Sports In brief
Karunaratne shines for Devans
K.I.N. Karunaratne contributed for Maliyadeva College Kurunegala with
both bat and ball to defeat the Joseph Vaz College in their under 15
cricket encounter recently. Joseph Vaz College batted first and made 209
runs with W.A.R. Jayasundara top scoring. K.I.N. Karunaratne took three
for 31 to restrict the visitors.
In reply, Maliyadeva could easily get passed the winning target with
L.K.
Fransisco making a half ton (56) well assisted by K.I.N. Karunaratne
(48).
Joseph Vaz: 209/8 (Kasun Vidura 25, W.A.R. Sunanda 26, J.A. Yomal 25
n.o., K.I.N. Karunarathne 3 for 31)
Maliyadeva : 213/8 (L.K. Francisco 56, K.I.N. Karunarathne 48, M.P.M.
Obris 3 for 46, M.A.A. Nimsha 3 for 51)
Maliyadeva by 34 runs
Maliyadeva College recorded a 34 run victory over Sandalankawa MV in
another encounter. The number of overs had been reduced to 20 and
batting first Maliyadeva scored 111 for 8. The visitors could not come
anywhere near the winning target and restricted to 77/7.
Maliyadeva: 111/8 (B.T.G. Abeysuriya 25, L.V.R. Kumara 4 for 26)
Sandalankawa MV : 77/7 (B.T.G. Abeysuriya 3 for 2, V.J. Bandara 2 for
21)
Fransisco a half ton
L.K. Francisco made a brilliant knock of 63 and B.G. Lakshman took 4
for 20 to help Maliyadeva College to record a comfortable win over
Vidyartha College Kandy recently.
Maliyadeva : 234 (L.K. Fransisco 63, B.T.G. Abeysuriya 31, S.A.
Abeysinghe 4 for 37)
Vidyartha : 155/8 (T.N. Rupasena 47, B.G. Lakshman 4 for 20) C.W.
Petes Junior Awards
The junior cricket awards ceremony of St Peter›s College,
Bambalapitiya will be held today at the College Hall, commence from 4
p.m onwards.
Junior Peterites who excelled at the under 13, 15, and 17 in all
divisions will receive their awards from the Chief Guest former College
Rector Rev. Fr. Felician Ranjith Perera . Former Peterite skipper Jehan
Jayasuriya will be the Guest of Honour.
AGM on Monday
The Annual General Meeting of the Veterans Table Tennis Association
of Sri Lanka will be held on August 11 (Monday) at Otters Aquatic Club,
Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Colombo 07. M.M.M. Lafeer will be the chief guest
at this occasion. |
