Ramith and Charutha blast Josephian attack
Chris DHAMBARAGE
Two magnificent centuries from opener Ramith Rambukwella (110) and
Charutha Rajaratne (127) helped Royal College amass a huge 306 for 6
wickets in their first innings on the opening day of their 113th annual
inter-school under 19 cricket encounter against St. Joseph’s College
which began at Reid Avenue yesterday.
Rambukwella hoisted one six and struck 13 boundaries while the more
aggressive Rajaratne had seven sixes and 14 boundaries with the pair
putting on a massive 204 runs for the fifth wicket.
In reply St. Joseph’s College collapsed to 79 for 6 against some
penetrative bowling from Maneesha Thanthirigoda and Lakshan Landewela.
Royal: 306 for 6 decl (R. Rambukwella 110, C. Rajaratne 127, R.
Thathil 3 for 82, S. Jayatilleke 2 for 39).
St. Joseph’: 79 for 6 (J. Jayasinghe 26, M. Thanthirigoda 3 for 18,
L. Landewela 2 for 20).
Anushka bowls Isipatana to victory
Left arm spinner Anushka Samaratunga captured another five wicket
haul as Isipatana College defeated Dharmapala MV outright by 64 runs in
their inter school under 19 cricket tournament match which concluded at
Pannipitiya yesterday.
Isipatana: 206 (D. Sandaruwan 53, T. Ranasinghe 33, C. Jayanetti 35,
H. Kavindu 23, D. Warapitiya 22, G. Hondamunige 3 for 32, H.
Wickremasinghe 2 for 25, P. Ratnayake 2 for 40, R. Gamage 2 for 40) and
140 for 9 decl (N. Sasanka 36, H. Kavindu 32, T. Ranasinghe 29, A.
Nirmal 5 for 35, R. Gamage 3 for 29).
Dharmapala MV: 110 (A. Nirmal 39, D. Jayasundera 20, D. Sulochana 6
for 48, A. Samaratunga 2 for 44) and 172 (T. Liyanage 68, C. Mapatuna
43, N. Pavithra 22, A. Samaratunga 5 for 62, H. Kavindu 3 for 19, R.
Sulochana 2 for 54).
Superb double by Sandaruwan
A fine all round performance from Raviju Sandaruwan helped Lumbini MV
to register their fourth outright victory this season defeating Mahanama
MV by five wickets in their inter-school under 19 cricket tournament
fixture concluded at Havelock Park yesterday.
Mahanama MV: 138 and 138 (P. Devinda 23, S. Chaturanga 29, T.
Nipendra 44, P. Jayasuriya 3 for 68, R. Sandaruwan 6 for 55).
Lumbini MV: 104 and 173 for 5 (R. Sandaruwan 48, A. Raviru 35, V.
Sanjaya 26, Z. Ousman 23, D. Priyadarshana 23 n.o, I. Kumara 2 for 31).
Nipun rescues Nalanda
Sri Lanka under 19 discard Nipun Karunanayake hit a top score of 98
as Nalanda College recovered to score 222 runs in their first innings on
the opening day of their inter-school under 19 cricket tournament match
against D. S. Senanayake College which commenced at Wijerama Mawatha
yesterday.
Nalanda: 222 (N. Karunanayake 98, P. Wickremasinghe 20, D. Jayasinghe
22, P. Dassanayake 25, M. Gunasinghe 2 for 19, A. Weerasinghe 3 for 57,
M. Ijaz 3 for 50).
D. S. Senanayake: 99 for 4 (A. Weerasinghe 40, C. Satharasinghe 25
n.o, D. Jayasinghe 3 for 12).
Sachithra and Ruvindu contain Thomians
Spinners Sachithra Perera and Ruvindu Sharmen snapped up three
wickets each as Ananda College dismissed S. Thomas’ College for 189 runs
in their first innings on the opening day of their inter school under 19
cricket tournament match which began at Mount Lavinia yesterday.
S. Thomas: 189 (A. Fernando 41, N. Kavindu 36, K. Perera 25, B.
Dharmasena 21, S. Perera 3 for 51, R. Sharmen 2 for 42).
Ananda: 40 for 3 (S. Devage 19 n.o, D. Walpita 2 for 4).
Kingswood shot out for 93
Wesley College put up a splendid performance to skittle out their
opponents Kingswood College Kandy for just 93 runs in their first
innings on the opening day of their inter-school under 19 cricket
tournament match which began at Campbell Park yesterday.
Kingswood slumped to 53 for 9 at one stage but recovered through a
stubborn last wicket partnership of 40 runs.
In reply Wesley College went on to reach 142 for 6 a first innings
lead of 39 runs.
Kingswood: 93 (R. Sooriyakumar 3 for 15, D. Wijesinghe 3 for 25).
Wesley: 142 for 6 (A. Fonseka 37).
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