DSS 'B' reach Under-15 cricket pre-quarters

D.S. Senanayake College ‘B’ entered the pre-quarter finals of the on going Singer Inter Schools Under 15 Division II cricket tournament with four easy victories in the second round matches.

Winning all four matches in the second round was due to the fine team work combined with sheer determination. In the first match DSS beat Ranpokunugama Maha Vidyalaya, Nittambuwa by 7 wickets and in the second match the lads of DSS made an easy passage to beat Ananda Vidyalaya, Kotte by nine wickets with 35 overs to spare.

Playing St. Thomas’ Prep, Kollupitiya DSS had to fight hard to score 22 runs win and in the final match of the second round against St. Peter’s College the Senanayakians scored a six wickets win with 11.5 overs to spare. This fine all round side was ably led by Sonal Kulasekerage got the best out of the team which will be a side to reckon in the final rounds.

Skipper Kulasekerage and Chamath Yatawara were the main scorers with a half ton each wh i l e Ranidu Samarasinghe, Missaka Nadun along with Lahiru Samaranayake made good contributions with the bat and the bowling attack was spearheaded by right- arm leggie Lahiru Samaranayake gained good support from Gayathra Shehan, Kalana Jayawardene and Missaka Nadun.

Results at-a-glance:

DSS beat Ranpokunugama Maha Vidyalaya, Nittambuwa by 7 wickets

Ranpokunugama MV 91 in 38.3 ov e r s (Lahiru Samaranayake 3 for 18, Missaka Nadun 2 for 10, Gayathra Shehan 2 for 15); DSS ‘B’ 95 for 3 in 41 overs (Ranidu Samarasinghe 26, Lahiru Samaranayake 25n. o., Chamath Yatawara 19n.o.)

DSS b e at A n a n d a Vidyalaya, Kotte 9 wickets

Ananda Vidyalaya 96 in 41 overs (Vihanga Kapuarachchi 28, Lahiru Samaranayake 3 for 15, Gayathra Shehan 2 for 19); DSS 98 for 1 in 15 overs (Sonal Kulasekerage 51n. o., Kulindu Ransika 18n.o.)

S. Thomas’ Prep lost to DSS by 22 runs

DSS 217 in 48.2 overs (Chamath Yatawara 50, Lahiru Samaranayake 36, Missaka Nadun 33, Ranidu Samarasinghe 20, Ashan Gurusinghe 6 for 46); STC 195 in 47.4 overs (Nuwantha Abeygunawardene 53, Vinuja Ratnayake 46, Kalana Jayawardene 3 for 17, Missaka Nadun 2 for 33)

DSS beat St. Peter’s Bambalapitiya by 6 wickets

SPC 130 in 49 overs (Shehan Fer nando 41, Shashira Wanigabadu 4 for26, Missaka Nadun 3 for 19); DSS 131 for 4 in 38.1 ov e r s (Lahiru Samaranayake 37n. o., Ranidu Samarasinghe 18, Kulindu Ransika 17) – Lakshman Ranasinghe