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Lumbini Maha Vidyalaya with a total of five victories to their credit have put themselves in contention for a place in the final round of the Elephant Lemonade Cup inter school cricket tournament.

They have registered the most number of wins in the 'A' Division League and are currently placed third in the points table with an unbeaten record. They have certainly overshadowed some of the more fancied teams and are even making a strong claim to clinch the League title.

However St.Joseph's College and Ananda are favoured to win the title considering their present form in the tournament. Both teams have recorded four victories but the Anandians seem to have the advantage of having played a lesser number of games than their closest rivals.

The Anandians further boosted their chances of regaining the title by scoring over 300 runs in their drawn fixture against Mahinda worked off at Ananda Mawatha. The feature in their batting was the two opening stands between Lakshan Fernando and Dinusha Bandara. The pair put on 131 runs in the first innings and then produced a similar performance in the second innings too with a stand of 111 runs.

But the Anandians would be somewhat disappointed that they failed to produce a result after having completely dominated the game. They struggled to dismiss the opposition in the first innings with the Mahinda late order batsmen putting up a determined performance. The visitors who were badly placed at one stage recovered well and more importantly they averted the follow on mark before declaring at 212 for 9.

Meanwhile Wesley College who are placed fifth in the points table had to be content with a draw in their 106th annual fixture against Royal played at Campbell Park.

However the Wesleyites did make a fine attempt to force a result while setting their opponents a victory target of 161 runs from 22 overs. Royal too responded well but soon they lost half their side for 87 runs and eventually put up their shutters and settled down for a draw.

St. Peter's College took major honours in their drawn fixture against St.Benedict's College at Kotahena. The Peterites continued with their excellent batting form and reached the two hundred run mark quite convincingly while losing just four wickets. Suranga Pinto was in good form and completed another half century with the support coming from S.Gunasekera and D.Rupasinghe.

The Benedictines however fought back well in their second innings through the individual brilliance of Channa Devabandu who completed twin fifties in the match. But his knock of 85 in the second innings was more important as they were up against some penetrative bowling and were making a desperate attempt to force a draw.

Rashan Peiris of Prince of Wales College reached a personal milestone and completed one thousand runs for the season in their drawn encounter against Richmond worked off at Moratuwa yesterday. Peiris achieved this feat during his knock of 68 in the second innings and the Cambrians also won the Major A.P.M. Peiris trophy after gaining first innings points over their opponents.

Nalanda probably came out with their best batting performance for the season scoring 327 runs in their drawn game against Dharmapala MV at Pannipitiya. The entire top order clicked well with S. Peiris and M. Porage compiling two good half centuries.

Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association Elephant Lemonade Cup Group 'A'

                   P     W     L     D     Runs    Wkts    Pts     Pty   Ave
D.S. Senanayake    5     1     0     4     1227    74      34.650  0     6.930
St. Joseph's       12    4     0     8     2954    188     81.963  0     6.830
Lumbini MV         8     5     0     3     2266    136     54.001  0     6.750
Wesley             5     1     0     4     1108    58      33.243  0     6.649
President's Col    6     0     0     6     2021    80      38.737  0     6.456
Ananda             10    4     0     6     2528    169     63.668  0     6.367
S.Thomas'          12    2     0     10    3019    140     71.878  0     5.990
Raddoluwa MV       10    3     0     7     2779    154     59.885  0     5.989
St.Sylvester's     4     0     0     4     944     46      23.747  0     5.937
St.Sebastian's     13    1     1     11    3711    145     76.266  0     5.867
Maris Stella       8     1     0     7     2336    104     46.457  0     5.809
Isipatana          6     0     0     6     1870    65      35.687  0.30  5.565
Kalutara MV        8     1     1     6     2226    110     43.131  0     5.391
Trinity            6     1     0     5     1085    60      27.824  0     4.637
Dharmasoka         6     0     1     5     1258    62      27.314  2.00  4.219
Dharmapala         10    0     3     7     2885    75      37.855  0     3.736
St. Aloysius       7     0     3     4     1377    92      26.551  0.10  3.779

Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association Elephant Lemonade Cup Group ''B

                   P     W     L     D     Runs    Wkts    Pts     Pty   Ave
St. Anne's         6     2     1     3     1251    81      64.931  0     10.522
Vidyartha          3     1     0     2     698     42      29.957  0     9.986
Joseph Vaz         3     0     0     3     716     29      29.134  0     9.711
SJPMV              8     0     1     7     2201    93      70.143  0     8.769
St.Anthony's (K)   9     0     0     9     2098    88      75.262  0     8.302
Mahinda            9     1     0     8     1565    104     75.020  0     8.336
Mahanama           5     1     1     3     1124    84      38.881  0     7.776
St.John's (P)      7     2     0     5     1592    86      53.907  0     7.701
Zahira             4     0     0     4     1322    45      30.777  0     7.644
Maliyadeva         6     0     2     4     1103    41      41.878  0     6.950
Moratu MV          8     2     1     5     1718    109     54.071  0     6.754
Sri Rahula         3     0     0     3     728     36      18.026  0     6.009
Sri Piyaratne MV   2     0     0     2     544     16      11.413  0     5.707
Kingswood          5     0     3     2     1001    50      27.767  0     5.553
Taxila MMV         9     3     1     5     2527    153     43.495  0     4.883
Gurukula MV        8     0     4     4     2064    66      31.298  0     3.912
S.Thomas' Matale   4     2     1     1     869     69      12.632  0     3.158

Note: Tabulated under played, won, lost, drawn, runs, wickets, total points, penalties and average.