Zahirians have it easy

Fifteen-year-old leg spinner Irshad Umar captured five wickets for 23 to help Zahira College beat Sri Jayawardenapura MV by seven wickets in their inter school under 19 limited overs cricket tournament first round match worked off at Maradana yesterday.

Sri Jayawardenapura MV: 171 in 42 overs (C. Kariyawasam 62, I. Silva 36, M. Gomes 22, I. Umar 5 for 23, W. Sinnen 2 for 35).

Zahira: 175 for 3 in 15.5 overs (I. Mohamed 62 n.o, I. Raffi 50, A. Bohoran 42 n.o, P. Madushanka 2 for 33).

Superb double by Praboda

A fine all round performance from Praboda Arthavindu helped Thurstan College beat S. de S. Jayasinghe MMV by seven wickets in their inter school under 19 limited overs cricket tournament first round match worked off at Thurstan ground yesterday.

S. de S. Jayasinghe MMV: 154 in 46.4 overs (L. Chaturanga 35, S. Wijesinghe 3 for 31, P. Arthavindu 3 for 26, P. Lakmal 2 for 20).

Thurstan: 155 for 3 in 29.4 overs (Y. Kularatne 44, P. Arthavindu 43 n.o, T. Madurapperuma 20 n.o, S. Navaratne 20).