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Even exchanges at Panadura
By M. Shamil Amit
Exchanges were even on the first day's play in the 11th Battle of the Greens cricket encounter between Royal College, Panadura and St. John's College Panadura played at the Panadura Esplanade yesterday. Royal being sent in to bat by their opponents scored a modest 177 with Manuka Umesh hitting a breezy 80 in even time which had 12 hits to the ropes and a six and another 45 by Anushka de Alwis. Spinner Rashika Fernando with 5 for 32 was the most successful bowler for the Johnians. When rain stopped play St. John's were 67 for 2. Lakmal Kalpage was unbeaten on 27.

Royal Panadura - 177 (Anushka de Alwis 45, Manuka Umesh 80, Kasun Lakshan 28; Rashika Fernando 5 for 32, Yohan Jinasena 2 for 17, Tharaka Chandima 2 for 42)
St. John's Panadura - 67 for 2 (Lakmal Kalpage 27 n.o., Rashika Fernando 18 n.o.)

Low scoring
It was a low scoring first day in the 28th Battle of Kotte between Sri Jayawardenapura MV Kotte and St. Thomas' Kotte at the P. Sara Stadium. Sri Jayawardenapura winning the toss and electing to bat collapsed from a healthy 74 for 3 and were all out for 99. In reply the Thomians fared no better and were struggling on 43 for 5.

Sri Jayawardenapura MV - 99 (Kanishka Perera 30, Gayan Perera 13, Dhanushka Abeykoon 18; Eranga de Silva 3 for 18, Arosha Perera 3 for 8, Andy Solomons 2 for 19, D.C. Tennekoon 2 for 19)

St. Thomas' - 43 for 5 (Eranga de Silva 12, Lucien Dhanushka 10 n.o.; Rumesh Jayasekera 3 for 15) -MSA

No decision at Moratuwa
The third big match encounter between Lalith Athulathmudali MV Ratmalana and Susamyawardena MV Borella played at the De Soysa Stadium in Moratuwa yesterday ended in a no decision. Susamyawardena MV were badly placed on 42 for 5 but recovered to score 157 in reply to their opponents score of 205.

Lalith Athulathmudali MV - 205 and 183 for 8 declared (R. Perera 64, D. Kaushalya 58; C. Rajapakse 4 for 64, M. Salinda 3 for 27)

Susamyawardena MV - 157 (U. Randika 46, D. Berman 24, S. Dharshana 24; M. Chinthaka 4 for 37, N. Dilhara 2 for 15, D. Wickramasinghe 2 for 25) and 57 for 2 (C. Mahanama 23 n.o.) -MSA

No decision at Asgiriya
The Trinity-Anthonian limited over game at the Asgiriya Stadium ended in a no decision, just when it should have been throbbing with excitement. A short shower at 3.45 p.m. forced every one off the field. Only one of the two available covers was used and that, too, badly.

Had the covers been pulled on properly and the operation adequately supervised, a resumption would have been possible. It was not a happy sight to see around 50 people dithering about the areas surrounding the wicket.

As for cricket, an aggressive 50 from the consistent Rislan, and good efforts from skipper Rathnayake. Rikaz and Rusli saw the Anthonians to a challenging 241 for 9. Muneer picked up four wickets once more, leg spinner Ariyaratne two.

St. Anthony's - 241 for 9 in 50 overs (M. Rislan 50, M. Rusli 31, N.Rathnayake 31, M.Rikaz 26 n.o, S.Pinnaduwa 24, P. Vithanage 12, J. de Silva 12; M.Muneer 4 for 54, A. Ariyaratne 2 for 29)

Trinity - 92 for 2 in 18.2 overs (A.Peiris 35,I. Ratnayake 25; M. Rikaz 2 for 21) - A.K.

Peterites advance into quarter-finals
St. Peter's advanced to the quarter-finals of the Elephant Lemonade Cup knockout tournament when they registered an easy 153 run win over President's College Rajagiriya in a second round match at Bambalapitiya yesterday.

