and Kavindu Perera both completed unbeaten centuries and figured in an unfinished fifth wicket partnership of 201 runs. Rusiranga hoisted one six and struck 22 boundaries while Perera had one six and 15 boundaries.

Royal Panadura: 418 for 4 decl (D. Ashan 73, R. Dimitri 67, C. Rusiranga 125 n. o, K. Perera 100 n. o, L. Madushan 2 for 83)

Kingswood: 65 for 4 (R. Tharindra 2 for 18)

Kalutara MV fight back

Kalutara MV after been dismissed for 231 runs hit back strongly to reduce D. S. Senanayake College to 150 for 5 in their first innings on the opening day of their inter school under 19 cricket tournament match which began at Kalutara yesterday.

Kalutara MV: 231 (L. Sangeeth 23, H. James 31, D. Weerasuriya 70, R. Hiranjan 27, H. Perera 3 for 27, U. Perera 2 for 28, B. Fernando 2 for 39)

D. S. Senanayake: 150 for 5 (S. Silva 31, S. Ceyril 26, A. Weerasinghe 47 n. o, D. Manatunga 2 for 21, S. Chamara 2 for 25)

Royal well set

Royal College were well set to pull off an outright victory after having reduced De Mazenod College Kandana to 59 for 9 in their first innings on the opening day of their inter school under 19 cricket tournament match which began at Reid Avenue yesterday.

Royal: 265 for 9 decl (H. Ramanayake 80, V. Dissanayake 69, H. Kumarasiri 51, B. Silva 4 for 74)

De Mazenod: 59 for 9 (I. Khan 3 for 12, A. Kudahetty 3 for 12, D. Padmanadan 2 for 7)

Sachith 6 for 67

Off spinner Sachith Dias captured six wickets for 67 to help Thurstan College dismiss Zahira College for 205 runs in their first innings on the opening day of their inter school under 19 cricket tournament match which began at Maradana yesterday.

Zahira: 205 (S. Jainuddeen 50, I. Mohamed 43, S. Ahmed 32, I. Raffi 37, A. Bohoran 20, S. Dias 6 for 67, R. Perera 2 for 47)

Thurstan: 112 for 4 (H. Dias 49, S. Navaratne 42, A. Sinnem 2 for 9, I. Mohamed 2 for 28)

Lumbini on top

Left arm spinner Prabath Jayasuriya returned excellent figures of six wickets for 26 as Lumbini MV bowled out S. Thomas’ College Matale for 89 runs in their first innings on the opening day of their inter school under 19 cricket tournament match which commenced at the Colts ground in Havelock Park yesterday.

S Thomas’: 89 (S. Wijetunga 32, P. Jayasuriya 6 for 26, P. Wasantha 4 for 37) and 9 for no loss

Lumbini MV: 174 (A. Isuru 45, H. Madushanka 41, D. Iddamalgoda 21, N. Kennedy 4 for 36, M. Rasik 2 for 19)

Devans total 263

Dharmapala MV Pannipitiya were well placed at 119 for 3 in reply to Maliyadeva’s first innings total of 263 runs on the opening day of their inter school under 19 cricket tournament match which began at Kurunegala yesterday.

Maliyadeva: 263 (R. Jayaratne 70, S. Silva 52, D. Manishka 67, H. Prabath 23, H. Nirmal 3 for 123, R. Gamage 4 for 33)

Dharmapala MV: 119 for 3 (G. Hondamunige 25, H. Nirmal 20, T. Liyanage 67)