Saleem and Nirushan star in drawn game

Half tons by Fahim Saleem and Ravindranath Nirushan who together put on a 119 run partnership for the second wicket helped S. Thomas’ s hold St Joseph’s to a draw in their Under 20 inter-school cricket encounter concluded at Mt Lavinia yesterday.

The Thomians resuming from their overnight score of 140 for 1 went on to make 264 in reply to the Joes score of 343 for 7 declared. St Joseph’s batting the second time declared their innings with the score on 118 for 2 with Dimuth Karunaratne cracking his second half ton of the match making 73. The home team set a target of 198 ended the day on 84 for 1.

St Joseph’s 343 for 7 declared (Anton de Livera 162, Dimuth Karunaratne 63, Harin Silva 26, Prabuddha Sankalpa 50 n.o.; Jehan Thahir 2 for 32, Milan Fernando 2 for 103) and 118 for 2 declared (Dimuth Karunaratne 73, Ruwantha Fernandopulle 38) S. Thomas’ (140/1 o’night) 264 (Fahim Saleem 70, Ravindranath Nirushan 52, Naveed Ghany 22, Thilina Nugawela 18, Milan Fernando 15 n.o.; Chathuranga Kumara 5 for 81, Graham Vincent 3 for 43) and 84 for 1 (Fahim Saleem 15, Jehan Thahir 42 n.o., Vishwa Weerawardena 21 n.o.)

Royal hold St. Peter’s
As expected the inter-school encounter between St Peter’s and Royal concluded at Bambalaptiya yesterday ended in a tame draw. The highlights of the second days play were the half tons by Srimantha Wijeyaratne, Akshu Fernando, Shivanga Ranasuriya for St Peter’s and Sahan Hettiarachchi for Royal.

Royal 235 (Kithruwan Vithanage 71, Sachinda de Alwis 29, Chalaka Bogoda 23, Dilan Kannangara 23; Thivanka Silva 3 for 80, Vinod Perera 2 for 34, Chanaka Fernando 2 for 61) and 106 for no loss (Sahan Hettiarachchi 60 n.o., Chalaka Bogoda 28 n.o.)
St Peter’s (49/1 o’night) 245 (Srimantha Wijeyaratne 65, Akshu Fernando 63, Shivanga Ranasuriya 52; Janaka Lankadara 3 for 46, Kithruwan Vithanage 3 for 30)

Sriyakumar unbeaten 100
Wesley sans their senior players gave the more fancied Prince of Wales side a torrid time at Campbell Park before the game ended in a draw. They had the Cambrians struggling on 90 for 7 before they recovered to make 166. Then adding salt to the wound fresher Raninda Sriyakumar made an unbeaten ton. Wesley ended the day on 205 for 4.

Wesley 187 (Jeffery Vandersay 45, A. Fonseka 40; Chamesh Fernando 3 for 40, Sanka Peiris 2 for 14, Dilan Chandima 2 for 40) and 205 for 4 (Pasan Samarasekera 42, Heshan Gomes 18, Javed Bongso 17, Raninda Sriyakumar 100 n.o.; Dilan Chandima 2 for 26) Prince of Wales (62/3 o’night) 166 (Nayana Priyanjan 40, Lahiru Srilakmal 27, Chamath Kariyawasam 25, Chamesh Fernando 24; Daniel Bartholomuez 5 for 57, Jeffery Vandersay 4 for 22)

Tame draw at Moratuwa
The inter-school cricket match between St Sebastian’s and St Benedict’s concluded at Moratuwa yesterday ended in a tame draw
St Benedict’s 232 (Dilanka Auwardt 44, Varuna Fernando 34, Ashen Sirimanne 32, Chanaka Wijewardena 26; Sanjaya Fernando 5 for 45, Janitha Jayawardena 3 for 57) and 58 for 2 (Sangaran Nandalal 29)
St Sebastian’s (34/0 o’night) 168 for 9 declared (Rajitha Mendis 27, Janitha Jayawardena 63 n.o.; Suren Silva 6 for 37)

President’s R’giriya dominate
President’s Rajagiriya dominated the first days proceedings against St Sylvester’s Kandy in the inter-school match played at Police Park in Kandy.
St Sylvester’s 161 (Rohan Jayatissa 82, Saman Embilimeegama 19; Sonier Perera 5 for 47, Isura Somathileke 3 for 23, Rajitha Chathuranga 2 for 56)
President’s Rajagiriya 216 for 3 (Sagara Upuldeniya 45, Nipuna Geethanga 31, Sanath Silva 87 n.o., Chamath Silva 32 n.o.)

Under 13 Semi Final
Peterite juniors advance to final
St Peter’s advanced to the final of the Under 13 Division Two cricket tournament with an easy first innings win over Carey in the semi final encounter played at the Ananda Sastarlaya ground in Kotte.
Carey 154 (A. Nazeer 52, P. Madusanka 29; Jonathan Sudarsinghe 4 for 34, Dushan Hemantha 4 for 39) and 155 for 6 (A. Nazeer 100)
St Peter’s 219 (Chamila Obeysekera 31, Sadir Hassan 31, Jonathan Sudarsinghe 27, Sahan Wedisinghe 54 n.o.; M. Akram 2 for 14, A. Nazeer 2 for 24)

Trinity excel in drawn game
Trinity produced a good display of all-round cricket to take a comfortable first innings lead of 86 runs over Dharmaraja in their drawn match at Asgiriya.
Having done well to dismiss the visitors to a modest score, Trinitians Kitmal Wimalaweera, Roshan Jaleel and Mohamed Sajith made important contributions. Jaleel was quite positive in his stroke-play while Sajith caught the eye with several well timed drives.
Left arm seamer Tilina Balasuriya was the pick of the Rajans with a five wicket haul and a missed hat-trick.
Dharmaraja 164 in 47 overs (C. Ambagaspitiya 34, R. Bandara 26, J. Perera 27, C. Ratnayake 19, J. Balasuriya 16, C. Amarakoon 12; H. Ilangaratne 3 for 48, R. Perera 3 for 31, R. Jaleel 2 for 16) and 205 for 8 in 59 overs (C. Ambanpitiya 37, J. Perera 33 n.o, C. Ramanayake 25, J. Wedagedera 20, J. Balasuriya 18, R. Ekanayake 15 n.o; R. Perera 2 for 28, R. Jaleel 2 for 35, C. Umadantha 2 for 74)
Trinity 250 in 76 overs (K.Wimalasena 67, R. Jaleel 46, M. Sajith 39, H. Ilangaratne 23 n.o, D. Ranasinghe 18; J. Balasuriya 5 for 41; R. Ekanayake 2 for 36)
- AK