| Ananda
records only outright win
School cricket review by M. Shamil Amit
Ananda recorded the only outright win in the top division of the
Elephant Lemonade Cup inter-school cricket matches played during
the week ending Friday (January 9) when they registered their second
successive outright win within a space of one week defeating St
Peter's by an innings and 138 runs.
In
the other matches played during the week there were some noteworthy
individual performances coupled with the highest and lowest scores
made by teams. The highlight of the week was that two double centuries
were scored first by Piliyandala Central's Dasun Ariyasinghe who
cracked 208 against President's College Maharagama only to be by
passed three days later by Dharmasoka skipper and Sri Lanka Youth
player Upul Tharanga who slammed 213.
In
the bowling department again it was a player from Piliyandala Central
pacie Ramesh Padmika returning season's best figures of 9 for 60
against CWW Kannangara MMV Colombo. Going back to the matches played
during the week Piliyandala Central who are playing in the division
two recorded another outright win when they defeated CWW Kannangara
MMV by eight wickets which was their fourth successive win in as
many games.
Dharmasoka
College Ambalangoda had the honour of recording the highest score
for the season when they scored a massive 397 for 8 declared aganst
Richmond while De Mazenod were bundled out for 36 by St Sebastian's
which is the lowest score for the season.
Ananda
vs St Peter's at Ananda Mawatha
Ananda had no difficulty in registering an innings win over St Peter's.
Helped by a superb 113 by Thilina Kumarasinghe and some useful knocks
from the lower order batsman they made a massive 362 for 6 declared.
And the Peterites had no answer to some accurate bowling by A. Ranasinghe
who had figures of 5 for 23 to be bowled out for 111 and sent into
bat again the Peterites had to face the same music with three bowlers
A. Ranawaka (4/26), S. Senanayake (3/15) and R. Wimaladharma (3/25)
combining well to bundle them out for 113.
Piliyandala
Central vs President's Maharagama
This game ended in an innings and 33 runs win for the Piliyandala
boys and in the process recording their fourth successive win. It
also produced the first double centurion for the season in Dasun
Ariyasinghe who hit a sparkling 208 which had 24 hits to the ropes
and eight sixes supported by J. Rajapakse (85) enabling the side
to score a mammoth 382. Piliyandala Central pacie Ramesh Padmika
knocked the daylights of their opponents with match bag of 10 for
151 to bundle them out for 193 and 156. Padmika has taken 49 wickets
from the four matches his school has played so far.
Dharmasoka
vs Richmond at Galle
Dharmasoka Ambalangoda skipper Upul Tharanga was in devastating
form when he cracked a swashbucklng 213 in just 160 balls which
included 20 boundaries and nine towering sixes to help his side
hit a mammoth 397 for 8 declared. Then opening bowler Dilan Anthony
with figures of 7 for 53 rattled the Richmondites for 125. Following
on the Richmondites fared better to end the day on 200 for 6 with
the match ending in a first innings win for Dharmasoka.
Isipathana
vs St. Sylvester's at Havelock Park
Isipathana came back from a hopeless situation to register a first
innings win over St Sylvester's. Taking first lease of the wicket
on day one the Isipathanians scored a modest 208 and the Sylvesterians
made bold reply of 74 for 1. Resuming on day two the Isipathanians
came back to bundle their opponents for 122 thanks to some fine
bowling by Pubudu Tharaka (3/19), Sanjaya Dilruksha (3/22) and Chatushka
Wickramaratne (2/18).
St
Sebastian's vs De Mazenod at Moratuwa
De Mazenod Kandana had to face the agony of being bundled out for
the lowest score of the season when they were bowled out for 36.
but fared better in the second innings to make 192. The match ending
in a first innings win for St Sebastian's who made 212 for 8 declared
with Under 17 Sri Lanka Youth Player making an unbeaten 73.
DSS
vs Nalanda at Wijerama Mawatha
Nalanda escaped another defeat at the hands of D.S. Senanayake who
were unfortunate to fall short by 27 runs. Nalanda taking first
lease of the wicket scored 180 and DSS in reply helped by two good
knocks from Pubudu Perera (84) and Dinesh de Silva (52) made a challenging
285 for 8 declared. DSS chasing a victory target of 118 in just
11 overs ended on 84 for 6. |
