Rajans survive

By Shamseer Jaleel

Dharmaraja College survived from a certain defeat against St. Peter’s College in their Under 19 Inter school cricket encounter which concluded at the Lake View Grounds in Kandy.

The highlight of this match was a fine spell of left arm spin bowling by Mohamed Ameen who took 6 wickets for the Bamabalapitiya lads. In batting both Lakshina Rodrigo (77 not out) and Salith Fernando (78) contributed with half tons for Peterites.

Dharmaraja 168 and 126 for 8 in 60 overs

Deshan Gunasinghe 35

Chathura Obeysekera 3 for 50

St. Peter’s 79 for 2 (over-night) 275 for 5 dec in 67.5 overs

Salith Fernando 78, Lakshina Rodrigo 77 not out, Sulakshana Fernando 46

Santhush Gunatilake 35

Deshan Gunasinghe 2 for 50

Rajasinghe MMV 

in strong position

Rajasinghe MMV was in a strong position in their Under 19 Inter school cricket encounter which commenced at Galagedera yesterday.

Rahula Katugastota 137 all out in 48.4 overs

S Samaraskera 55

K Heshan 5 for 57

Rajasinghe Hanwella 235 for 7 in 52 overs

R Jayawardena 84, N Dewage 43, K Heshan 42

D Paranvitharana 5 for 54

Antonians 

in strong position

Katugastota Antonians were in a strong position in their Under 19 Inter school cricket encounter which commenced at Karandeniya grounds yesterday.

Karandeniya Central 204 all out in 72.5 overs

S Kaveesha 57 not out, S Isuru 32

S Pradeep 4 for 44, M Alfar 3 for 33

Antonians 91 for 2 in 24 overs

M Alfar 36 not out

Sebastians win 

by 8 wickets

St. Sebastian’s Katuneriya scored a convincing eight wickets win over Kingswood College in their Under 19 Inter school cricket encounter which concluded at the Police Grounds in Kandy yesterday.

St. Sebastian’s Katuneriya 235 and 50 for 2 in 11.3 overs

S Dilshan 21

Kingswood 89 for 8 (over-night) 114 all out and 169 all out in 51.1 overs

A Chandrasiri 69, V Wijesiriwardena 47

S Udara 4 for 38