A fine knock of 153 (10 sixes, 13 fours) by Ramyanath Seneviratne and a superb all round effort by Nalin Vithana helped Matugama CC post a facile win over Baduruliya CC in a division II encounter at the Matugama Esplanade, recently.
Matugama CC 167 (Nalin Vithana 36, Chaminda Ranaweera 27, G. Kannangara 2 for 8 and 246 (Ramyanatha Seneviratne 153). Baduru- liya CC 70 (Nalin Vithana 4 for 26, and 97 all out; G. Kan- nanagara 28, Nalin Vithana 5 for 9, Chaminda Ranaweera 2 for 13).
STC 'A' register two wins
S. Thomas' 'A' team registered two victories recently in their cricket encounters against Nalanda 'A' at Mt. Lavinia and against Ananda Sastralaya at Kotte.
Nalanda 'A' 211(R. Prasanga 53, D. Dayaratne 44, S. Manoratne 25, A. de Silva 19, S. Medonza 4 for 53, R. Mendis 2 for 22) and 76 for 5 (C. G. Perera 3 for 13). S. Thomas' 'A' 132 (S. Caldera 32, G. Dedigama 20, L. Fernando 18, D. Dayaratne 3 for 23, A. de Silva 2 for 15) and 156 for 6 (U. Paramasivam 50, B. Athukorala 39, G. Fernando 35 n.o., D. Dayaratne 4 for 52). -oOo
S. Thomas' 'A' 289 (S. Medonza 77, G. Fernando 39, R. Mendis 34, L. Fernando 34 n.o., G. Dedigama 27, U. Paramasivam 23, M. Namal 5 for 80). Ananda Sastralaya 125 (P. Fonseka 43, G. Kumarapeli 29, I. Roshan 25, G. Fernando 3 for 38, P. Perera 3 for 16, L. Fernando 2 for 25) and 141 (T. Roshan 69, N. Silva 18, S. Medonza 4 for 27, P. Perera 3 for 44). _ (RD)
St. Servatius by 10 wickets
St. Servatius College Matara defeated St.Mary's College Negombo by ten wickets in their inter-school cricket encounter concluded at the Uyanwatta Stadium, Matara, yesterday.
The visitors were bundled out for 151 in their second innings with W.A.Wasantha claiming 3 for 54 to finish with a matchbag of 7 for 80.
St. Mary's : 115 and 151 in 53.3 overs. (B.C.Gamage 47, M.Ilangakoon 25, S.K.Anushka 3 for 24, K.A.Asela 2 for 34, W.A.Wasaantha 3 for 54).
St. Servatius : 255 for 7 decl and 11 for no loss in 1 over.
Drawn game
St. Joseph's (A) vs Isipatana (A) match played on the BRC Grounds ended in a draw. The feature of the match was the batting of R. de Silva of St. Joseph's who scored 83 runs in the first innings which included 5 sixes and 8 fours.
Isipatana 209 all out. (M. Fernando 55, P. Pathirana 3 for 43, R. de Silva 3 for 46 and 132 for 5 declared. R. Jayasuriya 35 not out, D. Ramanayake 3 for 16).
St. Joseph's 202 for 7 declared. (G. Vandort 55, R. de Silva 83 (5 sixes, 8 fours), M. Wickremasinghe 4 for 51 and 101 for 3 at stumps G. VanDort 59. RD