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Ananda crush hapless St.Benedict’s by innings
Ananda scored the only outright win this week-end when they marked their fifth for the season by beating St. Benedict's at Ananda Mawatha, yesterday. Besides the team effort, Ananda skipper Mahela Udawatte's knock of 154 not out was also significant. Besides that a superb allround performance by Devan Shalika Karunanayake 165 and 5 for 36 and knock of 119 by St. Sebastian's batsman Dilan Cooray were the other impressive individual performances for the week-end.

Ananda medium pacer Charith Jayaweera ( 4 for 50 ) and off spinner Achela Ranasinghe (4 for 59 ) paired off to guide Ananda to their fifth win of the season as they reduced St. Benedict's to their fourth consecutive outright defeat by an inning and 39 runs at Ananda Mawatha yesterday.

For Ananda in form batsman and skipper Mahela Udawatte cracked an unbeaten 154 with twenty fours and four sixes while T. Kumarasinghe made 54 not out. The pair also put on an unfinished stand of 180 runs for the third wicket.

Ananda who were 222 for 2 overnight in reply to the Benedictine first innings total of 142 did not lose a single wicket in the morning session as they declared their first innings at 322 for 2, before lunch.

For St. Benedict's number six batsman R. Ranaweera fought a lone battle in the second innings to remain unbeaten on 58 with eight hits to the fence.
St. Benedict's - 142 and 141 ( R. Ranaweera 58 n.o., C. Wijewardena 15; Charith Jayaweera 4 for 50, A. Ranasinghe 4 for 59)
Ananda - 222 for 2 cont. 322 for 2 declared ( Mahela Udawatte 154 not out, T. Kumarasinghe 54 not out).

Karunaratne saves St. Sylvester's
A fighting half century by Dananjaya Karunaratne of St. Sylvester's saved them from defeat at the hands of St. Sebestian's in their inter school cricket match concluded at St. Sebestian's College grounds at Moratuwa yesterday.

Continuing from their overnight score of 24 for 4, St. Sylvester's were all out for 93 in reply to St. Sebastian's first innings score of 264 for 9. Dilan Cooray was the top scorer with 119.

Following on St. Sylvester's were 219 for 7 at close. At one stage St. Sylvester's were 124 for 5 but Dananjaya Karunaratne (54) and Chanaka Ranaweera (39) put on a 94 runs partnership for the sixth wicket and saved the match.

St. Sebastian's - 264 for 9 (Dilan Cooray 119, Avintha Cooray 28, Jehan Fernando 29 n.o; Thusith Wijesekera 2 for 53, Ravi Karunaratne 2 for 15, Shanas Nasurdeen 2 for 79)

St. Sylvester's - 93 (Jehan Fernando 4 for 19, Charith Fernando 2 for 27, Madusanka Fernando 2 for 15) and 219 for 7 at close (Dananjaya Karunaratne 54, Rajitha Wickremarachchi 36, Chanaka Ranaweera 39; Charith Fernando 3 for 30, Sanjeeva Fernbando 2 for 42) -

POW hold DSS
The inter-school cricket match between D.S. Senanayake College and Prince of Wales ended in a draw at the CambrianGrounds at Moratuwa yesterday. Damith Gunaratne of DSS was the highest scorer with 143. Batting a second time DSS were 102 for 2 at close. Roshan Kulatunga of DSS who was on 34 had to be rushed to the hospital with a knee injury.

DSS - 265 for 8 in 88 overs (Damith Gunaratne 143, Kanchana Kannangara 23 n.o, Madhava Perera 18; Isuru Guneratne 4 for 18) and 102 for 2 at close (Roshan Kulatunga 34 retd.hurt, D. Harischandra 24)

Prince of Wales - 16 for 1 overnight contd. 204 all out in 76 overs (Dayan Mendis 42, Nalin Probodha 29, Rumesh Tirimanne 26, Hasiru Meegoda 36, Isuru Gunasena 23, Dasun Perera 3 for 58, Kanchana Kannangara 2 for 32)

Royal-Wesley ends in tame draw
The 102nd cricket encounter between Royal and Wesley played for the late Sir Frank Gunasekera Memorial Trophy ended in a tame draw in spite of three sporty declarations at Reid Avenue yesterday.

