Raheed steers Lyceum to easy win

An unbeaten knock of 118 by Raheed Ahmed and a half century by Ishan Seneviratne helped Lyceum Ratnapura record an easy 131-run win over Wycherley International School Colombo in their Under-15 Inter-international Schools Cricket Tournament first-round match played at the Panadura Esplanade yesterday.

At Panadura Esplanade (Lyceum Ratnapura won by 131 runs)

Lyceum Ratnapura: 257/3 in 29 overs (Ishan Senevirtane 52, Raheed Ahmed 118 n.o)

Wycherley: 126 in 25.2 overs (Abdulla Nowfel 44, Budwin Seneviratne 25 n.o, Prageeth Wijetunga 3/20, Kaveesha Jayamanna 2/12, Heshan Seneviratne 2/16).

At St. John’s Panadura (Colombo IS won by six wickets)

Regent Gampaha: 149/4 in 30 overs (S. Haritha 45, Sasitha Hasaral 37)

Colombo IS: 152/4 in 22.5 overs (Sarvesh Hasananthan 53, Mahith Ranagoda 43 n.o).

At St. John’s Panadura (British School Colombo won by 66 runs)

British School: 233/5 in 29.5 overs (Rahul Radesh 121, Pragyan Saikya 55, Aaron Perera 2/20)

OKI Wattala: 167 in 25.5 overs (Pradeev Muthulingham 44, Chirath Perera 26, Rajiv Navaratnam 3/11, Thishal Kahadawalaarchchi 2/22).

At Panadura Esplanade (Match tied)

Leeds Panadura: 202/7 in 30 overs (Minthaka Boteju 31, Kaveen Ruwanpura 53 n.o, Dilana Damsara 2/27, Hiruka Munasinghe 2/46)

Royal Institute Colombo: 202 in 30 overs (Senura Silva 29).