St. Sebastian’s coasted to their third outright win with a crushing ten wicket win over Thurstan in their Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter concluded at Moratuwa yesterday. Opener Deshan Dias who made a knock off 101 on the opening day laid the foundation for their outright victory as he helped his side to end the day in a strong position on 219 for 5. This was in reply to Thurstan’s 210.

The second day’s play yesterday saw the Sebs resuming on their overnight score. They went on to make a formidable 304 and then had Thurstan struggling at 46 for 4 at lunch.

Asiri Wickramanayake who made a top score of 87 for S. Thomas’ against St. Benedict’s at Kotahena.	St. Peter’s spinner Asif Mackie in action against Ananda at Bambalapitiya. - Pictures by Sanka Vidanagama

The post lunch session saw Thurstan making a recovery with a useful knock of 53 coming from Supun Navaratne but the others failed to make any impression and they were bowled out for 172. This left the home team just 79 runs for victory which they needed just 12 overs to reach the target.

Incidentally Thurstan’s Sachith Dias completed his 50 wickets for the season in this game.
Thurstan 210 (Sajeewa Salgado 67, Sanka Fernando 35, Kavinda Gunasekera 22, Harith Dias 19, Praboda Arthavidu 17: Marlan Fernando 2 for 23, Wishwa Fernando 2 for 41) and 172 (Supun Navaratne 53, Sajeewa Salgado 38, Ranga Wijesekera 22, Kavindu Silva 22: Wishwa Fernando 6 for 52, Charith Fernando 3 for 19)

St. Sebastian’s (219/6 overnight) 304 (Deshan Dias 101, Nishmal Fernando 37, Oshada Fernando 34, Anuk de Alwis 28, Anushka Perera 17, Anuk Fernando 42 n.o.: Sachith Dias 3 for 79, Sachintha Wijesinghe 3 for 82) and 81 for no loss (Deshan Dias 36 n.o., Marlan Fernando 36 n.o.)
Skipper Imras guides Zahira

An all round performance by skipper Imras Rafi helped Zahira to defeat Maris Stella by 130 runs at Maradana yesterday. Thus they recorded their third outright win of the season. Zahira dominated the proceedings on both days and put themselves in a winning position in the morning’s session’s play on day two.

Maris Stella resuming on their overnight score of 107 for 6 did not last long as they were only able to add a further nine runs being bowled out for 116. Zahira batting the second time was spearheaded by skipper Imras who made an unbeaten ton which helped them make a score of 222 for 4 declared.
This left Maris Stella a target of 335 but were able to make a score of only 204.

Zahira: 228 (Imras Rafi 45, L. Randhika 45, Shameer Ahmed 34, D. Hilmy 29: A. Ratnayake 5 for 29, R. Dinesh 2 for 46) and 222 for 4 declared (Irshad Mohamed 29, Ashad Boroham 26, Imras Rafi 101 n.o., Shameer Ahamed 39 n.o.: Dushmantha Chameera 2 for 19)Maris Stella: (107/6 overnight) 116 (C. Dilhan 30, D. Shanaka 26: Pradeep Ananda 6 for 36, Mohamed Basith 2 for 25) and 204 (Shehan Chthuranga 39, Wishwa Kanchuka 30, Shehan Kumara 26, S. Dulasiri 26, Chathura Dilhan 23: Irshad Omar 4 for 61, Imras Rafi 3 for 40, Pradeep Ananda 2 for 40)

Innings win for Moratu MV
Moratu MV was home for lunch when they outclassed Ananda Sastralaya Kotte by an innings and 149 runs in the concluded at Moratuwa yesterday. The highlights of the match were the seven wicket hauls by Anuruddha Kalhara and Sanka Ramesh.

Ananda Sastralaya 32 (Anuruddha Kalhara 7 for 15, Sanka Ramesh 3 for 3) and 122 (Yasoda Rashmika 36, Tharindu Dabare 21,Akila Madusanka 16: Sanka Ranka Ramesh 7 for 51, Janidu Mudalige 2 for 9)

Moratu MV 303 for 6 declared (Ishan Peiris 56, Sujeewa Liyanage 55, Avishka Peiris 51, Janidu Mudalige 41, Kalhara Peiris 35: Akila Madusanka 3 for 87, Lahiru Hasanga 2 for 27)

Raninda stars in drawn game
Right arm spinner with a match bag of 11 for 97 starred in the drawn inter-school match between Wesley and St. Joseph’s at Campbell Park yesterday. Wesley took the honours.

