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Maduranga bowls Trinity to victory
By Aubrey Kurruppu
Trinity beat St Aloysius Galle by an innings and 87 runs in their Elephant Lemonade Trophy match at Asgiriya yesterday. Maduranga Munaweera, a slow medium pace bowler was almost unplayable as he took match figures of 12-63. Mohamed Muneer had a good game all round, with an unbeaten 50 and six wickets in the match.
Ruwan Ranthilake was the only batsmen to make an impression for St Alloysius , scoring 15 not out and 41.

This was Trinity's first outright win after a lapse of about four years. Trinity 223: (M.Muneer 50 n.o., S.Pathirana 49, C.Punchihewa 36, C.Fernando 15, S.Ariyaratne 16; L.R.Kumara 4 for 60, P.Chaturanga 2 for 28, H.Jayasekara 2 for 50).
St. Aloysius 41: (W.Rajitha 11, R.Ranthilake 15 n.o.; M.Munaweera 6 for 19, M.Muneer 4 for 22) and 95 ( R.Ranthilake 41, V.jayathilake 11, V.Anuruddha 24; M.Munaweera 6 for 44, M.Muneer 2 for 46, C.Dumbarage 1 for 2.

Dilruk guides Isipatana to major honours
By Rizwan Mihiraj
An unbeaten knock of 49 by Isipatana number nine batsman Gihan Dilruk helped them take major honours against St. Peter's in their Lemonade Trophy inter-school match that ended in a draw at Bambalapitiya, yesterday.

St. Peter's continuing from their overnight total of 112 for 9 held on to make 136 in their first innings with number ten batsman Sohan Boralessa making a fighting knock of 22 runs. Isipatana who scored 163 runs in their first innings made 209 runs in their second. St. Peter's were 16 for no loss when play ended.

Scores: Isipatana 163 and 209 ( Pubudu Taraka 44, Mario Amerasinghe 13,Liyan de Silva 10, Sanjaya Dilruksha 44, Gayan Wijesinghe 13, Gihan Dilruk 49 n.o. Nilanchana Sankapala 10, Dinesh Panditharatne 2 for 22, Sohan Boralessa 4 for 50, Shanaka Wickremasekera 3 for 43 )

St. Peter's 112 for 9 cont. 136 (Prajeve Jansz 41, Dinesh Panditharatne 12, Heshan Nanayakkara 13, Sohan Boralessa 22, Nilanchana Sankapala 2 for 63, Chathushka Wickremaratne 4 for 27 ) and 16 for 0.

Sokian tailenders survive to hold Royal
By Bernie Wijesekara
Despite miry conditions in a game of fluctuating fortunes, Royal College playing their first schools game for the season produced exciting cricket at Reid Avenue yesterday.
Royal taking the field sans two keys players - skipper Taraka Kottehewa and allrounder Ganganath Rathnayake who have been picked for the forthcoming Under-19 tour to Pakistan.

The team was led by standin captain Naveen Dias. Dharmasoka, too without their key batsman Upul Tharanga . Dharmasoka winning the toss invited Royal to take first lease of the pitch. Royal were bowled out for 148 thanks to a stubborn knock of 43 coming from Dias. The Sokians in reply had to fight hard for runs against a varied Royal attack. Fresher Dulanjaya Wijeratne playing in his first schools match made it a dream debut. With his offspinners (5 for 40) ably supported by Punchihewa (3 for 17) The visitors were 141 for 9 at the close. Resuming their innings the Sokians were bowled out for 141 without any addition to their overnight total. Royal in their second essay were 81 for 3 at lunch.

Again Naveen Dias was the mainstay of their batting. He held the batting together before Royal declared at 185 for 9 just before tea leaving the visitors 192 to make in 28 overs. Dharmasoka ran into a storm against Chaturanga Somapala who had a fine opening spell to capture 4-22.

Scores:Royal 1st innings 148: (Naveen Dias 43, D Edussuriya 37; K.M.Tharaka 3 for 27, H.Koralage 3 for 35) and 185/9 dec. in 48 overs(D.Siriwardana 12, D.Edussuriya 16, N.Dias 57, H.Morawaka 14, D.Nanayakkara 17, N.Punchihewa 22n.o., D.Tennakoon 14; A.Madusanka 4 for 61, K.M.Tharaka 2 for 38).

Dharmasoka 1st innings 141 all out(O/N 141/9): (M.D.Suduwella 27, N.S.Thenuwaka 25, D de Silva 22; D.Wijeratne 5 for 40.) and 58/8 in 28 overs: (A.Madusanka 13; C.Somapala 4 for 22, Naveen Dias 3 for 8).

St. Sebastian's crush J'pura MMV by innings
St. Sebastian's coming out for the first time this season were home for tea when they crushed Sri Jayawardenapura MMV by an innings and 51 runs in their Elephant Lemonade Cup inter-school cricket match concluded at Moratuwa yesterday. The Sebs were well placed to pull off an early win yesterday having bowled the visitors out for 67 and replying with 206 for 5 at the end of the first day’s play.

Play began only at 12 noon yesterday with the home team declaring on their overnight score. Sri Jayawardenapura MMV going in to bat the second time with a deficit of 139 runs which was a daunting task found spinner Dunil Abeydeera unplayable and folded up for 88. Dunil ended with figures of 6 for 42 giving him a match bag of 8 for 44 in the match.

Sri Jayawardenapura MMV 67 (T. Rodrigo 3 for 19, Dunil Abeydeera 2 for 2, S.J. Fernando 2 for 9, G. Silva 2 for 24) and 88 (R. Jayasekera 22; Dunil Abeydeera 6 for 42, Lahiru Anthony 2 for 12) St Sebastian's 206 for 5 declared (N. Sanjeewa 94, N. Fernando 41; R. Jayasekera 2 for 62)

First innings win for Kingswood
Kingswood registered a first innings win over D.S. Senanayake in the Elephant Lemonade Cup cricket encounter concluded at Wijerama Mawatha. Kingswood taking first lease of the wicket scored 244 and then bowled out the home side for 178.
Kingswood 244 (N. Jayasuriya 41, I. Senaratne 51, D. Dahanayake 41; Dinesh de Silva 5 for 38, Dasun Perera 4 for 43) and 16 for 1 at close.

DSS 177 (Kanchana Gunawardena 40, Dinesh de Silva 42, Samitha Sanasuma 41; G. Ekanayake 2 for 37, P. Ratnapala 2 for 29, C. Samarakoon 2 for 28, D. Dumanayake 2 for 28)-MSA

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