S M Jiffrey Abdeen
Consistent batting right down the line by St. Sylvester's College batsmen helped them to total 200 all out on the opening day of their inter-school cricket match against De Mazenod College, Kandy which began yesterday at University grounds, Peradeniya.
Chanaka Wijesinghe was again in the runs top-scoring with 39. At close De Mazenod College had replied with 100 for 5 with S. de Alwis propping the innings with a useful 48 not out with 6 fours.
Scores:
St. Sylvester's College 200 all out in 60.3 overs (Chanaka Wijesinghe 39, Ranga Dissanayake 36, Arosha Perera 24, S. Prematillake 22, T. Liyanage 15, H. Wijeratne 14 not out, J. Weerasinghe 10, I. Ruwanpura 3 for 49, S. de Alwis 3 for 23, K. Nishantha 2 for 41).
De Mazenod College 100 for 5 wkts in 30.5 overs (S. de Alwis 48 not out, S. Fernando 26, G. Perera 10, R. Dissanayake 2 for 40, C. Wijesinghe 2 for 23).
Poramadulla Central in three-wicket win
S M Jiffrey Abdeen
A devastating spell of medium pace bowling Malaka Wijesinghe who captured 3 for 14 which included a hat-trick helped the little-known Poramadulla Central College from Hanguranketha to score a three-wicket win over the visiting YMCA Cricket Academy of Bangalore in a limited over cricket match played at Hanguranketha yesterday.
This win by the Poramadulla cricketers in very creditable as they took to cricket only a few years back following the encouragement given by Sports Minister S. B. Dissanayake and a new cricket ground is taking shape at Poramadulla.
Scores:
YMCA Cricket Academy, Bangalore 142 all out in 27 overs (S. Adithya 14, S. Arjun 20, M. Raksha 50, P. Balasubramaniam 32, Malaka Wijesinghe 3 for 14, S. Janaranjana 2 for 16, Pradeep Kahatadeniya 3 for 23).
Poramadulla Central College 144 for 7 in 23.4 overs (Malaka Wijesinghe 24 not out, Damthura Bandara 39, K. Palliarachchi 15, D. Sumanasekra 10, S. Adithiya 2 for 12, S. Mihir 2 for 11).
Bangalore YMCA meet Khettarama CS today
The touring under 11 team from YMCA Cricket Academy, Bangalore will take on Khettarama Cricket School under 11 team at 2 pm at the R. Premadasa Stadium, today. This is the first time an under 11 cricket team is touring Sri Lanka. The Bangalore team comprises Shree Kaustur, Srinidhi, M.D.Amith, Sanjaya Sukumar, A. Bhat, A.Rahul, C.Chandrajit, G.Rahul, N.B.Ravikiran, S.Ram, S.Babu, Chatur Alwis, Rajindar Wijeratna, R.Shryas, D.Godwin, C.Vijay, C.Tejas and S.Guptha.
The YMCA Cricket Academy has sent four teams on this tour: Under 11, Under 14, Under 16, and Under 22. The Under 22 team will play Sri Palee College team on January 29 at the College grounds.