Three good knocks by Sukitha Peiris (76), H.Gunawardena (43) and M.Porage (42) helped Nalanda declare their first innings at 250 for 6 on the opening day of their Lemonade Cup inter-school cricket tournament match against St. Peter's College which began at NCC grounds, Maitland Place yesterday.
In reply the Peterites were 77 for 3 with Niranjan Kumara claiming 2 for 14. The match will be continued at 9.45 a.m today.
Scores:
Nalanda: 250 for 6 decl (H.Gunawardena 43, M.Porage 42, S.Peiris 76, M.Perera 23 n.o, K.Gangodawila 23 n.o, D.Rupasinghe 3 for 98)
St. Peter's: 77 for 3 (M.Perera 26 n.o, A.Fonseka 14, N.Kumara 2 for 14) C.D.
DSS in command
D. S. Senanayake were well placed at 96 for 2 in reply to Dharmasoka MV's first innings total of 122 runs on the opening day of their Lemonade Cup inter school cricket tournament fixture which began at Wijerama Mawatha yesterday.
Scores:
Dharmasoka: 122 (S. Sanjeewa 27, N. Pradeep 2 for 13, M. Alwis 3 for 29, M. Maduwantha 2 for 8).
D. S. Senanayake: 96 for 2 (M. Maduwantha 62, D. B. Vinod 20) C.D.
Easy for Raddoluwa
A deadly spell of bowling by left arm spinner D.A.Marage who had a match bag of 12 for 36 helped Raddoluwa MV trounce Carey College by ten wickets in their Lemonade Cup inter-school cricket tournament match played at Castle Street recently.
Scores:
Carey 123 (Y.Roshan 51, S.Arangalla 3 for 13, N.Pannilavithanage 2 for 38, D.A.Marage 4 for 17) and 56 (M.Tharanga 20, D.A.Marage 8 for 19)
Raddoluwa MV: 167 for 9 decl (D.Perera 52, S.Arangalla 22, C.Kulasinghe 22, D.Perera 4 for 50, S.de Silva 3 for 37, D. Seneviratne 2 for 18) and 13 for no loss.