| Sports |
|
Angelo takes Peterites to seventh heaven
Under 19 Cricket |
| By M. Shamil Amit |
 |
| Angelo Perera leads Peterites victory with an
unbeaten 155 |
It was double celebrations for St Peter’s after the conclusion of their Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter against Maris Stella at Bambalapitiya yesterday which ended in an innings and 109 runs for the home team.
The first was the unbeaten knock of 155 by skipper Angelo Perera in just 103 balls that included 17 boundaries and four sixes which also saw him reach the 1000 run mark for the season.
The second celebration being the win for the Petes was their seventh for the season. Perera’s 1000 runs came from 15 innings inclusive of a not out with a double ton, two tons and four half tons with a best knock of 239 against Nalanda.
Scores; Maris Stella 166 (Angelo Jayasinghe 48, Shanuka de Silva 43: Chathura Peiris 5 for 30, Nilochana Perera 3 for 34) and 93 (Ashen Silva 28 n.o.: Chathura Peiris 4 for 26, Vinod Perera 2 for 18, Angelo Perera 2 for 18).
St Peter’s (143/3 o’night) 368 for 8 declared (Andri Berenger 58, Shivanga Ranasuriya 32, Isuru Peiris 32, Denham Perera 21, Angelo Perera 155 n.o.: Vimukthi Dassanayake 3 for 93, Dushmantha Chameera 2 for 100).
Royal record their seventh victory
Royal recorded their seventh outright win for the season with a crushing innings and 13 runs win over Dharmaraja in their Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter concluded at Reid Avenue yesterday.
Royal’s bowlers laid the foundation for an early victory after they had made a formidable 255 and bundled out the Rajans for just 64. The Rajans resuming their second innings with a deficit of 191 runs were able to muster only 178.
Scores; Royal 255 (Kithruwan Withanage 86, Sahan Hettiarachchi 52, Kusal Perera 28, Chalaka Bogoda 22, Yasitha Abeykoon 18: Prasad Silva 6 for 80, R.Y. Bandara 2 for 53, Rahula Ekanayake 2 for 62).
Dharmaraja 64 (Buwaneka Ekanayake 31: Lakshan Landewela 3 for 18, Ramitha Rambukwella 2 for 4, Maneesha Tantrigoda 2 for 10, Yasitha Abeykoon 2 for 24) and 178 (Rahula Ekanayake 70, Buwaneka Ekanayake 31, Prasad Silva 25: Maneesha Tantrigoda 4 for 71, Lakshan Landewela 3 for 27).
Shameera steers Joes
St Joseph’s skipper Shameera Weerasinghe with an all round performance steered his side to their third win helping them crush S. Thomas’ by an innings and 26 runs in the match concluded at Darley Road.
Scores; St Joseph’s 248 (Shameera Weerasinghe 106, Rosco Thatil 39, Jahn Jayasinghe 26: Chamal Fonseka 4 for 84, Aldrin Kerner 3 for 22, Roshane de Silva 2 for 43)
S. Thomas’ (29/2 o’night) 105 (Chamod Pathirana 29, Chulaka Kumarasinghe 21, Sachintha Liyanaarchchi 17: Shameera Weerasinghe 6 for 28, Rosco Thatil 2 for 15) and 117 (H.A.T. Fernando 32, Faheem Saleem 21: Shameera Weerasinghe 7 for 26)
Zahira dominate
Zahira dominated the proceedings of their drawn match against President’s College Rajagiriya played at Maradana.
Scores; Zahira 274 (Ishan Ghouse 83, Mohamed Shihan 60, Mohamed Hilam 42, Ishan Ibunu 30, Shabir Shibly 15: Maduka Liyanapathirana 5 for 74, Sagara Vimukthi 2 for 19) and 130 (Mohamed Irshad 26, Imras Rafi 21, Ishan Ghouse 21, Mohamed Hilam 21 n.o.: Maduka Liyanapathirana 6 for 46, Sagara Vimukthi 3 for 31).
President’s Rajagiriya (129/3 o’night) 230 (Sagara Vimukthi 50, Chamath Silva 49, Chathura Wanniarachchi 43, Maduka Liyanapathirana 33, Kasun Perera 27: Ishan Ghouse 3 for 50, Mohamed Irshad 3 for 65, Mohamed Shadeer 2 for 30).
High scoring draw
By Aubrey Kuruppu
Hosts St. Anthony’s College Kandy was held to a draw by Ananda College
Scores; Ananda 283 for 8 declared. (G. Wimaladharma 22, D. Chandimal 55, S. Dewage 81, P. Seneviratne 24, M. Jayaratne 31, M.Perera 33 n.o. S. Palihakkara 3 for 56, K. Ekanayake 3 for 30 And 23 for 1 in 6 overs (D. Chandimal 18 n.o.)
St Anthony's 335 (D. Kumarasinghe 25, Y. Woods 72, J. Siegertsz 41, K. Ekanayake 30, A. Reyal 55, K.B. Ranaraja 54. S. Perera 4 for 58, R. Herath 3 for 58)
Pramitha steers Asoka MV
A well-crafted century by Pramitha Dhananjaya was the highlight of Asoka MV’s drawn game against Sri Rahula Katugastota at Mt Mary.
Scores; Sri Rahula 188. (A. Sampath 24, N. Wanasundera 35, A. Tillekeratne 30, R. Ranatunga 22, H. Madusanka 22. K. Dhananjaya 3 for 37, S. Madushan 3 for 55, S. Herath 4-for 8) and 189 for 6 in 76 overs. (A. Tillekeratne 26, C. Dikkumbura 49, S. Dissanaike 22, H. Madusanka 57 n.o. K. Dhananjaya 4 for 46, C. Hemachandra 2 for 12)
Asoka MV 250. (P. Dhananjaya 104, S. Madushan 31, S. Herath 39, R. de. Saram 18. A. Tillekeratne 5 for 70, S. Dissanaike 2 for 19).
|
|
| |
 |
| |
 E-mail |
| |
views[1] |
|
|
| |
|
|
