ISSN: 1391 - 0531
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Vol. 41 - No 35
Sports

St. Joseph record sixth win

By M. Shamil Amit

St. Joseph’s recorded their sixth outright win of the ongoing Elephant Lemonade inter-school cricket season when they defeated Trinity by nine wickets in the match concluded at Darley Road yesterday. This was also the second successive defeat for the Trinitians within two weeks.

St. Joseph’s 228 (Buddhi Sankalpa 55, Ruwantha Fernandopulle 44, Anton de Livera 44, Rajeewa Weerasinghe 32, Hashan Perera 18, Nirmal Rajapakse 36 n.o.; Hasitha Illangaratne 3 for 35) and 57 for 1 (Anton de Livera 47 n.o.)

Trinity (76/6 o’night) 85 (Dilan Gangoda 25, Derrick Joachim 21.; Rajeewa Weerasinghe 4 for 18, Shameera Weerasinghe 2 for 3, Anton de Livera 2 for 10) and 196 (Wasika Munasinghe 55, Lasith Jayathileke 42, Derrick Joachim 21, Romesh Perera 21.; Shameera Weerasinghe 5 for 53, Treshan Rajasooriya 3 for 16, Rajeewa Weerasinghe 2 for 64)

Ashan unbeaten 101

An unbeaten 101 with 16 boundaries and a six by skipper Ashan Peiris was the highlight of the second day’s play of the drawn inter-school match between S. Thomas’ and Wesley concluded at Mt Lavinia yesterday.

S. Thomas’ 149 (R. Fernando 31, Shashrika Pussegolla 26, Ruchira de Silva 19.; Dulanjana Wijesinghe 3 for 11, Ryan Kern 3 for 55, G. Vandersay 2 for 18, Ishan Jayaratne 2 for 39) and 181 for 2 (Vishwa Weerawardena 55, Shashrika Pussegolla 22, Ashan Peiris 101 n.o.)

Wesley (125/3 o’night) 229 (Shakthi Siriratne 98, Dulanjana Wijesinghe 46, Ishan Jayaratne 24, Dilan Marasinghe 22.; Nilshan Fernando 3 for 54, Ruchira de Silva 3 for 55, Milan Fernando 3 for 65)

Angelo stars in drawn game

Peterite Angelo Perera shone with the bat when he made an unbeaten 83 with eight boundaries in their drawn inter-school match against Prince of Wales concluded at Bambalapitiya yesterday.

Prince of Wales 148 and 249 for 8 (Sanka Peiris 52, Sashan Silva 50, Ishan Hewage 38 n.o.; Lakshan Rodrigo 4 for 85, Shanaka Fernando 2 for 6)

St. Peter’s (189/6 o’night) 223 (Srimantha Wijeyaratne 37, Lakshan Rodrigo 36, Angelo Perera 83 n.o.; Shivantha Kumara 5 for 56, Rajitha Mendis 2 for 32)

 
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