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Suicidal
run out gives Royal victory
By
Samiddha Rathnayake
Royal ended Ananda’s winning streak defeating
the home team by 94 runs in their inter-school cricket
encounter that ended at Ananda Mawatha yesterday. It
was an absolute disaster for Ananda when their last
pair attempted an impossible run in the last ball of
the match only to end in being run out. Chasing a target
of 192 Ananda lost wickets at regular intervals. But
the last pair, Sachithra Perera and Madumal Jayarathe,
was holding the fort for quite sometime and had all
the chances to see their team end the game in a draw.
Till the last ball of the match they were offering some
sensible resistance but they failed to hold their nerve
and attempted a suicidal run off the last ball off Haroon
Mawjood’s bowling. With this win Royal have six
outright wins out of their ten games while Ananda have
eight wins out of 13 matches with one loss.
Royal 235 and 169-8 dec (61) (Chalaka Bogoda 47, Sahan
Hettiarachchi 24, Kusal Janith 23, Haroon Mawjood 26,
Bhanuka Rajapakse 31 no, Ruchira Herath 3/47, Sachithra
Perera 2/37)
Ananda 166-6 contd 212 (57.4) (Prabodha Senevirathne
43, Sameera Wijesuriya 20, Maneesha Thanthirigoda 5/43,
Haroon Mawjood 3/55) and 98 (35.5) (Madumal Jayaratne
24, Yasith Abeykoon 4/29, Maheesha Thanthirigoda 3/26,
H Mawjood 2/37)
S. Thomas’ trounces Wesley
S. Thomas’, Mt. Lavinia recorded an easy win over
Wesley in a 1st XI cricket fixture played at Mt. Lavinia
yesterday. After Wesley succumbed to a meagre 91 in
the first innings Thomians declared their innings on
the overnight score of 126-3. The visitors didn’t
show much improvement in the second innings also as
they fell for just 79 leaving the Thomians only 43 for
victory.
Wesley 91 and 79 (51.2) (Javed Bongso 21, Dulanjana
Wijesinghe 20, C Pathirana 2/12, Fahim Saleem 2/6, Charith
Fonseka 3/18)
S. Thomas’ 126-3 dec and 43-1 (9.5) (Fahim Saleem
28 no)
Josephian last pair thrive
St. Joseph’s last pair, Nishika de Silva (81) and
Dinal Dhambarage (34) added a valuable 71-run partnership
to help their team to win major honours in their drawn
game against Trinity played at Darley Road yesterday.
Trinity 135 and 217-8 (70.3) (Sameera Wijesuriya 38,
Dinuk Weerarathne 30, Dilan Gangoda 25, M Sajid 20,
Rushan Jaleel 33, Shameera Weerasinghe 2/53, Dinal Dhambarage
4/33)
St. Joseph’s 109-5 contd 214 (56.4) (Hareen Silva
37, Nishika de Silva 86 no, Dinal Dhambarage 34, Chinthaka
Bokula 2/58, Rushan Jaleel 5/93, Suresh Wickrama 2/31)
Nalanda recovers to draw with Thurstan
Nalanda displayed a much improved performance to recover
from their overnight score of 88-5 to 219 in their drawn
cricket encounter played at Thurstan Ground yesterday.
Thineth Gunawardana, Chethan de Silva and Premesh Dasanayake
chipped in with useful scores of 61, 55 and 44 respectively.
Thurstan 195 and 28-1 (7) (Nuwan Darshana 12 no)
Nalanda 88-5 contd 219 (86.5) (Chethan de Silva 55,
Thineth Guunawardana 61 no, Primesh Dasanayake 44, Indika
Massalage 2/39, Prabodha Arthavidu 2/55, Shehan Kamileen
2/38, Ravindu Wijerathne 2/59)
Tame draw at Moratuwa
Kingswood and Prince of Wales settled for a low scoring
draw at their inter-school cricket encounter at Moratuwa
yesterday.
Kingswood 110-7contd 131 (62.5) (Chathura Kumarasiri
42 n.o, Lahiru Gannoruwa 21, Shehan Jayasuriya 4/48,
Dilan Chandima 2/6) and 88-5 (21) (U Hettige 30, Dilan
Chandima 2/1)
Prince of Wales 137 (62) (Dilan Chandma 35, Nuwantha
Peiris 39, Lahiru Gannoruwa 4/22, R Sandaruwan 3/30,
C Dharmaperuma 2/25)
Sri Rahula in bold reply
Sri Rahula won major honours in their drawn cricket
encounter against Moratu Vidyalaya played at Peradeniya
Campus Grounds yesterday. Chathuranga Dikkumbura hit
a splendid 120 for Rahula while Sunimal Dissanayake
scored 83. The pair amassed a partnership of 186 for
the 7th wicket to rescue the team from a disastrous
situation at 70-6.
Moratu Vidyalaya 281 (61.5) (Chathura Hemakumara 81,
Sudeepa Kelum 80, L Mendis 43, Amith Thilakaratne 4/109,
Chathuranga Dikkumbura 2/37, Roshan Subasinghe 2/46)
and 172-6 (35) at close (A Priyadharshana 50, Chathuran
Hemakumara 58, J Devinda 36n.o., Supun Ranatunga 5/59)
Sri Rahula 42-3 contd 293 (99.6) (Chathuranga Dikkumbura
120, Sunimal Dissanayake 83, Amith Thilakaratne 21,
R Ratnayake 15, M Lasitha 3/23, C Vitharana 2/39, A
Priyadharshana 2/32, Sudeepa Kelum 2/28)
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