No results in three school encounters
St. Sylvester’s College flattered to deceive and fell short of the Dharmaraja College total by 71 runs in their high-voltage clash which ended in a draw at Lake View in Kandy yesterday. Good knocks from the consistent Chandimal de Silva, Rameesh Ranasinghe and Jayapadma Tennakoon enabled the Rajans to pile up 268 runs. The Sylvestrian spinners Pabasara Perera, Nimesha Mendis and Sivakumar Tyron accounted for the bulk of wickets.
St. Anthony’s Katugastota failed to avert the follow-on by a mere run, but batted entertainingly second time round to stall any possibility of a S. Thomas’ win in their drawn match at Katugastota. Tall scores from Thilaksha Sumanasiri, Madushan Ravichandrakumar and Helakamal Nanayakkara propelled the Thomians to a speedy 299. At Lake View: Dharmaraja 268 all out in 74.4 overs (C. de Silva 72, R. Ranasinghe 55, J. Tennakoon 50, D. Lanka 36, P. Perera 3/42, N. Mendis 3/72, S. Tyron 2/42) and 234 for 6 wickets in 64 overs at close (D. Lanka 101n.o, T. Weragoda 58, P. Perera 2/24, S. Dissanaike 2/76)
St. Sylvester’s (66-2 overnight) 197 all out in 67.4 overs (M. Rifaz 33, A. Perera 59, I. Samarananda 36, H. Madushan 19, N. Mendis 14, V. Galahitiyawa 4/55, D. Lanka 2/56, T. Weragoda 3/16)
At Katugastota:
S. Thomas’ 299 for 8 wickets in 61.5 over declared (T. Sumanasiri 89, M. Ravichandrakuar 66, H. Nanayakkara 60n.o, Y. Captain 28, B. Wijetunga 2/61, K.Y. Bandara 2/34)
St. Anthony’s (91-1 overnight) 198 all out in 71.5 overs (M. Alfer 55, D. Panditharatne 33, D. Bandara 19, T. Sumanasiri 2/72, M. Ravichandrakumar 4/53, M. Gamage 3/17) and 236 for 5 wickets in 71 overs at close (N. Gunasinghe 55, M. Alfer 31, B. Wijetunga 49, K.Y. Bandara 51n.o, D. Bandara 34, M. Ravichandrakumar 2/88)
Match drawn at Galle
The Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter between Mahinda and Trinity played at Galle ended in a draw yesterday. The match was hampered by rain on both the days with the first days play being called off at 4.00 p.m.
Trinity 312 for 8 declared (Nushan Weerasinghe 122, Madawa Munaweera 42, Arjuna Jayasinghe 40, Ravin Sayer 27, Navin Ekanayake 31 n.o.: Thasith Jayasekera 2 for 66)
Mahinda (44/4 overnight) 178 (Dulash Udayanga 38, Tharuka Samarawickrama 23, Ishara Akalanka 22, N. Kulatunga 17, Pasindu Dilshan 36 n.o.: Charith Sudaharaka 5 for 63, Lakshan Jayasinghe 3 for 58) and 107 for 5 (Ishara Akalanka 27, Piyushan Kulatunga 24, Dulash Udayanga 17, Nilanka Laksiri 25: Lakshan Jayasinghe 4 for 22) - MSA