Mowjood rescues Royal

Royal’s last year skipper Haroon Mowjood was the toast of the college supporters as he frustrated St Joseph’s with a match saving knock of 57 to rescue his side from imminent defeat in their Under 20 inter-school cricket encounter concluded at Darley Road yesterday.

Royal who were struggling on 64 for 7 were rescued by Mowjood and Kansihka Boteju who put on an invaluable 71 runs for the eighth wicket to take the side out of the woods and hold on till stumps were drawn with Royal on 174 for 8.

Earlier in the day overnight batsmen Anton de Livera and Harin Silva with a 163 run stand for the third wicket to give the Josephians the edge which saw their side accumulate a formidable score of 279 from their overnight score of 137 for 2 in reply to Royal’s 183.

Royal 183 (Charith Fernando 66, Charitha Lanka 34, Shamindra de Silva 20; Shameera Weerasinghe 7 for 74) and 174 for 8 (Kanishka Boteju 17, Haroon Mowjood 57 n.o.; Prabuddha Sankalpa 4 for 41, Anton de Livera 2 for 33)

St Joseph’s (137/2 o’night) 279 (Anton de Livera 86, Harin Silva 85, Prabuddha Sankalpa 40, Jahn Jayasinghe 21; Charutha Lankadara 5 for 54, Kanishka Boteju 3 for 87, Yasith Abeykoon 2 for 37)

Udara guides Ananda
A knock of 102 with 14 boundaries by Udara Peiris took Ananda to safety against S. Thomas’ on the second day’s play at Mt Lavinia. After being bundled out for a lowly 99 in the first innings Udara’s knock saw them reach 256 for 7 in their second essay before declaring after the Thomains had declared on their overnight score of 187 for 9.

Ananda 99 (Dinuka Jayasinghe 22; Naveed Ghany 4 for 23, Nilshan Fernando 4 for 26) and 256 for 7 declared (Udara Peiris 102, Mateesha Perera 59, Shameera Wijesuriya 27, Udara Sampath 26; Naveed Ghani 4 for 51)

S. Thomas’ 187 for 9 (Naveed Ghany 57, Thilina Nugawela 35, Ruchira de Silva 33, Ashan Fernando 24; Udara Peiris 4 for 60, N. Gurusinghe 2 for 23) and 123 for 2 (Fahim Saleem 32, Jehan Thahir 70 n.o.)

Gayashan slams 124
A 131 ball knock of 124 with 17 boundaries and three sixes by Gayashan Weerasekera and a 61 by Isuru Udana helped DSS make a bold reply of 310 to Nalanda’s 251 in their inter-school match played at Wijerama Mawatha which ended in a draw.

Nalanda 251 (M. Warnapura 91, D. Silva 28, A. Nanayakkara 26, V. Romesh 25 n.o.; Isuru Udana 6 for 63, Nadeesha Jayakody 2 for 39, Dimuthu Samarakkody 2 for 50) and 24 for noloss

DSS 310 (Gayashan Weerasekera 124, Isuru Udana 61, Hasitha Dharshana 49, Harendra Udugamwithana 28, Nadun Pathirana 20; Nipuna Karunanayake 7 for 44, Amal Atapattu 2 for 62)

Cambrians held to a draw
St Peter’s held Prince of Wales to a draw in their inter-school cricket match concluded at Moratuwa yesterday.
Prince of Wales 305 for 9 declared (Sashan Silva 112, Lahiru Lakmal 76, Sanka Peiris 30; Vinod Perera 4 for 85, Chanaka Fernando 2 for 61)

St Peter’s (45/3 o’night) 200 (Suranga Rodrigo 39, Akshu Fernando 30, Anuk Silva 16, Andre Berenger 16, Kaushal Rodrigo 28 n.o.; Shivantha Kumara 4 for 33, Lahiru Lakmal 2 for 34)

Krishan and Chalitha steer Kingswood
A fine knock of 103 by Krishan de Silva and a match bag of 9 for 88 by Chalitha Dharmaperuma steered Kingswood to an eight wicket win over Wesley in the inter-school encounter concluded at Campbell Park yesterday.

Wesley 166 (H. Gomes 37, R. Suriyakumar 35, M. Fernando 19, A. Fonseka 18, M. Pellipe 16, R. Mathusudan 19 n.o.; P. Senaratne 4 for 43, C. Dharmaperuma 3 for 35) and 181 (R. Suriyakumara 63, J. Vandersay 31; C. Dharmaperuma 6 for 53, P. Senaratne 3 for 81)

Kingswood (131/3 o’night) 328 for 9 declared (K. de Silva 103, K. Silva 36, M. Maduranga 33, C. Abeykoon 24, S. Alugama 24, A. Bandaranayake 24; D. de Silva 4 for 41, M. Fernando 3 for 80) and 25 for 2