Dharmaraja scored a thumping innings and 47 runs win over Vidyartha in their match at Lake View yesterday. Half centuries from Lochana Wijesiri, C. Kavindu, coupled with forties from skipper Nuwan Karunaratne and Tharusha Weragoda ensured that the Rajans posted a formidable 257. Spinners Lakshan de Silva (match bag of 7 for 54) and fellow [...]

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Dharmaraja thump Vidyartha

By Aubrey Kuruppu
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Dharmaraja scored a thumping innings and 47 runs win over Vidyartha in their match at Lake View yesterday.

Half centuries from Lochana Wijesiri, C. Kavindu, coupled with forties from skipper Nuwan Karunaratne and Tharusha Weragoda ensured that the Rajans posted a formidable 257.

Isipathana speedster Chameera Dissanayake who claimed four Zahira scalps in total swing at Maradana. - Pics by Ranjith Perera

Spinners Lakshan de Silva (match bag of 7 for 54) and fellow left armer Aravinda Vithanachchi (5 for 36) took over to bowl out Vidyartha twice. Off spinner Pasun Navaratne with the ball, Avishka Ranaweera and Ravindu Dissanaike with the bat made some impression for Vidyartha.

The Rajans win came seven minutes after tea.

Dharmaraja 257 in 61 overs (L. Wijesiri 70, S. Kavindu 63, N. Karunaratne 41, T. Weragoda 41 n.o; A. Ratnayake 3 for 82, D. Navaratne 4 for 46)

Vidyartha-74 for 6 contd. 108 (M. Elpitiya 25, N. Ranaweera 23, A. Ratnayake 14 n.o; L. de Silva 4 for 26, D. Lanka 3 for 38) and 102 in 60.1 overs (A. Ranaweera 29, R. Dissanaike 24; A. Vithanachchi 5 for 36, L. de Silva 3 for 28)

Good double by Antonian skipper Bulathsinhala

A magnificent all round performance by Antonian skipper Sachin Bulathsinhala was the highlight of their game against Wesley at Katugastota. The Antonians obtained their second first innings win in three games.

Bulathsinhala held the Antonian batting together with a gritty 56. Then he bowled his off spinners with great accuracy to bag 6 for 37 inclusive of a hat-trick. Ebert and Pulikuttiarachchi made significant contributions. Wesley’s captain Sachin Jayawardena failed with the ball. However he top scored with an unbeaten 41. The Antonians offered the visitors a target of 200 in 26 overs to infuse interest.
St. Anthony’s 244 in 69.4 overs (K. Ukgalpaya 16, K. Pulikuttiarachchi 36, P. Nanayakkara 26,S. Bulathsinhala 54, H. Ebert 47, P.Wijetunga 20; T. Karunaratne 2 for 40, I. Jayaratne 2 for 39, M. Wickremasinghe 3 for 33) and 127 for 5 in 27 overs (P. Nanayakkara 30, K. Pulikuttiarachchi 52 n.o; N.Gunasinghe 23; G. Jayawardena 2 for 36)

Wesley 62 for 2 contd. 172 in 45.3 overs (T. Karunaratne 28, A. Kariyawasam 33, S. Jayawardena 41 n.o; S. Bulathsinhala 6 for 37) and 139 for 6 in 26 overs (D. Jayasinghe 27, S. Jayawardena 32, M. Wickremasinghe 24 n.o, L. Ediriweera 39; S. Bulathsingala 4 for 75, B. Wijetunga 2 for 46)

Match fizzles out to a draw at Mt Lavinia

By M. Shamil Amit

S. Thomas’ top-order batsman Devin Jayasinghe flicks during his brief knock against Thurstan at Mt. Lavinia.

The Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter between S. Thomas’ and Thurstan concluded at Mt Lavinia fizzled out to a draw yesterday.

The Thomians resuming from their overnight score of 22 for no loss batted for two sessions of the second day to make a score of 245 Ramith Gunaratne making a top score of 55. This was in reply to the formidable score of 308 for 8 declared made by Thurstan on the opening day which came on the back of unbeaten knocks by Ramindu Lakshan who made a 114 with 16 boundaries and Theekshana Hewawitharana chipping in with a 50.

Thurstan 308 for 8 declared (Samuditha Peiris 37, Ishan Lokuge 25, Ramindu Lakshan 114 n.o., Theekshana Hewawitharana 50 n.o.: Thilaksha Sumanasiri 4 for 63, Madushan Ravicndrakumar 2 for 76) and 88 for 6 (Didulana Silva 27, Ramindu Lakshan 20 n.o.: Ravindu Tillekeratne 2 for 22)

S. Thomas’ (22/0 overnight) 245 (Ramith Gunaratne 55, Madushan Ravichandrakumar 28, Yanish Captain 27, Devin Jayasinghe 26, Thilaksha Sumanasiri 21, Usman Ishak 41 n.o.: Minhaj Jaleel 5 for 52, Rajitha Perera 3 for 58)
Mateesha stars in drawn game

An unbeaten knock of 124 by Mateesha Ranaweera was the highlight of the drawn inter-school match between Zahira and Isipathana concluded at Maradana yesterday.

Isipathana after bowling out Zahira for a low score of 149 resuming on their overnight score of 97 for 4 went on to make a score of 275. Mateesha was associated in a 99 runs stand for the fifth wicket with skipper Deshan Jeyakumar who contributed 50. Zahira batting the second time ended the day making 151 for 7 with Salman Fazil making 92
Zahira 149 (Salman Fazil 31, Shehan Wijesinghe 15, Asfar Ali 15, Irshad Umar 45 n.o.: Chameera Dissanayake 4 for 39, Kelum Bastiansz 2 for 19) and 151 for 7 (Salman Fazil 92, Mohamed Arshad 21, Irshad Umar 20: Chameera Dissanayake 5 for 73)

Isipathana (97/3 overnight) 275 (Deshan Jeyakumar 50, Chameera Dissanayake 27, Ramitha Sandaruwan 23, Salinda Ushan 15, Mateesha Ranaweera 124 n.o.: Irshad Umar 3 for 55, Mohamed Shaheen 3 for 67, Amith Kaushalya 2 for 40)




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