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First innings win for Thurstan
Thurstan registered a first innings win over Royal in the Under 19 inter-schools cricket match concluded at the De Soysa Stadium in Moratuwa.

Royal taking first lease of the wicket made 231 for 8 before declaring with Rochana Wijeratne making 58. Thurstan in reply were 241 for 9 when stumps were drawn with skipper Damith Indika scoring 55.

Royal - 231 for 9 declared (Rochana Wijeratne 58, Arul Prakash 47, Heshan Morawaka 24. Asela Umayangana 2 for 38, Thilina Masmulla 2 for 24, Jeevan Chamikara 2 for 72) Thurstan - 241 for 9 at close (Damith Indika 55) -MSA

Kingswood held
Kingswood were held to a draw by Sri Summangala Panadura in their Inter-School cricket match at Peradeniya yesterday.

The visitors did well to restrict Kingswood to 183 but then succumbed to the spin of left armer Niroshan Perera (5 for23) and were skittled out for 114. Skipper Milinda Wattegedera also enjoyed a good game.

Kingswood - 183 (M. Wattegedera 46,I. Weeraratne 21, R. Ariyadasa 20, G. Ekanayake 18; S.Umayanga 4 for 41, A. Nilaweera 3 for 20) and 58 for 1 (M. Wattegedera 26, R. Ariyadasa 21 n.o; S. Umanyanga 1 for 19)

Sri Summangala - 114 (R. Prasanna 15, A. Nilaweera 15, N. Savinda 14; N. Perera 5 for23, G. Ekanayake 2 for 10, M. Wattegedera 2 for 9) - AK

Gunaratne 159
An exciting, entertaining innings of 159 (21 fours, 3 sixes) by opener Asela Gunaratne, placed Sri Rahula in a comfortable position on the first day of their Division Two match against St. Aloysius Ratnapura at Katugastota.

Gunaratne playing in only his second match (his first as opener) blazed away with some brilliant pulls and drives.

The partnership between him and Thushara Sampath for the second wicket yielded 170 runs. Left arm spinner Balahewa picked up four wickets.

Sri Rahula - 289 in 74 overs (A.S. Gunaratne 159, J. Sampath 34, S. Fernando 18, R. Vedage 27 n.o; L. Kanishka 2 for 41, S. Chaminda 2 for 47, S. Balahewa 4 for43).
St. Aloysius - 13 for 1 in 4.5 overs (M. Boteju 1 for 0) - AK

Fine double
A fine all-round performance by Kosala Kulasekera was not enough to bring Vidyartha a win over St. Mary's Kegalle in their Division 2 match at Police grounds.

Kulasekera picked up 5 for 11 in 16.1 overs and then proceeded to top score in thematch with 81 (2 sixes, 7 fours).Off spinner Gangoda had seven wickets in the game for the Marians. Wijeratne batted well in both innings.

Vidyartha did not have enough time to attempt the victory target of 77. St. Mary's - 108 (L.B. Wijeratne 47, M. Munas 27;K. Kulasekera 5 for 11, E. Gangoda 4 for 32) and 168 (L. B. Wijeratne 63, J. Seneviratne 32, K. Gunasekera 25, J. Seneviratne 32,K. Gunasekera 25; E.Gangoda 3 for 33, W. Abeysuriya 2 for 27, D. Senanayake 2 for 28)

Vidyartha - 200 for 8 dec.(K. Kulasekera 81,D. Wekadapola 47, P. Ganepola Arachchi 22, L. de Silva 15; C.Bandara 2 for34, H. Hettiarachchi 2 for37,J. Seneviratne 2 for 39) - AK

Lanka improve its position
By Annesley Ferreira
Even though Sri Lanka is in need of a lot of foreign exposure they have been ranked 140th in the world in the FIFA World Cup Football ranking and have improved by two places in the FIDA Asia ranking coming two places up from 26 to 24 out of the 43 Asian Countries. India has been ranked 22 Pakistan 31, Maldives 27 and Bhutan 42.

Colts send Tamil Union crashing
By Marlon Fernandopulle
Medium pacers Duleep Liyanage and Eric Upashantha picked up four wickets each as Colts SC sent Tamil Union crashing to 126 all out in Premier League Division one game at Havelock Park yesterday.

Colts extended their domination over their visitors when they finished the day on an impressive 127 for 3 wickets with Chaminda Mendis completing a stylish half century.
Tamil Union began the day at 86 for 5 and lost their last five wickets soon as they were bundled out for 126 with medium pacers Eric Upashantha (4/61) and Duleep Liyanage (4/28) doing the damage.

In reply the hosts were given a fine start with Chaminda Mendis compiling a fine 58 to help Colts to 127/3 and take first innings points already in the rain affected game. Colts SC vs Tamil Union

Tamil Union - (Indika de Saram 48, Upul Chandana 16, Malitha Gajanayake 15, Gayan Wijekoon 10, Bateesha de Silva 11, Pulasthi Gunaratne 15; Duleep Liyanage 4/28, Eric Upashantha 4/61, Niroshan Bandarathilake 2/12)

Colts SC - 127/3 at close (Shantha Kalawitigoda 21, Chaminda Mendis 58, Sajith Fernando 12, Romesh Kaluwitharana 21 n.o, Jeevantha Kulatunga 13 n.o; Upul Chandana 2/46)

No play at SSC
Not a ball was bowled for the second successive day in the Premier League Division one match between SSC and NCC at Maitland Place despite bright sunshine yesterday. Friday's heavy downpour left the SSC outfield in a soggy condition which prompted the umpires to call off play late in the afternoon after several inspections.

Patana to continue with Schools 7s
By Bernie Wijesekera
After successfully staging the Isipatana Inter National Schools Rugby 7s, as part of their Golden Jubilee celebrations. It proved an instant success.

Jamie Scott, the Secretary General of the Asian Rugby Union, and Secretary International Rugby Board (IRB Asia), witnessed the tournament. Scott was pleased with the excellent organisation and for the development of junior rugby in Asia.

He has recommended to IRB and to ARFU that an International Asian Under-19 Schools 7s tournament to be staged in Sri Lanka annually. It will be for especially for Asian Schools, but other nations are eligible to participate, if they desire to do so.

The IRB 7s Manager, Mark Egan, and Regional Development Manager Asia, Jarrad Gallaghan, after going through the report sent by Scott, has requested Isipatana College rugby committe to continue with the School International 7s. The IRB will help them with men and material.

Dilroy Fernando, Chairman Patana Rugby Committee, when contacted by The Sunday Times confirmed the ARFU request. The committee is seriously considering the request. Even local sponsors have agreed to support it and for its continuity, Fernando said.

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