I COULD DANCE ALL DAY ... 14-year-old Eran Weerakoon, the only SriLankan to win a trophy at the ITF World Ranking 15th International Junior Championships held in Sri Lanka last week in action during thes Consolation Boys Singles match against Lin Liang Ta of Chinese Taipei.
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A fighting century by Ben Hollioke (103) gave England ‘A’ a score of 260 in reply to Sri Lanka A’s first innings total of 171. The Englishmen got a lead of 89 runs at stumps on the second day in the second unofficial cricket Test being played at the Uyanwatte Stadium at Matara.
Ben Hollioke, who has played only one Test and a single limited over international for England, hit the best innings of his life to steer his team out of trouble.
Ashley Giles, partnered him in an eighth wicket stand of 97 runs in 143 minutes. Hollioake played some magnificient shots that pleased the limited crowd at the stadium.
In his almost four hour stay at the crease Hollioake hit two sixes and nine fours. His second six, off Arshad Junaid over wide long-on, brought him a well deserved hundred, but Junaid had his revenge in the next delivery.
Having lost the first seven wickets for just 122 runs, the eighth wicket pair fought back. They went after the bowling. The fielding was poor.
Giles who took 4 for 52 on Friday, proved that he could bat too. He hit four fours in his 104 ball knock. He was dropped on 38 by Avishka Gunawardena at gully off Hemantha Boteju, four overs after the second new ball was taken. However he was trapped leg before, two overs later.
Sri Lanka A 1st innings 171 all out
(Avishka Gunawardena 51, Manoj Mendis 58; Ashley Giles 4 for 52, Dean Cosker 3 for 46)
England A 1st innings
Steve James b Bandaratilleke 34
Nick Knight lbw b Perera 0
Darren Maddy lbw b Junaid 27
Mark Ealham lbw b Junaid 6
David Sales lbw b Bandaratilleke 3
Ben Hollioake c Mendis b Junaid 103
David Nash lbw b Bandaratilleke 10
Dougie Brown b Bandaratilleke 0
Ashley Giles lbw b Boteju 39
Dean Cosker c and b Jayawardena 13
Paul Hutchinson not out 11
Extras (B-2; LB-10, W-2) 14
Total (all out in 421 mts) 260
Fall of Wickets: 1-01 (Knight), 2-64 (James), 3-64 (Maddy), 4-69 (Sales), 5-75 (Ealham), 6-122 (Nash), 7-122 (Brown), 8-219 (Giles), 9-229 (Hollioake), 10-260 (Cosker).
Bowling: R.Perera 11-1-54-1; H.Boteju 12-3-19-1; N.Bandaratillake 33-11-57-4; A.Junaid 21-3-61-3; R.Arnold 13-3-22-0; M.Jayawardena 14-2-35-2
SSC looked well set to pull off an outright victory over Singha SC in their Division One P Sara Trophy game at Maitland Place yesterday.
After enjoying a 182 run first innings lead SSC hit up 272 for 4 before declaring their second innings. Nisal Fernando struck an energetic 101 which included 12 boundaries and two sixes. Needing 455 to win the visitors were 108 for 3 at stumps.
Lanka De Silva struck an unbeaten century as CCC grabbed first innings points against NCC. De Silva who came into bat at number three struck 13 fours and a six as CCC finished on 298 for 4 in reply to NCC’s 234 allout.
At Maitland Place:SSC vs Singha SC
SSC- 314 & 272/4 decl. (Aruna Gunawardene 51Nisal Fernando 101 no Hemantha Wickremaratne 62 no Malaka DeSilva 2/89)
Singha SC-132 & 108/3(Sanjewa Gayan24 A D B Ranjith 26 Pramodya Wickremasinghe2/26 Suranjith Silva 4/36)
At Maitland Place : NCC vs CCC
NCC -234 all out
CCC- 298/4 (Bradman Ediriweera 47 Anushka Polonowita 47 Lanka De Silva 126 n o )
Colts on the 1st innings
Clots were able to gain first innings points against Sebastianites as they bowled the Moratuwa club for 264. Sebastianites were replying to the Colts first innings score of 349 all out Colts - 349 all out
Sebastianites - 264 all out (J.Fernando 23, V. Abeywardena 33, S.Silva 23, A, Fernando67, M. de Alwis 25; E. Upashantha 2 for 60, S. Alexander 3 for 49, S. Fernando 2 for 69. B. Perera 2 for 34) - (SI)
St Joseph’s broke an eight year jinx and carried away the Gilmour Jayasuriya challenge trophy as Garwin Vansend with his right arm fast bowling rocked S. Thomas’ with match figures of 5 for 11 which helped St Joseph’s to score an innings and 14 run win in the inter school cricket match at Mt. Lavinia yesterday.
S. Thomas’ - 136 and 83 all out in 48. 2 overs (N. Pieris 36, G. Fernando 11;G. Vansend 5 for 11, , S. Warnakula 2 for 18)
St. Joseph’s - (146 for 2 overnight) 233 for 8dec (J. Jayasuriya 92, M. Perera 43, A. de. Mel 44;N. Pieris 3 for 29, S. Pieris 2 for 54.
