Mahinda College, Galle, held Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala to a tame draw in a tall scoring Coca Cola Bottler's trophy schools under-19 cricket tournament match played at Kurunegala.
For the Mahindians H. Dharshana 66 (8 fours), R. P. Kumara 67 not out (10 fours) and for the Devans A. Basnayake 50 (6 fours), A. C. B. Samarakoon 53 (9 fours) and G. Dissanayke 55 (11 fours) scored half centuries.
Mahinda's medium pacer Thushara Rupasinghe bowled well to capture 7 for 111.
Mahinda College 227 for 8 wickets in 71.2 overs (H. Dharshana 66, R. P. Kumara 67 not out, G. Samarawickrema 4 for 32, G. Kahatapitigama 2 for 30) AND 73 for 4 in 15.2 overs (H. Dharshana 40, R. P. Kumara 13 not out, A. C. B. Samarakoon 2 for 20).
Maliyadeva College 306 all out in 102.2 overs (A. Basnayake 50, A. C. B. Samarakoon 53, I. C. B. Silva 14, S. Amarakoon 12, G. Dissanayake 55, G. Samarawickrema 11, G. Kahatapitigama 20, D. Milan 20, T. Rupasinghe 7 for 111).
Roshan Perera reaches 500 run mark
Kandy south group correspondent
Kingswoodian Roshan Perera became the first schoolboy from the hill capital to reach the 500 run mark when he scored 83 (11 fours, 1 six,) in their Coca Cola bottlers trophy schools cricket tournament match against Ananda College which ended in a draw at Ananda Mawatha, Colombo recently.
Kingswood College 229 all out in 73.2 overs (Roshan Perera 83, Omila Weerasuriya 43, C. Senavirante 23, C.Amunupura 25, T. Madanayake 19, L. Ekanayake 15, S. Rupasinghe 3 for 46, T. Perera 3 for 40) and 152 all out in 43 overs (Chamara Senaviratne 60, C. Weerasuriya 23, C. Amunupura 22, M. Mallawarachchi 21, S. Rupasinghe 6 for 57, N. Jayawardena 3 for 16)
Ananda College 239 for 7 decl, in 62 overs (L. Fernando 63, L. Chathuranga 23, J. Perera 29, N. Jayawardena 31 not out, S. Rupasinghe 20 not out, R. Perera 2 for 49, N. Pushpakumara 2 for 50) and 83 for 1 in 22 overs (L. Chathuranga 38, L. Fernando 28 not out).
Dharmaraja - six-a-side champs in Kandy
Dharmaraja College, Kandy, became champions at the Kandy schools six-a-side cricket tournament organised by the Kandy District Sports Foundation in connection with the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of Independence when they beat Trinity College by just one run in a thriller with the wicket keepers bowling the deciding over in the finals played at the Asgiriya Stadium.