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Madanayake - 5/60

S M Jiffrey Abdeen

A bright knock of 51 (7 fours, 2 sixes, 44 deliveries) by allrounder Namal Pushpakumara and a good bowling spell of 5 for 60 by off spinner Thushara Madanayake for Kingswood College provided the highlight in their Elephant Lemonade Cup inter school cricket against Maliyadewa College which ended in a tame draw at Police Grounds, Kandy yesterday.

Kingswoodians who declared their second innings at 195 for 7, set the Devans the impossible task of scoring 202 to win in 20 overs and the visitors did not make any attempt to close and had made 28 for 1 in 10 overs before rain stopped play.

Namal Pushpakumara who tore into the Devans attack was caught on the boundary line trying a another big hit. But many felt that the fielder had stepped out when completing the catch.

Scores:

Kingswood College 215 for 7 decl and 195 for 7 decl in 55 overs in 240 Mts. (Namal Pushpakumara 51, C. Senaviratne 43 not out, M. Wattegedera 36, M. Mallawarachchi 17, R. Nowzoon 14, A. Arjuna 10, D. Gunatillake 3 for 57, A. Basnayake 2 for 67).

Maliyadeva College: 160 for 6 overnight contd. 209 all out in 61 overs 225 mts. (T.M.C. Bandara 29 not out, T. Madanayake 5 for 60, C. Senaviratne 3 for 7) and 28 for 1 in 10.1 overs (A. Basnayake 15 not out.)

Superb rearguard action sees Tamil Union through

Tamil Union low order batsmen put up a superb rearguard action to steer their club to a first innings points win over table leaders Moors SC in their Premier championship match played at Braybrooke Place yesterday.

Chasing Moors' total of 245, Tamil Union who resumed at 156 for 6, slumped to 183 for 8 before Gayan Wijekoon with the aid of the tail steered his side to a superb win. Wijekoon made 85 off 248 balls, batting 359 minutes and hitting 10 fours. Tamil Union finished on 270.

An unfinished eighth wicket partnership of 112 between Asela Jayasinghe (109 off 87 balls, 6 sixes, 6 fours) and Charith Bandaratilake (28) rescued Moors after they had collapsed to 96 for 7 in their second innings.

Scores:

Moors 245 and 208 for 7 at stumps in 49.4 overs (A. Jayasinghe 109 n.o., U.C. Hathurusingha 29, P. Salgado 25, C. Bandaratilake 28 n.o., M.R.C.N. Bandaratilake 4 for 89, N. Shiroman 2 for 26)

Tamil Union 156 for 6 contd. 270 in 123.3 overs (D. Rajapakse 44, G. Wijekoon 85, M.R.C.N. Bandaratilake 41, M. Villavarayen 30, U.C. Hathurusingha 2 for 40, A. Ranaweera 2 for 34, C. Hathurusingha 2 for 48)

Colts by ten wickets

A penetrative spell of 5 for 56 by medium-pacer Ishara Amerasinghe supported well by Erik Upashantha (3 for 58) and Sajith Fernando (2 for 28) enabled Colts to record a convincing 10-wicket win over BRC in their Premier championship match played at the BRC grounds yesterday.

Scores:

BRC 124 and 43 for no loss contd. 180 in 66.2 overs (M. Rajapakse 23, S.K. Perera 27, S. Mackay 38, C. Mudalige 22, R. Farook 18 n.o., E. Upashantha 3 for 58, I. Amarasinghe 5 for 56, S. Fernando 2 for 38)

Colts 251 and 54 for no loss (C. Mendis 25 n.o., S. Fernando 28 n.o.)

Rain denies CCC full points

CCC were denied a deserving outright victory by bad weather and the defiance shown by Bloomfield acting captain Kumara Dharmasena in their Premier championship match played at Maitland Crescent yesterday.

Requiring 181 for victory, Bloomfield finished on 132 for 9 with Dharmasena unbeaten on 41. CCC had already taken first innings points in the match.

Scores:

CCC 142 and 140 for 8 contd. 159 (K. Dharmasena 5 for 22, P. Wickremasinghe 3 for 49)

Bloomfield 121 and 132 for 9 at stumps (K. Dharmasena 41 n.o., Bateesha de Silva 22, P. Dasanayake 20, H. Boteju 2 for 28, Romesh Fernando 2 for 37) - [P.J.]

