De Mazenod notch up fourth outright win

Chris DHAMBARAGE

De Mazenod College cruised to their fourth outright victory this season when they crushed St Aloysius College Galle by an innings and 33 runs in their inter-school under 19 cricket tournament match which concluded at Kandana yesterday.

De Mazenod: 254 (S Sanjaya 63, T Costa 44, S Anuruddhika 40, D Marlon 4 for 53)

St Aloysius: 141 (M. Madushan 21, M. Fernando 5 for 48, P. Kodituwakku 3 for 20) and 80 (A. Jayasuriya 5 for 15, M. Fernando 2 for 26, A. Kodituwakku 2 for 19)

Shehan shines

Stylish opener Shehan Fernando scored twin half centuries to help St. Peter’s College force a draw to their annual inter school under 19 cricket tournament match against S. Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia which concluded at Bambalapitiya yesterday.

St. Peter’s: 225 and 218 (S. Fernando 76, D. Perera 33, L. Milantha 37, L. Jayaratne 24, S. Perera 2 for 34, U. Fernando 3 for 36, N. Wickremasekera 2 for 50)

S. Thomas’: 226 (N. Karunaratne 44, S. Peiris 56, C. Pathirana 25, K. Perera 20, L. Jayaratne 3 for 53, J. de Zilwa 4 for 42)

Royal fight-back

Royal College fought back well in their second innings to force a draw to their inter school under 19 cricket tournament match against Isipatana College which concluded at Reid Avenue yesterday.

Royal: 152 and 236 for 5 decl (H. Kumarasiri 71 n.o, M. Abeysekera 51 n.o, R. Rambukwella 44, V. Dissanayake 44, B. Nibandana 3 for 54)

Isipatana: 198 (N. Sasanka 45, D. Warapitiya 32, H. Jayakumara 39 n.o, B. Jayawardena 3 for 21, R. Rambukwella 2 for 12, D. Padmanadana 2 for 38) and 118 for 5 (N. Sasanka 45, D. Warapitiya 42 n.o, D. Padmanadan 2 for 28)

Thurstan take honours

Spinners Rajith Perera and Sachith Dias captured five wickets each as Thurstan College took major honours over Maris Stella College Negombo in their inter school under 19 cricket tournament match which ended in a draw at Thurstan ground yesterday.

Maris Stella: 158 (D. Shanaka 72, V. Kanchuka 26, R. Perera 5 for 39, S. Dias 5 for 39) and 162

Thurstan: 196 (K. Silva 54 n.o, S. Navaratne 28, T. Madurapperuma 31, S. Dileena 5 for 53, D. Shanaka 2 for 19) and 125 for 5

Wesley excel

Wesley College took first innings honours over Zahira College in their inter school under 19 cricket tournament match which ended in a draw at Maradana yesterday.

Wesley: 219 (R. Sooriyakumara 44, A. Fonseka 34, S. Jayawardena 29, L. Perera 29, S. Thawfeeq 22, I. Raffi 3 for 32, I. Mohamed 3 for 38, P. Ananda 2 for 58) and 184 (A. Kariyawasam 46, J. Kadiramanpulle 40, S. Edirideera 40, I. Raffi 4 for 55, I. Mohamed 2 for 33, W. Sinnen 2 for 12)

Zahira: 167 (I. Raffi 39, D. Hilmy 20, C. Jainuddeen 20, I. Mohamed 20, A. Bohoran 20, R. Suriyakumara 5 for 36, S. Jayawardena 4 for 36).