Rahula qualifies for round two

Priyan DE SILVA -Matara Sports Corespondent

Rahula College Matara qualified for the second round of the under 17 division one cricket tournament. Rahula playing in group 'K' of the tournament won four games and lost two. The four wins were against St Servatius Matara, Mahinda College Galle, St Thomas' College Matara and Debarawewa National School. They lost to Richmond and Devapathiraja. Piushan Kulathunga leads the Rahula college under 17 team this year. He has Harsha Rajapaksha as his deputy. Rahula is coached by Rohana Ariyathilaka. Rahula's performance in the first round is as follows Vs St Servatius College Matara - won by 70 runs

Rahula 186/7 in 50 overs - Sahan Madukalpa 51, Dakshina Trishan 38, Lochana Mohotti 3/43,

St Servatius 116 in 38.2 overs - Pinith de Silva 27, Pasindu Bandaranayaka 3/22,

Sahan Madukalpa 3/25

Vs Richmond College Galle - lost by 46 runs

Richmond 198/9 in 48 overs - P H C Piumal 39, A K V Tyron 32, S R Samarasingha 25, A K T Bhanuka 21 not out, Rukshan Perera 4/46, Piushan Kulathunga 2/30, S M Hendawitharana 2/32,

Rahula 149 in 43.5 overs - Harsha Rajapaksha 53, Piushan Kulathunga 43, N T H R K Shehara 4/39, G S R Nanayakkara 3/18 Vs Mahinda College Galle - won by 153 runs

Rahula 262/9 in 50 overs - Harsha Rajapaksha 108, Sahan Madukalpa 43, Piushan Kulathunga 38, Rukshan Gunawardena 20, U Indrajith 2/19,B A Gimhana 2/39

Mahinda 109 in 27 overs - B A Gimhana 28, Pasindu Bandaranayaka 4/15, Sahan Madukalpa 2/25

Vs Devapathiraja Rathgama - lost by 7 wickets

Rahula 128/9 in 48 overs - Sahan Madukalpa 39, Nimesh Thilanga 24 not out,

Dilshan Kanchana 3/36, Udesh Madhusanka 2/13,

Devapathiraja 132/3 in 39.2 overs - Avishka Gimhana 57 not out, Ramindu Nikeshala 20 not out, Rukshan Perera 1/17 Vs St Thomas' College Matara - won by 15 runs on parabola formula

St Thomas' 160 in 31.4 overs - Nevindu Udesh 45, Heshan Hasanka 32, Rusiru Akshaya 24, Nimantha Kaweeshwara 24, Sahan Madukalpa 3/15, Piushan Kulathunga 3/42

Rahula 146/5 in 29.3 overs (rain) - Sahan Madukalpa 40, Kalana Hasanga 32, Harsha Rajapaksha 25, Vidath Jayanidu 3/38

Vs Debarawewa National School - won by 43 runs

Rahula 194 in 49.2 overs - Piushan Kulathunga 36, Rukshan Gunawardena 33, Harsha Rajapaksha 29, Dakshina Trishan 27, Dulash Udayanga 3/31,Saheera Prasad 3/51, S H S Madushan 2/14 Debarawewa NS 151 in 41.2 overs - S Mihiran 41, Rukshan Perera 4/28, Piushan Kulathunga 2/25

Picture by Priyan de Silva - Matara Sports Corespondent

The Rahula College team Front row from left- Pramod Dilshan, Kalana Hasanga, Ureshaka Hirushan, Nimesh Thilanga, Rukshan Perera, Dulan Jayawardena Back row from left - Harsha Rajapaksha (vice captain), Piushan Kulathunga (captain), Dakshina Sugeeshwara, Hasan Eranga, Sahan Madukalpa, Pasindu Bandaranayaka, Rukshan Guinawardena, Sandeepa Dilshan, Chanuka Damsara and Rohana Ariyathilaka (coach)