Royal allrounder Haroon Mowjood who scored a half century against St. Peter’s in action at Bambalapitiya yesterday. (Pic Ranjith Perera)

Left arm leggie Anushka Samaratunge guided Isipatana to their fourth outright win of the season. Anushka’s match bag of 8 for 60 helped Isipatana defeat fancied St Sebastian’s by five wickets in their Under 19 inter-school cricket match concluded at the BRC ground yesterday.

Anushka with his match bag of eight wickets has taken over 60 wickets for the season.

St Sebastian’s 118 (Oshada Fernando 29, Kony Rodrigo 19, Kasun Fernando 19: Anushka Samaratunge 4 for 18, Chamara Waduge 4 for 24) and 121 (Deshan Dias 29, Kony Rodrigo 29, Shalitha de Mel 15: Anushka Samaratunge 4 for 42, Sakuntha Premaratne 3 for 10)

Isipathana (144/6 o’night) (Thivanka Ranasinghe 62, Dimuth Warapitiya 26, Amila de Silva 25, Anushka Samaratunge 23: Amila Aponso 5 for 34, Shalitha de Mel 2 for 48) and 66 for 5 (Nilusha Sasanka 15, Thivanka Ranasinghe 21 n.o.: Amila Aponso 3 for 22)

Peterites dominate day two proceedings

It was tit for tat at Bambalapitiya on the second day’s play of the Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter match between St Peter’s and Royal which ended in a draw as the home team dominated the proceedings after the visitors dominated on day one.

Royal 275 (Kusal Perera 78, Ramith Rambukwella 34, Anjula Rajapakse 31, Yasith Abeykoon 29, Chalaka Bogoda 24, Bhanuka Rajapakse 23, Sahan Hettiaratchi 21: Hashan Wickramasuriya 5 for 81, Akshu Fernando 2 for 27, Chathura Peiris 2 for 63) and 251 (Bhanuka Rajapakse 67, Haroon Mowjood 62, Kithruwan Withanage 40, Lakshitha de Silva 25: Angelo Perera 6 for 93, Vinod Perera 2 for 31)

St. Peter’s (135/4 o’night) 319 (Shivanga Ranasuriya 51, Denham Perera 39, Kaushal Rodrigo 39,, Nilochana Perera 39, Akshu Fernando 30, Vinod Perera 25: Maneesha Tantirigoda 4 for 108) and 9 for no loss

Chamod and Ashan half tons

Half tons by Thomian all rounder Chamod Pathirana and Ashen Kavinda of Dharmasoka MV were the highlights of the drawn inter-school encounter concluded at Mt Lavinia yesterday.

Dharmasoka MV 115 (Imesh Udayanga 29, Chalitha Maudshan 22: Chamal Fonseka 5 for 25, Roshane de Silva 3 for 20) and 195 for 5 (Ashen Kavinda 86, Kasun Niranjan 45, J. Rangana 25 n.o.: Fahim Saleem 2 for 38, Chulaka Kumarasinghe 2 for 56)

S. Thomas’ (190/5 o’night) 252 (Chamod Pathirana 77, Fahim Saleem 47, Anuja Fernando 34, Ashan Fernando 29, H.A.T. Fernando 29: Imesh Udayanga 7 for 87)

Maduka match bag of 14/109

A match bag of 14 for 109 by right arm off spinner Maduka Liyanapathirana was the highlight of the drawn inter-school cricket match between President’s Rajagiriya and Royal Panadura concluded at Kadirana yesterday.

Royal Panadura 198 (Pubudu Asanka 98, Sineth Ranjana 21, Mohamed Yunoos 17: Maduka Liyanapathirana 7 for 65, Eraj Hewagama 2 for 37) and 161 (Asanka Gihan 60, Krishan Dinidu 36, Charith Ruchiranga 35, Isira Kumara 15: Maduka Liyanapathirana 7 for 44, Sagara Vimukthi 3 for 58)

President’s Rajagiriya (101/5 o’night) 128 for 9 declared (Dasun Perera 33, Chathura Wanniarachchi 26, Chamath Silva 20, Nipuna Geethanga 18: Dushan Vimukthi 4 for 24, Sineth Ranjana 2 for 26) and 58 for 2 (Nipuna Geethanga 25n.o., Maduka Liyanapathirana 21 n.o.)

Tons by Nilanka and Ishan

Dharmaloka MV’s Nilanka Suboda and Zahira skipper Ishan Ghouse cracked tons in a high scoring drawn match concluded at the Zahira ground in Maradana yesterday.

Dharmaloka MV 292 for 9 declared (Nilanka Suboda 104, Madusanka Pasindu 84, Lahiru Perera 15: Mohamed Irshad 3 for56, Ishan Ghouse 3 for 63, Mohamed Shadeer 2 for 38) and 101 for 7 (Iranga Wijesuriya 60: Mohamed Shadeer 4 for 30, Ishan Ibunu 2 for 16) Zahira 382 (Ishan Ghouse 137, Mohamed Irshad 69, Ishan Ibunu 57, Zihan Zainudeen 28, Sameer Ahamed 21, Irshad Mohamed 20 n.o.: Rathmika Perera 6 for 100, Madusanka Pasindu 3 for 115)