St. Sylvester’s outplay Dharmaraja

Dharmaraja College, Kandy slipped to another defeat and this time at the hands of St. Sylvester’s College, Kandy who beat them by six wickets in their schools under 17 Division one cricket tournament match played at Lake View Grounds, Kandy yesterday.

The main contributory factor to Rajans defeat was their batting as they put up a weak kneed display and taking first strike were reeling at 47 for 7 which became later 88 for 9 before their tail pushed them pass the three figure mark.

Sylvestrian medium pacer Harsha Madhushan though turning out to be expensive towards the end took 5 for 40, as the Rajans folded up for 119.

The Sylvestrians did not encounter much difficulty in reaching the winning post for the loss of four wickets.

Dharmaraja College 119 all out in 46.5 overs (Gihan Senaviratne 42, Harsha Madushan 5 for 40, Hansamal Perera 2 for 14)

St. Sylvester’s College 122 for 4 wickets in 31.4 overs (Pabasara Perera 17, Parakrama Tennakoon 37, Malith Prematilake 18 not out)

Exciting win for Sri Sumangala

Sri Sumangala College, Kandy scored an exciting 9 run win over St. Anne’s College, Kurunegala in their schools under 17 Division one cricket tournament match played at Central College, grounds, Galagedera yesterday.

Sri Sumangala College 199 all out in 46.5 overs (Uditha Bandara 18, Manoj Kumara 26, Chamal Ekanayake 14, Mithun Karunaratne 17, Harsha de Silva 37, D.T. Wijesinghe 5 for 26, S. de Ku- mara 2 for 59)

St. Anne’s College 190 all out in 36.4 overs (Kavindu Kotuwegedara 24, U.P. Massakkara 24, I.A. Herath 19, S.N. Kumarage 40, Bhawantha Karunasinghe 12, D.T. Wijesinghe 20, K.F. Dayananda 27, T.J. Konara 2 for 27, Manoj Chamara 2 for 46).

Seetha Devi holds Stamford High to a draw

Seetha Devi Girls College, Kandy held Stamford High School from Great Britain to a one all draw in their girls’ hockey match played at the Nandimitra Ekanayake International Astro Turf Hockey Stadium, Matale yesterday. At half time Seetha Devi stickers led 1-0.

It was the home team which scored first through centre forward and skipper Sapni Guruge. The visitors’ equalizer came in the second half through centre forward Charlie Spite.

D.R.B. Dissanayake and Sanath Jayasinghe umpired.