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Cakewalk for Ananda
By Bernie Wijesekera
There were no crackers or the normal revelry associated with the greeting of the New Year as Ananda led admirably by Sri Lanka under19 wicket-keeper, batsman Chathura Herath notched their third outright win for 2005 when they crushed Dharmapala, Pannipitiya in the Inter-School cricket match at Ananda Mawatha yesterday.

Ananda sent into bat amassed 277 for 5 and declared on the first day.
Opener D.N. Athulathmudali cracked 91 in 114 balls and was finally run out. He was the mainstay in the Ananda batting cracking 14 fours. Chathuranga Herath (50 n.o) and Gayan Rupasinghe (a hard hit 64 with six fours and four sixes) boosted the total.

Dharmapala in reply were bowled out for 148.P. Hewage stood out with 40. Left arm spinner Malith Gunatilleke was among the wickets again with 5 for 34 and this caused the debacle. Forced to follow on, the Palians fell easy prey to lanky paceman Gayan Rupasinghe, who had a match haul of 8 for 43. Malith Gunatilleke had a match bag of 8 for 79 and the Dharmapala lads were bowled out for 117 in their second innings. Thus they crashed by an innings and 12 runs shortly after the tea break.

A feature of this game was the excellent keeping by Chathura Herath who had seven victims (two stumped and five caught behind).

Ananda’s earlier outright wins in 2005 were over Trinity and Tissa MV Kalutara
On January 6 and 7 Ananda will play host to St.Peter’s at Ananda Mawatha.
Ananda – 277 for 5 dec. in 68 overs (D.N.Athulathmudali 91,Chathura Herath 50 n.o, G.Rupasinghe 64; H.S.K. Perera 2 for 44).

Dharmapala – 65 for 5 overnight contd. 148 all out in 59 overs (P. Hewage 40, D.M. Perera 28, G.Rupasinghe 3 for 27, M.Gunatilleke 5 for 34 and 117 all out (S.Kandanarachchi 25, Gunatilleke 18; G. Rupasinghe 5 for 15, Udara Peiris 2 for 21, M.Gunatilleke 3 for 45).

Pussegolla shines in drawn game
By M. Shamil Amit
Thomian Shashrika Pussegolla slammed his second successive century of the season cracking 111 in the drawn Elephant Lemonade inter-school cricket match against Richmond concluded at Mt Lavinia yesterday.

Taking first lease of the wicket, the Richmond lads scored 195 and in reply the Thomians made 234.

Richmond - 195 and 213 for 9 (Isuru Anushka 70, Isuru Rupika 38, N.G. Lasitha 32, Asitha Weerasuriya 21, Pathum Udara 20.; Dhanushka Colombage 4 for 30, Sivanath Gnanaskandan 2 for 18)

S. Thomas’ - 234 (Shashrika Pussegolla 111, Navin Perera 24, Ashan Peiris 22, Ryandera Karunaratne 32.; Suranga Lakmal 3 for 40, Dilshan Ranaweera 3 for 49, Isuru Anushka 2 for 45).

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