Wesley left to make 179 in 35 overs were 139 for 2 at the end of the game.
Royal 201 for 6 dec. (M. Maligaspe 66 n.o., D. Siriwardena 65) and 155 for 5 dec., in 29.5 overs (S. Nandamulla 42, Gayan de Silva 28, M. Maligaspe 39, L. Rajapakse 10, Ishara Jayaratne 3 for 3 for 37, C. Karunaratne 2 for 38)
Wesley 179 for dec. in 61.5 overs (overnight 86 for 3) A. Lyanage 81 (10 fours in 144 balls), S. Nadaraja 14, T. Nazir 12 n.o., K. Vidanagamaarachchi 2 for 40, Dulanjaya Wijeratne 2 for 22) and 139 for 2 in 36 overs. (Sachith Rupasinghe 42 n.o., A. Liyanage 52 n.o.)

Delightful knock by Premasiri
A delightful half century from fifteen year old Sumal Premasiri and good contributions from the front-liners enabled an injury hit Sri Rahula to total 244 against St. John's Panadura in their match at Peradeniya.
Premasiri and Rohitha Karunaratne put on 79 for the 4th wicket and this helped the team to their impressive score.

The visitors finished on 57-2, with opener Udara unbeaten on 35.
Sri Rahula 244 in 69 overs (S. Premasiri 56, A. Gunaratne 31, S. Tillekeratne 29, M. Jayawardena 46, R. Karunaratne 23, C. Karunatilleke 15, B. Udara 2-42, A. Rupasinghe 4-36.

St. John's Panadura 57-2 in 23 overs (I. Udara 35 n.o., M. Priyadarshana 13, A. Gunaratne 1-16, K. Silva 1-9)
Karunanayaka's allround effort put Maliyadeva on top
A truly magnificent all round performance by the in-form Shalika Karunanayake (165 and 63, 5-36) enabled Maliyadeva to dominate their match against Dharmaraja at the Welagedera Stadium.

Karunanayake's heroics saw the Rajans bowled out for a meager 141 in reply to his teams 307. However, the home team did not exercise the follow-on option.
It seemed as though the Rajans had still not recovered from the shock treatment administered by Trinity last weekend.

Maliyadeva 307 (S. Karunanayake 165, S. Soysa 51, C. Bandara 2-42, C. Kapugedera 2-64) and 169/8 ( S. Karunanayake 63, B. Weerasinghe 25, H. Gunawardena 22, C. Bandara 4-32, C. Monarawila 2-19).
Dharmaraja 141 (R. Suriyaarachchi 25, C. Nadunge 36, C. Kapugedera 19, D. Mitipolaarachchi 14, S. Karunanayake 5-36, V. Perera 2-33, D. Dassanaike 2-45).

Richmond make a massive 306/9
An enterprising knock of 83 by Richmond skipper Chamal Wijayarupa that included six boundaries and seven sixes and another unbeaten half century from Isuru Anushka helped Richmond to make a massive 306 for 9 declared against Dharmapala Pannipitiya on the opening day of their Elephant Lemonade inter-school cricket match played at Pannipitiya. The Palians in their turn were badly placed on 56 for 7. The match will be continued at 9.30 a.m. today.

Richmond 306 for 9 declared (Chamal Wijayarupa 83, Malinda Sandaruwan 44, Ruzan Ahamed 41, Ishan Rupika 36, Isuru Anushka 62 n.o..; S. Balasuriya 4 for 55)

Dharmapala 56 for 7 (Chathupama Gurusinghe 3 for 32, Yasidu Lasith 2 for 4)
* School matches were covered by Bernie Wijesekera, M.Shamil Amit, Shamseer Jaleel, S.M.D.Sirisena and Aubrey Kuruppu

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