Wesley began their campaign of the Under 17 Division One inter-school cricket tournament with a massive 181 runs win over Bandaranayake MMV Gampaha in the match played at Campbell Park. The foundation for the win was laid by Praboda Perera who cracked an unbeaten 95, Thisuraka Akmeemana and Shenal Dangalla who both also made half [...]
Wesley began their campaign of the Under 17 Division One inter-school cricket tournament with a massive 181 runs win over Bandaranayake MMV Gampaha in the match played at Campbell Park.
The foundation for the win was laid by Praboda Perera who cracked an unbeaten 95, Thisuraka Akmeemana and Shenal Dangalla who both also made half tons which helped Wesley taking first lease of the wicket to make a formidable score of 275 for 5.
Later the Wesley bowling trio comprising of Shashi Somarathna, Movin Subasinghe and Sanura Amarasinghe shared seven wickets between them to bundle out their opponents for a paltry 94 runs.
An unbeaten knock of 112 by Mohamed Rukshan paved the way for St Anthony’s Katugastota to record a convincing 159 runs win over St Thomas Matale at Katugastota.
Half tons by Brian Johnpulle and Shehan Fernando enabled St Benedict’s to record a thrilling two wicket win over with four balls to spare against Holy Cross Kalutara at Kalutara.
In the other matches that were played saw Nalanda, St Joseph Vaz Wennappuwa, Debarawewa National School, Ananda, Trinity and Thurstan record wins over St Peter’s, St Xavier’s Marawila, St Thomas Matara, St Anne’s Kurunegala and Maris Stella.
Results
 At Campbell Park: Wesley won by 181 runs  Wesley 275 for 5 in 50 overs (Thisuraka Akmeemana 61, Movin Subasinghe 22, Praboda Perera 95 n.o., Shenal Dangalla 59 n.o.: Janidu Jayawardena 3 for 24)
   Bandaranayake MMV Gampaha 94 in 25 overs (Janidu Jayawardena 38, Dileepa Sandaruwan 30: Shashi Somarathna 3 for 29, Movin Subasinghe 2 for 7, Sanura Amarasinghe 2 for 10)
 At Katugastota: St Anthony’s won by 159 runs  St Anthony’s Katugastota 302 for 5 in 48 overs (Theeksha Gunasinghe 31, Mohamed Kamil 30, Thamashana Abeykoon 23, Mohamed Rukshan 112 n.o., Kalhara Senaratne 32 n.o.)  St Thomas Matale 143 for 5 in 48 overs (Shehan Avandya 31, Visal Ekanayake 26, Tharanga Rajapakse 28 n.o.: Thamashana Abeykoon 2 for 18)
At Kalutara: St Benedict’s won by 2 wickets  Holy Cross Kalutara 259 for 8 in 50 overs (Dineth de Silva 77, Umayanga Swaris 42, Kaushan Kandegama 38, Dilhara Nanayakkara 28 n.o.: Mahesh Theekshana 2 for 35, Imesh Fernando 2 for 49)
   St Benedict’s 263 for 8 in 49.2 overs (Brian Johnpulle 90, Shehan Fernando 61, Imesh Fernando 22: Dilhara Nanayakkara 3 for 39, Dineth de Silva 3 for 42, Nirmal Perera 2 for 51)
 At Bambalapitiya: Nalanda won by 2 wickets
   St Peter’s 215 in 50 overs (Shannon Fernando 60, Ruvin Seneviratne 39: Janith Sandaruwan 4 for 36)
   Nalanda 217 for 8 in 47.3 overs (Avishka Perera 93, Sachitha Gunatilleke 41: Yohan Wijeweera 3 for 23)
 At Wennappuwa: St Joseph Vaz won by 12 runs on Parabola Method
   St Joseph Vaz Wennappuwa 233 for 9 (Nipun Dhananjaya 73, Yohan Peiris 30: Poorna Yasas 2 for 29, Dulaj Ashen 2 for 43, Yohana Perera 2 for 48)
   St Xavier’s Marawila 139 for 9 (Ravindu Anjana 30, Sithum Sanjana 30, Shehan Dinusha 30, Poorna Yasas 24 n.o.: Nipuna Dhananjaya 5 for 41, Isuru Fernando 2 for 17)
 At Matara: Debarawewa NS won by 2 runs Debarawewa NS 86 in 38 overs (S. Hansala 21: Nimanthaka Bashana 6 for 9, Sathira Theekshana 2 for 15)
   St Thomas Matara 84 in 31.1 overs (Mihisal Amoda 27: M. Sudin 4 for 16, S. Hansala 2 for 2)
 At Mahara: Ananda won by 17 runs Ananda 118 in 46.5 overs (Kanishka Ranthilage 30, Lakshitha Amarasekera 19: Kavindu Sandaruwan 3 for 26, Likshan Sasanga 2 for 22)
    Gurukula MV Kelaniya 101 in 45.4 overs (Nuwantha Madushan 24: Dineth Pramuditha 3 for 19, Dasun Seneviratne 2 for 16, Nadeesha Karunaratne 2 for 25)  At Kurunegala: Trinity won by 6 runs
Trinity 129 in 40.5 overs (Bhathiya Dissanayake 36: Hirusha de Silva 2 for 15, Avishka Rubasinghe 2 for 25, Kavindu Ranasinghe 2 for 29, Lasitha Warnakulasuriya 2 for 31)
   St Anne’s Kurunegala 123 in 48.3 overs (Lasith Warnakulasuriya 24: Chanuka Kumarasinghe 2 for 14, Bhatuta Dissanayake 2 for 17, Nagitha Wijesundara 2 for 21, Narendranath Ashok 2 for 28)
 At Thurstan: Thurstan by 24 runs on Parabola Method Thurstan 189 for 9 in 45 overs (Tithira Weerasinghe 66, Jayavihan Mahavithana 53: Naveen Fernando 4 for 43, Thilina Perera 2 for 26)
 Maris Stella 147 for 8 in 37 overs (Kevin Perera 41, Naveen Fernando 30, Chathura Anuradha 21: Sandun Dias 2 for 17, Shaluka Bandara 2 for 18, Jayavihan Mahavithana 2 for 35) Â
