| Wesley
fails by a whisker
By M. Shamil Amit and Bernie Wijesekera
Weather gods had the final say in school cricket yesterday. It even
prevented Wesley from pulling off a well deserved win against Isipatana
at Campbell Park.
Having to make 87 runs for victory Wesley were 76 for 6 when the
umpires decided it was too dangerous for play due to badlight at
5 p.m.
Wesley
too in their run chase too lost their first for wickets with only
37 runs on the board. But young Ryan Kern (28 n.o.) and A.. Liyanage
(15) batted bravely till the issue went beyond their control.
At
Reid Avenue Sukitha Senaratne scored a stroke filled century ( 101
seven fours and a six) to see his side make 224 for 6 declared against
Thurstan At the end of the first day’s play, Thurstan had
lost one wicket while making 15 runs.
It
was lost cause at the Campbell place too. When play was suspended
(and later called off ) at 2.30 p.m. St. Sebastian’s had made
163 for 8.
It was even-steven At Mt. Lavinia. In reply to the Thomian score
of 273 for 9 declared. The lads from Ambalangoda made 250.
At
Darley Road Asoka held the strong Josephians to a draw. After crashing
122 runs in their first innings Asoka had scored 119 for 5 when
rains came to their rescue.
*
At Campbell Park: Wesley vs
Isipatana
Isipatana 234 and 91 (V. Kaluwitharana 27, L. Samarasena 20, T.
Nazir 4 for 20, G. Vandersay 2 for 8, Ryan Kern 2 for 22)
Wesley 92 for 5 cont. 239 (Avishka Liyanage 59, Dulanjana Wijesinghe
73, Lahiru Fernando 24, Shakthi Siriratne 16, Rayan Kern 15, Lilan
Fernando 4 for 53, Sachit Jayasinghe 4 for 74) and 76 for 6 (S.
Rupasinghe 15, Ryan Kern 22 n.o., A. Liyanage 15, G. Kanishka 3
for 36)
* At
Campbell Place : Nalanda vs St. Sebastian’s
Nalanda 222 for 6 cont 291 for 8 declared ( Madawa Warnapura 57,
Lahiru Wickremasinghe 33, S. Pathirana 28, Ashan Priyanjana 23,
Primesh Perera 76 not out)
St. Sebastian’s 163 for 8 (S. Cooray 35, Trevin Fernando 17,
G. Bennet 24, R. Mendis 24, L. Aponso 3 for 35 and M. Weerasinghe
3 for 30)
*
At Darley Road : St. Joseph’s vs Asoka Vidyalaya
St. Joseph’s 247 for 6 declared
Asoka Vid: 16 for 3 cont 122 ( K. weerasinghe 38, C. Hemachandra
33, Trishan Rajasooriya 4 for 24, Harsha Goonatilleke 2 for 25,
Nirmal Rajapakse 2 for 9) and 119 for 5 (Kasun Weerasinghe 48, Sanjeewa
Wijetunge 35 n.o., Harsha Gunatilleke 2 for 10)
*
At Mt. Lavinia: S. Thomas’ vs Dharmasoka
S. Thomas” 273 for 9 declared and 36 for noloss (S. Pussegolla
21 n.o., N. Perera 15 n.o.)Dharmasoka 62 for 1 cont. 250 ( L.D.
Chandimal 44, R. Udayanga 54 not out, D.R. Priyankara 23, A. Madusanka
62, Kasun Bamunuarachchi 3 for37, Sivanath Gnanaskandan 2 for 36,
Dhanushka Colombage 2 for 46)
*
At Reid Avenue: Royal vs Thurstan
Royal 224 for 6 dec.( Dimithri Siriwardena 67, Sukitha Senaratne
101, Feroz Ahmed 15 n.o., Lahiru Gamage 3 for 53, Shehan Perera
2 for 47)
Thurstan 15 for 1 at close
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