Ifran guides Isipathana to maidenwin

Right hand batsman Ifran Ismail’s unbeaten knock of 65 inclusive of five boundaries and two sixes skyrocketed Isipathana to a six wicket win over Lumbini MV in their Under 20 inter-school cricket encounter concluded at the BRC grounds yesterday. Isipathana set a challenging target of 137 in just 17 overs achieved it in the last ball of the match with the winning hit coming off the bat of from Ismail. Earlier in the day Isipathana cut their path to victory by resuming from their overnight score of 101 for 3 and reached 203 for 6 in reply to Lumbini’s score of 128 before making a declaration after one hour of batting with Amira Rabel making an unbeaten 67.

Rain prevented play for some time in the first session of play after lunch with Lumbini MV on 110 for 4.

But when play resumed Isipathana spearheaded by right arm off spinner Chameera Waduge who ended with top figures of 5 for 79 they made some headway. Stiff resistance came in the form of half tons from Chathuranga Prabath and Mohamed Aslam but Lumbini made a bold declaration with the score on 210 for 9 leaving Isipathana a target 137 at the rate of eight runs an over for victory.

Lumbini 128 (Mohamed Aslam 44, Saranga Mayushan 23; Chameera Waduge 5 for 41, Thivanka Ranasinghe 4 for 25) and 210 for 9 declared (Chathuranga Prabath 56, Mohamed Aslam 56, S, Mayushan 37; Chameera Waduge 5 for 79, Vimukthi Deshapriya 3 for 65)

Isipathana (101/3 o’night) 203 for 6 declared (Chirantha de Silva 44, Irfan Ismail 21, Sheral Senaratne 18, Thivanka Ranasinghe 18, Lilan Fernando 16, Amira Rabel 67 n.o.; Mohamed Aslam 3 for 43) and 139 for 4 (Chirantha de Silva 32, Amila de Silva 25, Ifran Ismail 65 n.o.)

Eshan leads Maris Stella’s fight back
Eshan Aponso led Maris Stella Negombo’s fight back with a knock of 61 to hold President’s Rajagiriya to a draw in their Under 20 inter-school cricket encounter concluded at Negombo yesterday.

President’s Rajagiriya 335 (Sanath Silva 117, Sagara Upuldeniya 107, Neomal Deheragoda 22, Chamath Silva 20, Dasun Perera 17, Isuru Somatileke 15 n.o.; Channa Fernando 4 for 85, Vimukthi Dassanayake 2 for 57) and 44 for 4 (Sagara Upuldeniya 25 n.o.; Vimukthi Dassanayake 2 for 5)

Maris Stella (5/0 o’night) 259 (Eshan Aponso 61, Channa Fernando 30, Yohan Samaratunga 28, Angelo Jayasinghe 26, Shanuka de Silva 20, Ashen de Silva 16, Dananjaya Kumarasinghe 15, Vimukthi Dassanayake 28 n.o.; Sonier Perera 5 for 61, Rajitha Chathuranga 4 for 58)

Tame draw at Mt Lavinia
The Under 20 inter-school cricket match between S. Thomas’ and St Benedict’s concluded at Mt Lavinia yesterday ended in a tame draw.

S. Thomas’ 192 for 7 declared (Fahim Saleem 58, Ruchira de Silva 38, Ashan Fernando 25, Thilina Nugawela 38 n.o.; Suren Silva 3 for 43, Amila Perera 2 for 38)

St Benedict’s 69 (Sangaran Nandalal 21; Naveed Ghany 4 for 14, Ruchira de Silva 3 for 22, Milan Fernando 2 for 7) and 89 for 2 (Varuna Fernando 48, Chanaka Wijewardena 38 n.o.)

Dimuthu and Harin stars in drawn game
Rain prevented play after tea on the second day in the inter-school cricket match between St Joseph’s and Wesley played at Darley Road. The highlight of the match was an unbeaten 129 by Dimuth Karunaratne and twin half tons by Harin Silva. Wesley set a target of 200 for victory was unable to face a ball due to heavy rain.

St Joseph’s 199 for 2 declared (Harin Silva 51, Dimuthu Karunaratne 129 n.o.) and 162 for 3 declared (Nirmal Rajapakse 54, Harin Silva 61 n.o., Sameera Weerasinghe 39 n.o.)

Wesley (113/4 o’night) 162 (Ishan Jayaratne 46, Ashen Fonseka 32; Dinal Dambarage 4 for 78, Treshan Rajasooriya 2 for 20, Sameera Weerasinghe 2 for 31)

Rain stops play
The inter-school cricket encounter between St Sebastian’s and St Peter’s played at Moratuwa was called off at 2.30 p.m. due to heavy rain. Play was not possible after the dismissal of St Peter’s for 182.

St Sebastian’s 196 (Janitha Jayawardena 77, Pradeep Dilshan 51; Shanaka Fernando 4 for 53, Vinod Perera 3 for 48)

St Peter’s 182 (Suranga Rodrigo 58, Shanaka Fernando 35, Nilochana Perera 42 n.o.; Sumal Ferdinando 3 for 24, Ayeshan Perera 3 for 25, Sanjaya Fernando 3 for 39)

Match called off
In another inter-school match between DSS and Prince of Wales played at Wijerama Mawatha was called off due to bad weather. DSS were on 80 for no loss in their second essay with Lahiru Weragala unbeaten on 47.

DSS 164 (Charith Jayampathi 49, Lahiru Weragala 30, Nadun Pathirana 29; Lahiru Thirimanne 4 for 31, Chamesh Fernando 2 for 26) and 80 for no loss (Lahiru Weragala 47 n.o., Harendra Udugamvithana 30 n.o.)

Prince of Wales (47/3 o’night) 131 (Sashan Silva 51, Marlon Fernando 24; Nadeesha Jayakody 3 for 16, Malinda Marasinghe 3 for 30, Charith Jayampathi 2 for 36)

Chanaka 88 n.o.
An unbeaten 88 inclusive of 16 boundaries by Chanaka Hemachandra was the highlight of the second day’s play in the drawn inter-school match between Moratu MV and Asoka MV played at Moratuwa.

Moratu MV 203 (Malinga Bandara 46, Mahesh Kumara 31, Rajitha Madushanka 29; Chanaka Hemachandra 3 for 24, Lahiru Gomes 2 for 32, Vindika Chandrasiri 2 for 45)

Asoka MV (33/0 o’night) 259 for 4 (Janith Thilangasiri 54, Chathuranga Aloysius 31, Prameetha Dananjaya 27, Vindika Chandrasiri 27, Chanaka Hemachandra 88 n.o.; A. Priyadharshana 3 for 65)

Dharmapala 243, Sri J’pura MMV 24/1
Sri Jayawradenapura MMV were 24 for 1 in reply to Dharmapala’s score of 243 in their Under 20 inter-school encounter which began at Pannipitiya yesterday.

Dharmapala 243 (Hasitha Nirmal 51, Hasitha Wickramasinghe 41, Nipun Pavithra 30, Praneeth Ratnayake 28, Dilrukshan Jayasundara 28; S. Jayawickrama 4 for 67, K. Ilukkwatte 2 for 15, K. Diluka 2 for 65)