Right arm off spinner Nuwan Jayawardena who had match analysis of 5. 5-5-5-6 helped Ananda to romp home after tea to record their third win for the season as they routed St. Anthony’s Katugastota by an innings and 43 runs at Ananda Mawatha yesterday.
Ananda in reply to the Antonian’s score of 228 for 7 dec rattled up 212 runs in one session to take their score to 325 for 6 dec at lunch after they resumed from their overnight score of 113 for no loss. St. Anthony’s batting a second time with 97 runs behind , crumbled to 54 all out in the face of good off spin bowling by Jayawardena to taste their first defeat of the season. .
St. Anthony’s - 228 for 7 dec and 54 all out(N. Nizam19;N. Jayawardena 5. 5 - 5-5-6, A. Ganegama2 for 16)
Ananda - (113 for no loss overnight) 325 for 6 dec(L. Fernando 64, S. Pannapitiya 114, M. Pushpakumara 55, R. Basnayake 32, T. Kandhambi 18;R. Gunaratne 2 for 35, P. Jayawardena 2 for 62)
The Inter school cricket match between Prince of Wales and D. S. Senanayake ended in a draw at Wijerama Mawatha yesterday
D. S. Senanayake - 251 all out and 174 for 6 (D. Perera 71, D. Amaraweera 75;S. Pieris 2 for 56)
Prince of Wales ( 85 for 4 overnight) 176 (H. Fernando 50, G. Gunaratne 22, J. Wannakuwatta 40; A. Dharmapriya 2 for 8, D. Perera 2 for 38, N. Abeywickrema 3 for 56) and 97 for 2(I. Hitthatiya 48, A, Fernando 40) - (SMD)
Twin unbeaten half centuries by Suranga Moratota of Trinity was the highlight in the inter school cricket match against Wesley which ended in draw at Campbell Park yesterday.
Trinity - 249 and 135 for 7 dec. (H. Gamage 24, S. Moratota 56n. o)
Wesley - (59 for 3 overnight) 197 for 9 ( I. Ranasinghe 32, I. Balasuriya 84;S. Fernando 4 for 39; K. Weeratne 2 for 30) and 37 for 2 (D. Jayakody 27n. o;K. Weeratne 2 for 10- (SMD)
Sanjeeva Devapura with a match bag of 10 for 72, including a hat-trick helped Dharmapala to beat Mahinda by 9 wickets at Pannipitiya
Dharmapala - 206 for 9 and 60 for 1(C. Jayasinghe 25 n. o, C. Gunawardena 25)
Mahinda - (51 for 4 overnight) 99 all out(T. Ranasinghe 24; S. Devapura 4 for 27, J. Sigera 3 for 33, G. Vishwajith 3 for 5) and 163 for 9(R. Prabath 54, M. Ranasinghe 26, H. Wijesinghe 26; S. Devapura 6 for 35) - (SMD)
The match between St. Benedict’s Kotahena and St. Sebastian’s ended in a draw at Moratuwa yesterday.
St. Benedict’s - 191 (J, Saverimuttupulle 32, R. Chintana 44, R. issera 26, P. Dassanayake 23, RBalasuriya 3 for 27, D. Godfred 2 for 33) and 163 for 3 (R. Tissera 71 n. o, D. Silva 56, D. Godfred 2 for 37)
St. Sebastian’s - 251 (D. Mendis 50, P. Jayawardena 75, M. Fernando 31, N. Fernando 31, R. Balasuriya 21; P. Dassanayake 3 for 61, M. Fernando 2 for 31)
St Peter’s set to make 131runs to win against Royal were 37 for 3 at close as their inter school cricket match ended in a draw at Reid Avenue yesterday.
Before the match two minutes silnce was observed in memory of Major General B. R. Heyn a distinguished Old Royalist and a former St Peter’s College coach.
Royal - 202 all out and 172 in 58. 3 overs( S. Abeygunasekera15, R. Jayasuriya32, T. Amarasuriya 12, J. Mubarak 40, L. C. Liyange 26; R. Dias 3 for 32, M. Warnapura2 for 37, D. Rupasinghe 3 for 31)
St. Peter’s - (114 for 1 overnight) 244 for 9 dec. (A. Fonseka76, M. Perera 40, M. Warnapura 35, I. Fonseka 15, J. Fernando14, R. Dias 22, S. Pinto 18;T. Amarasuriya 4 for 19. H. Rajakaruna 2 for 48, D. Perera 2 for 49) and 37 for 3 at close(M. Perera 12 n. o, A. de. Silva10 n. o;J. Mubarak 2 for 13).
Dharmaraja Kandy after struggling at 109 for 6 in the second innings were helped by gritty 61 run stand for the seventh wicket between W. Herath 36 and A. Marapana 24 which enabled the Kandy school to hold Nalanda to a draw at Campbell Place yesterday
Dharmaraja - 94 and 218 for 8 at close in 77 overs (P. Senaviratne 51, C. Werake18, W. Herath 36, A. Marapana 24, D. Bandara 35 n. o;K. Gangodawilla 3 for 51, N. Kumara 2 for 42 , D. Jayasundara 2 for 52)
Nalanda - (51 for 4 overnight) 159 all out (N. Kumar 40 n. o; C. Werake 4 for 23) - (BW)
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