Thomians have the better of exchanges

S. Thomas’ dominated the proceedings of the drawn Elephant Lemonade inter-school encounter against St Joseph’s which was also played for the Gilmour Jayasuriya trophy at Darley Road, yesterday. The Thomians had the Josephians struggling on 70 for 4 after making a formidable score of 250 on day one.

The second day’s play saw the Thomians dominating play again as they bowled out the home team for 169 with Milan Fernando doing the damage capturing 6 for 39 and reached the 50 wicket mark for the season.

The Thomians batting the second time were bogged down by Shameera Weerasinghe who restricted them before making a declaration with the score at 112 for 8. This left the Joes an impossible target of 194 for victory in only 14 overs and they ended the day on 66 for 3.

S. Thomas’ 250 (Ashan Peiris 89, Devinda Fernando 18, R. Niroshan 63 n.o.; Nirmal Rajapakse 5 for 38, Rajeewa Weerasinghe 2 for 64, Shameera Weerasinghe 2 for 69) and 112 for 8 declared ((Ashan Peiris 40.; Shameera Weerasinghe 6 for 35)

St Joseph’s (70/4 o’night) 169 (Nirmal Rajapakse 36, Shameera Weerasinghe 29, Anton de Livera 23.; Milan Fernando 6 for 39, Ruchira de Silva 2 for 47) and 66 for 3 (Ruwantha Fernandopulle 25 n.o.)

Royal hold St Peter’s
The inter-school encounter between St Peter’s and Royal ended in a draw at Bambalapitiya yesterday.

Royal 249 (Bhanuka Rajapakse 132, Charith Fernando 29.; Umhar Samsudeen 5 for 74, Vinod Perera 3 for 43) and 189 (Bhanuka Rajapakse 22, Charith Fernando 61 n.o.; Lakshan Rodrigo 6 for 60, Umhar Samsudeen 2 for 37)

St Peter’s (168/5 o’night) 251 for 7 declared (Anuk Silva 83, Krishal Magage 70, Srimanth Wijeyartne 28, Lahiru Peiris 21 n.o.; Haroon Mowjood 2 for 79) and 62 for 3 at close (Andri Berenger 27.; Charith Fernando 2 for 20)

Isipathana beat Zahira
Isipathana defeated Zahira by eight wickets in their encounter concluded at Maradana yesterday to record their first outright win for the season

Isipathana 295 for 8 declared (Kanishka Amarasinghe 81, Amira Rabel 45, Sachith Jayasinghe 35, Manisha Ayomal 31, Visuddhi Kaluwitharana 21.; Mohamed Iflal 3 for 73) and 35 for 2 (Kanishka Amarasinghe 30 n.o.)

Zahira (75/3 o’night) 165 (Shahid Anushan 30, Mohamed Farhan 26, Mohamed Isham 20.; Visuddhi Kaluwitharana 3 for 12, Vimukthi Deshapriya 3 for 48, Kanishka Amarasinghe 2 for 31) and 159 (Mohamed Imraz 33, Mohamed Farhan 30, Mohamed Isham 25, Mohamed Wasim 20 n.o.; Vimukthi Deshapriya 4 for 55, Visuddhi Kaluwitharana 3 for 30, Nalaka Eranda 2 for 10)

Match drawn at Raddoluwa
The inter-school match between Raddoluwa MV and Carey concluded at Raddoluwa ended in a draw, yesterday.

Raddoluwa MV 190 (Kesara Lakshan 53, Chameera Madusanka 45, Bhanuka Devasurendra 23.; Rehan Reshme 4 for 50, Adil Hafiz 2 for 24, Mangala Bandara 2 for 31) and 192 Chameera Madusanka 49, Bhanuka Devasurendra 32, Bhagya Madhawa 30, Sohan Rangika 26, Sachindra Harshadeva 16 n.o.; Adil Hafiz 4 for 24, Rehan Rizwi 2 for 33)

Carey (135/4 o’night) 252 (Janith Mallawaarchchi 54, Azad Agiril 54, Dilshan Dissanayake 50, Kalana Chamara 19, Ashan Sawall 15.; Bhanuka Devasurendra 4 for 69, Gayas Christopher 3 for 83)

DSS beat St Anthony’s Wattala
DSS defeated St Anthony’s Wattala by an innings and 32 runs at Wijerama Mawatha yesterday.

St Anthony’s 127 and 54 (Nadeesha Jayakody 4 for 19, Roshan Laksiri 3 for 10, Gayashan Weerasekera 2 for 16)

DSS (213/8 o’night) 218 (Lahiru Weragala 47, Gayashan Weerasekera 46, Hasitha Dharshana 30, Nadeesha Jayakody 34 n.o.; K. Nanayakkara 4 for 57, P. Aravinda 4 for 65) Bens fight back

St Benedict’s fought back to force a draw against St Sebastian’s at Kotahena yesterday.

St Sebastian’s 228 (Janitha Jayawardena 44, Lakmal Fernando 32, Dilhan Cooray 27, Charith Fernando 25.; Amila Perera 4 for 48, Dilshan Perera 2 for 31, Abilash Fernando 2 for 32)

St Benedict’s (39/3 o’night) 123 (N. Fonseka 39, S. Sirimanne 24.; Randika Fernando 4 for 37, Janitha Jayawardena 3 for 7) and 159 (S. Fernando 22, N. Nandalal 76 n.o.; Randika Fernando 5 for 41)

Draw at Katugastota
The match between St Anthony’s and Ananda played at Katugastota ended in a drab draw.

Ananda 179 and 197 (Wishwa Wijesuriya 38, Prabodha Seneviratne 37, Dilhan Silva 30, Udara Jayasundara 25, S. Jaimon 4 for 50, H. Medagoda 2 for 35, P. Samarakoon 2 for 35, K. Ekanayake 2 for 22)

St Anthony’s (136/4 o’night) 239 (S. Munas 63, G. Dissanayake 35, S. Suminda 26, H. Medagoda 24, S. Jaimon 24.; Udara Peiris 6 for 81, Malith Gunathileke 2 for 62) and 56 for 5 (G. Dissanayake 32.; W. Ishara 2 for 36).