Sachith takes 7/38

Chris Dhambarage

Left arm spinner Sachith Dias returned remarkable figures of seven wickets for 38 to help Thurstan College skittle out Maliyadeva College Kurunegela for 152 runs in their inter school under 19 cricket tournament match which commenced at the Thurstan ground yesterday.

Maliyadeva: 152 (D. Dassanayake 47, D. Dharmasiri 32, S. Dias 7 for 38, S. Perera 2 for 28)

Thurstan: 47 for 1 (S. Navaratne 28 n.o)

Shehan puts Petes in command

Dashing opener Shehan Fernando hammered a sparkling 87 to put St. Peter’s College in command on the opening day of their inter school under 19 cricket tournament match which commenced at Bambalapitiya yesterday.

Royal: 165 (I. Liyanage 72, M. Abeysekera 45, N. Perera 2 for 11, A. Khan 3 for 45, U. Galhena 3 for 32)

St. Peter’s: 202 for 4 (S. Fernando 87, L. Milantha 47 n.o, B. Rajapaksa 2 for 21)

DSS make good total

Three good half centuries from Shaveen Ceyril (79), Lasith Abeyratne (68) and Duleeka Brahmanage (52) helped D. S. Senanayake College reach an impressive 287 for 6 in their first innings on the opening day of their inter school under 19 cricket tournament match which commenced at Wijerama Mawatha yesterday.

D. S. Senanayake: 287 for 6 (S. Ceyril 79, L. Abeyratne 68, C. Wickremasinghe 26, D. Brahmanage 52, U. Perera 34 n.o, H. Perera 20, D. Vimukthi 4 for 130) v Royal Panadura

Young Sithara scores 93

Fourteen year old Sithara Gimhana hit a top score of 93 to help Richmond College Galle reach a healthy 212 runs in their first innings on the opening day of their inter school under 19 cricket tournament match against Nalanda College which commenced at Kadirana yesterday.

Richmond: 212 (S. Gimhana 93, Y. Lanka 45, K. Dhanushka 5 for 54)

Nalanda: 70 for 1 (C. Kumarasinghe 29, P. Wickremasinghe 32 n.o)

Pramod 7/55

Dharmapala MV were well placed at 143 for 3 in reply to Revata MMV’s first innings total of 141 runs on the opening day of their inter school under 19 cricket tournament match which commenced at Pannipitiya yesterday. C Pramod took seven wickets for 55.

Revata MMV: 141 (M. Infaz 55, K. de Silva 28, L. Gamage 2 for 35, C. Pramod 7 for 55)

Dharmapala MV: 143 for 3 (C. Mapatuna 45 n.o, I. Gunatilleke 60 n.o)

Zahira fights back

Zahira College fought back well in their second innings to force a draw to their inter school under 19 cricket tournament match against St. Anthony’s College Katugastota which concluded at Maradana yesterday.

Zahira: 207 (S. Jaunideen 65, I. Mohamed 31, M. Basith 32, A. Bohoran 20, I. Umar 21, A. Premaratne 6 for 84, K. Ranaraja 2 for 20) and 203 for 7 (I. Rafi 83, A. Bohoran 39, S. Jainudeen 20, S. Ahmed 20, I. Umar 20, I. Mohamed 21, A. Premaratne 4 for 61)

St. Anthony’s: 285 for 8 decl (S. Wickremasekera 104, K. Ranaraja 53, B. Herath 29, T. Jayasinghe 20, I. Rafi 2 for 60, I. Mohamed 3 for 64, W. Sinnen 2 for 76)

Trinity, POW a draw

Dilwin Mendis,
Moratuwa Sports Correspondent

Trinity College, Kandy with eight outright victories under their belt has to be satisfied with a first innings win over Prince of Wales’ College, Moratuwa in their inter-school Under-19 cricket match.

Cambrians taking the first lease were bowled out for 124 runs with Janishka Premasinghe claiming 5 for 39 and in reply Trinitians declared at 239 for 7 with Janishka Premasinghe excelled with the bat with 51 runs and two half centuries from Niroshan Dickwella 62 and Heshan Warnniarachchi 58 runs. Tarindu Dilshan was the pick of the bowlers for Cambrians with 5 for 103.

In their second essay Cambrians bounced back and but bad light stopped play at 4.50pm they, were 209 for 5 with Sri Lanka schools all rounder Shehan Jayasuriya scoring 93 runs.

Prince of Wales: 124 (Tarindu Dilshan 29, Janishka Premasinghe 5/39, Amila Anaz 2/14) and 209/5 (Shehan Jayasuriya 93, Ashen Mendis 25, Chamila Fernando 25).

Trinity: 239/7 decl (Niroshan Dickwella 62, Janishka Premasinghe 51, Heshan Wanniarachchi 58, Kavindu Jayasinghe 24, Tarindu Dilshan 5/103).

Sylvester’s make 200

S M Jiffrey Abdeen
Kandy Sports Corr

St Sylvester’s College scored 200 all out on the first day of their inter-school cricket match against Dharmaraja College which began at Lake View Ground, Kandy yesterday. The Rajans in reply had made 65 for 3. The match will be continued today at 9.3am.

St Sylvester’s: 200 all out in 72.3 overs (Menaka Nanayakkara 24, Ruwantha Ekanayake 40, Sumedha Dissanayake 19, Waruna Wijesinghe 12, Dineth Lanka 3 for 44, Sasanka Nakkawita 2 for 17).

Dharmaraja: 65 for 3 in 18 overs (Sandun Weerakkody 41 n.o).