Wesley 327 for 7 declared (Lahiru Perera 73, Ashel Kariyawasam 53, Sadeem Thawfeeq 35, Ashen Fonseka 32, Raninda Sooriyakumara 27, Tharindu Karunaratne 42 n.o., Basith Muzammil 33 n.o.: Rosco Thattil 3 for 112, Fabian Fernando 2 for 56)

St. Joseph’s (67/4 overnight) 176 (Kevin Bernadus 32, Dinal Dambarage 30, Fabian Fernando 28, Vidusha Jayasinghe 22, Shavin de Silva 20: Raninda Sooriyakumara 7 for 48, Ashel Kariyawasam 2 for 17) and 288 for 8 (Rosco Thattil 79, Nadeera Samarawickrama 54, Kevin Bernadus 46, Fabian Fernando 36 n.o.: Raninda Sooriyakumara 4 for 69)

Draw at Kotahena
The Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter between St. Benedict’s and S. Thomas’ ended in a tame draw at Kotahena yesterday.

St. Benedict’s 167 (Rukshan Weerasinghe 44, Waruna Fernando 44, Jason Perera 18, Eranga Ratnayake 16: Chamod Pathirana 6 for 63, Madushan Ravichandrakumar 3 for 45) and 156 for 2 (Jason Perera 58, Roy Sheran 76 n.o.)

S. Thomas’ (109/1 overnight) 271 for 9 declared (Asiri Wickremanayake 87, Chamod Pathirana 50, Sachin Peiris 37, Kavindu Perera 24; Eranga Ratnayake 5 for 70)

Another draw at Bambalapitiya
The high scoring match between St. Peter’s and Ananda played at Bambalapitiya also ended in a draw.
St. Peter’s: 294 (Nilochana Perera 69, Thanusha Jayawardena 63, Dushan Hemantha 53, Sashen Fernando 33, Denham Perera 32: Sachitra Perera 6 for 94, Pasindu Madushan 2 for 59) and 46 for no loss (Lahiru Milantha 27 n.o., Shehan Fernando 18 n.o.)

Ananda: (53/1 overnight) 269 (Geshan Wimaladarma 91, Rasith Jayaratne 63, Dhanuka Madushan 23, Pasindu Madushan 18 n.o; Dushan Hemantha 4 for 47, Julian de Zylwa 3 for 30)

DSS dominate proceedings
DSS dominated the proceedings of their drawn match against Prince of Wales at Moratuwa yesterday.
Prince of Wales: 174 (Isuru Thilina 75, Bindu Upeksha 25, Dilshan Tharindu 24: Harsha Udayakumara 3 for 9, Sahan Amarasinghe 2 for 34) and 78 for 5 (Chamika Sansaka 20, Isuru Thilina 23 n.o.:

shantha Perera 2 for 13)
D. S. Senanayake: (28/2 overnight) 305 (Heshan Perera 89, Ushantha Perera 47, Chamod Wickremasinghe 44, Thusith Silva 35, Harith Maduwantha 31, Mohamed Ijaz 23: Isuru Dilshan Tharindu 4 for 94, Bindu Upeksha 2 for 20, Isuru Thilina 2 for 73)

Vidyartha in easy win
Not one Vidyartha batsman made a fifty and no bowler took a five for. Yet they were able to defeat Thaksila Central Horana by seven wickets in an under 19 tournament match, thanks to a very good all-round effort.

Having bowled out Taxila for a paltry 113, Vidyartha’s batsmen ensured a lead of 70. Chasing a target of 81 in 18 overs, the visiting team got the runs in a mere 11.3 overs. Niluksha Galapititage belted eight fours in his 38. Bandujith Chaturanga of Taxila made the solitary half century of the match.

Taxila 113 in 50.5 overs (B. Chaturanga 65, R. Sampath 11; I.S. Weerasinghe 3 for 6, S. Attanayake 2 for 13, U. Wickremasinghe 2 for 31, C. Ratnayake 2 for 40) and 150 in 71.4 overs (C. Uran 31, B. Chaturanga 13, M. Tharanga 17, U. Pradeep 17, E. Madhawa 29; U. Wickremasinghe 2 for 53, C. Ratnayake 3 for 23, K. Gamage 2 for 8)

Vidyartha 183 in 53.3 overs (T. Ranaweera 25, R. Bandara 17, M. Galapitiage 17, K. Gamage 31, U. Wickremasinghe 26, R. Dissanayake 25, N. Ranaweera 16; R.D. Sampath 4 for 32, M. Madusanka 4 for 51) and 84 for 3 in 11.3 overs (T. Ranaweera 23, N. Galapitage 38, K. Gamage 17 n.o; U. Pradeep 2 for 26)

No play in Kandy
There was no play in the two Under 19 inter-schools cricket match between St. Anthony’s Katugastota and Royal Panadura and Trinity versus Dharmaraja which was scheduled to be played due to bad weather.-AK.