The Peterites taking first lease of the wicket hit a massive 316 for 7 in their allotted 47 overs with Gihan de Silva (55) and Samiddha Gallage (54) being the main contributors. Chandika Kumara and Chinthaka Perera bowled best for the Rajagiriya boys sharing six wickets between them.

St. Peter's - 316 for 7 in 47 overs (Gihan de Silva 55, Samiddha Gallage 54, Dasun Randika 36, Shanaka Wickramasekera 31, Hans Fernando 33, Prajeev Jansz 20, Nadhula de S. Wijeyaratne 22, Prabuddha Perera 15 n.o.; Chandika Kumara 3 for 50, Chinthaka Perera 3 for 41) President's College Rajagiriya - 163 in 37.3 overs (Lakmal Perera 35, Sachitra Kumarapperuma 17, Kavinda Perera 38, Nuwan Kariyawasam 15, Chamara Kodituwakku 14, Chinthaka Perera 14; Sohan Boralessa 5 for 24, Shanaka Wickramasekera 2 for 25) -MSA

CR&FC thrash WP Invitation XV 93-0
By Shamseer Jalil
CR&FC thrashed a helpless Western Province Invitation XV by 93 points (9 goals, 6 tries) to nil in the Western Province Rugby Football Union (WPRFU) Under 24 XV-a-side tournament 2003 at Longden Place yesterday.

This competition is sponsored by Hameedias. At the breather CR led 41-nil. CR produced a series of breathtaking moves to smother the weak opposition. Tries came in torrents as the ‘Red Shirts’ran in the tries almost at will.

For CR, the tries were scored Zulfikar (3), Nawaz (2), Rajapakse (2), Upul (2), Majeed (2) and Premasiri (1). Tristar gave a walk-over to Sabaragamuwa.

Lion indoor cricket now in full swing
By M. Shamil Amit
The Lion Open Indoor Cricket Tournament 2002/03 being played at the Austasia Indoor Cricket Stadium in Thalawathugoda is in full swing now. With the preliminary games in the Division One and Two completed, the matches in the Division Three has just begun with six matches having been completed last week and another five matches coming to an end this week where The Buying House defeated Fritz Up by 64 runs, Expo Lanka beat Lanka Yalta Eagles in a thrilling game by four runs, Modern Distributors beat WW Synergy by 13 runs, Arpico beat Magpies by 50 runs and New Olympia defeating Amana Takaful by 22 runs.

Results:
The Buying House - 126 in 16 overs (Milroy Perera 26, Prasanna Serasinghe 22, Priyantha Soysa 21)

Fritz Up - 62 in 16 overs W. Ananda 16, Susantha Atygalle 14; Milroy Perera 4/-15, Ruwan Peiris 3/-5)

Lanka Yalta Eagles - 58 in 16 overs (D.U. Nishantha 13, Devaka 14; Mohamed Deen 3/-2)

Expo Lanka - 62 in 16 overs (Nalinda Jayasekera 21, Dushantha Mihiripenna 20, Joel 14; D.U. Nishantha 3/-4, Charith 3/-4)

Modern Distributors 31 in 16 overs (Kosala Kumara 16, M.I. Mohamed 10, S.K. Chamara 10; Buddhika Kamal 4/-8, Salinda Jayasena 3/-8, Gihan Perera 3/-6)

Magpies - 22 in 16 overs (Roshan 21, Lalith 13; K. Nalin 5/-14, B.A. Dharmasiri 2/-4)
Arpico - 72 in 16 overs (Imran Samsudeen 15, Ruwan Sirisena 15, K. Nalin 12; Reza Mohamed 2/-5, Sajith 2/6)

New Olympia - 81 in 16 overs (Indunil Pradeep 19, Deshan Perera 16, Kamal Kithsiri 15)

Amana Takaful - 59 in 16 overs (Mohamed Sadiq 13, Shameer Rawlings 12; Ishara Rangana 4/-2, Deshan Perera 2/-5)

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