Last pair foils NCC

A fighting tenth wicket stand of 22 runs between Jayantha Silva and Darshana Gamage deprived NCC of full points in their Premier championship match against defending champions SSC played at the SSC grounds yesterday.

SSC facing NCC daunting total of 443 for 9 declared, were dismissed for 200 in their first innings with skipper Hemantha Wickremaratne making a top score of 80 and former Sri Lanka fast bowler Sajeeva de Silva returning figures of 5 for 44. Forced to follow-on SSC were struggling at 194 for 9 when bad light and rain ended play with four overs remaining.

Scores:

NCC 443 for 9 decl.;

SSC 137 for 5 contd. 200 in 69 overs (H. Wickremaratne 80, S. Ranatunga 26, R. Galapatthy 61, S.C. de Silva 5 for 44, C. Jayasinghe 3 for 31) and 194 for 9 at stumps (A. Gunawardena 41, Malintha Perera 28, H. Wickremaratne 71, L. Hannibal 4 for 41, R. Kalpage 2 for 43)

Panadura on first innings

A fine century by Manjula Silva featured the final day's play in the Premier championship match played at Police Park yesterday where Panadura SC obtained first innings points from Police SC.

Scores:

Panadura SC 249 and 281 for 6 decl. (S. Jayawardena 48, Manjula Silva 100, Buddhika Perera 47, Chamara Silva 51 n.o., R. Wimalasiri 2 for 59, N. Soysa 3 for 90)

Police SC 139 and 103 for 4 at stumps (A. Priyantha 21, R. Wimalasiri 56 n.o.)

Fine double by Nimesh

Dilwin Mendis

Nimesh Perera performed the double of a hundred and five wickets in an innings, but Sebastianites had to be content with a first innings win over Antonian SC in their Premier championship match played at De Soysa Stadium yesterday.

Scores:

Sebastianites 485 for 4 decl.

Antonian SC 173 for 5 contd. 264 in 76.5 overs (B. Ekanayake 55, U. Hettiaratchi 44, M. Hemaratne 46, Nimesh Perera 5 for 91, C. Liyanage 2 for 42) and 197 for 7 at stumps in 63 overs (A. Ekanayake 57, B. Ekanayake 44, A. Hettiaratchi 21, C. Liyanage 2 for 31, Nimesh Perera 2 for 65).

Galle CC win

A fine spell of fast bowling by schoolboy Prabath Nissanka (7 for 76) failed to bring Matara SC victory in their Premier championship match against Galle CC played at Matara Stadium yesterday.

In reply to Galle CC's first innings total of 212, Matara were dismissed for 190 with Jagath Nandakumar making a top score of 50 not out.

Scores:

Galle CC 212 and 175 for 5 at stumps.

Matara SC 154 for 5 contd. 190 (J. Nandakumar 50 n.o., P. Ranjan 28, R. Ramzan 46, K.G. Perera 3 for 32).

Rain - a spoiler

Dilwin Mendis

Rain ruined the schools cricket match between Prince of Wales and D.S. Senanayake which ended in a tame draw at Moratuwa yesterday.

Play began only at 1.30 p.m. and D.S. Senanayake finished on 187 for 5 in reply to the Cambrians total of 232. Muditha Maduwantha hit one six and 10 fours in compiling an impressive 95.

Scores:

Prince of Wales 232

D.S. Senanayake 15 for no loss contd. 187 for 5 at stumps in 59.5 overs (M. Maduwantha 95, M. Gajanayake 23, S. Lafir 19, N. Pradeep 37 n.o., J. Gunaratne 2 for 69).

Nilan - 118

S M Jiffrey Abdeen

A brilliant knock of 118 with 16 fours by Nilan Palliyawardena put Maliyadeva Model School, Kurunegala on top in their Elephant Lemonade Cup inter-school cricket match against Sri Sumangala College, Kandy which began at Police grounds, Kandy yesterday. The match will be continued today at 9.30 a.m.

Palliyawardena put on 144 for the first wicket with W. Hemalal who scored 52 with 7 fours. I. S. K. Ranawaka scored a fluent 92 with 7 fours and a six. At close Sri Sumangala were struggling at 10 for 2 wickets.

Scores:

Maliyadeva Model School 294 all out in 88 overs (W. Hemamal 52, Nilan Palliyawardena 118, I. S. K. Ranawaka 92, K. Makawita 3 for 39, S. Wijeratne 3 for 66).

Sri Sumangala College, Kandy 10 for 2 wkts in 5 overs.