St. Peter's failed to make use of an advantageous position they had and settled for a draw in their key inter-school cricket match against Nalanda concluded at NCC grounds yesterday.
Scores:
Nalanda 250 for 6 decl. and 58 (S. Perera 12, M. Porage 11, M. Perera 19, S. Pinto 3 for 21, D. Rupasinghe 2 for 11, A. Samsudeen 2 for 17, C. Perera 2 for 9).
St. Peter's 215 (M. Perera 44, K. Lokuarachchi 28, S. Pinto 26, S. Fernando 23, N. Kumara 5 for 24, D. Jayasundara 2 for 29) and 66 for 8 at close. (A. Fonseka 18 n.o., J. Fernando 13, N. Kumara 2 for 25, D. Ranaweera 3 for 35). (CD).
DS beats Dharmasoka
D. S. Senanayake MV beat Dharmasoka by six wickets in their inter-school cricket match concluded at Wijerama Mawatha yesterday.
Scores:
Dharmasoka 122 and 115 (C. Sanjeeva 48, S. Sesala 21, R. Sumen 2 for 25, N. Pradeep 2 for 7, N. Wijesinghe 2 for 1).
D. S. Senanayake MV 180 for 8 decl. (Muditha Maduwantha 62, D. P. Vinod 20, S. Rajakaruna 38, N. Pradeep 30, R. Subash 5 for 69) and 58 for 4 (D. Vinod 21, S. Rajakaruna 18). (CD)
Raddoluwa MV by 10 wickets
N. Pannilavithanage (match bag of 6/75) and Nisal Gunatilleke (match bag of 7/123) bowled Raddoluwa MV to a 10-wicket win over Sri Sumangala in their inter-school cricket match concluded at Raddoluwa yesterday.
Scores:
Sri Sumangala 162 in 62.5 overs (N. Dilshan 55, J. Sadikeen 22, N. Pannilavithanage 4 for 49, N. Gunatilleke 4 for 63) and 114 in 43.4 overs (S. Arangalla 5 for 13, N. Pannilavithanage 2 for 26, N. Gunatilleke 3 for 60)
Raddoluwa MV 221 in 47.4 overs (Dinesh Perera 55, J.K. Kumara 32, D.A. Marage 67, N. Gunatilleke 25, G. Chaturanga 3 for 60, D. Perera 4 for 28, N. Quintus 2 for 52) and 56 for no loss.
Royal win u-13 Div. II title
Royal College won the under-13 Division II Horlicks Trophy cricket tournament. The winning team is as follows:
S. Gunatilake (master-in-charge), C. Muthukuda (captain), H. L. B. Gomes (Principal), H. Morawaka (v. captain), U. S. C. Perera (coach). Standing 1st row L to R: A. Perera, V. Jayawardena, N. Dias, N. Punchihewa, S. Dissanyake, K. Ranasinghe, A. Sathuk, G. Karunaratne. Standing 2nd row L to R: M. Kahandagama, L. Attygala, C. Heenkenda, L. Dissanayake, G. Perera, B. Godamunne, C. Perera, P. Wijeratne.