Nalanda’s Sineth Gunawardena in action at Campbell Park. Pic by Ranjith Perera

Ananda recorded a comprehensive ten wicket win over St Sebastian’s in their Under 19 inter-school cricket concluded at Moratuwa yesterday to notch up their 12th outright win for the season.

It was the spinning combination of Mateesha Perera and Sachitra Perera who initiated their victory with Mateesha and Sachitra ending with match bags of 9 for 82 and 8 for 105.

The writing was on the wall for the Sebs who resumed from their overnight score of 117 for 4 being able to make only 166 with Sachitra taking five wickets and Mateesha three.
Ananda 276 (Dinesh Chandimal 85, Udesh Nadiranga 62, Madumal Jayaratne 38, Ruvindu Shamen 25: Anuk de Alwis 5 for 108, Anoj Gayashan 2 for 57, Samitha de Mel 2 for 59) and 28 for no loss (Dinesh Chandimal 14 n.o., Praboda Seneviratne 14 n.o.)

St Sebastian’s (117/4 o’night) 166 (Deshan Dias 45, Pradeep Perera 44, Brian Paul 30: Sachitra Perera 5 for 61, Mateesha Perera 3 for 42) and 136 (Deshan Dias 65, Ramesh Fernando 26: Mateesha Perera 6 for 39, Sachitra Perera 3 for 44)

Third successive win for Kalutara MV
Kalutara MV recorded their third successive win for the season by defeating Holy Cross Kalutara by 94 runs in the Under 19 match played at Kalutara.

Kalutara MV 132 (Sandun Chamara 36, Dananjaya Madusanka 24, Chathura Damith 20: S. Ishara 5 for 28, P. Lakshitha 2 for 15) and 194 (Sapumal Pathirana 45, Chathura Damith 42: S. Ishara 3 for 33, S. Seneviratne 2 for 22, N. Lakshan 2 for 32)

Holy Cross 139 (I. Osanka 26, N. Maduwantha 24, S. Seneviratne 20: Ryan Chappell 4 for 22, Nishard Dulinda 3 for 26) and 93 (N. Maduwantha 41: Chathura Damith 3 for 37, Dananjaya Madusanka 2 for 5, Isuru Dharshana 2 for 7)

Match drawn at Campbell Park

Half tons from Nipun Karunanayake and Pashan Wickremasinghe and Sineth Gunawardena were the highlights of the second days play in the drawn encounter between Wesley and Nalanda at Campbell Park.

Wesley 251 for 9 declared (Raninda Sooriyakumara 88, Malintha Pelige 33, Ashen Fonseka 29, Tharindu Karunaratne 19: Dinuk Jayasinghe 5 for 67, Nipun Karunanayake 2 for 65) and 103 for 6 (Pasan Samerasekera 20, Shanaka Jeewantha 20 n.o.: Nipun Karunanayake 3 for14, Dinuk Jayasinghe 3 for 29)
Nalanda (101/3 o’night) 302 (Nipun Karunanayake 70, Sineth Gunawardena 61, Prashan Wickremasinghe 55, Adeesha Nanayakkara 29, Dinuk Jayasinghe 20: Ashen Fonseka 4 for38)
Kithruwan reaches 1000

Royal opener Kithruwan Withanage reached the 1000 run mark with an unbeaten ton against Prince of Wales in their drawn match concluded at Reid Avenue yesterday. Kithruwan became the fifth schoolboy to achieve this feat this season.

Royal 218 (Kusal Perera 51, Charutha Rajaratne 45, Lakshitha de Silva 41: Malshan Mendis 3 for 73, Buddika Alwis 2 for 28, Tharindu Dilshan 2 for 31) and 207 for 1 declared (Kithruwan Withanage 101 n.o., Kusal Perera 72 n.o.)

Prince of Wales (135/9 o’night) 178 (Dilan Chandima 39, Mohamed Halim 39, Thisara de Mel 30: Charutha Rajaratne 5 for 42, Lakshan Landawela 2 for 9)

Trinity dominate
Trinity dominated the drawn inter-school match against S. Thomas’s concluded at Mt Lavinia. Yesterday.
Trinity 244 (Dinuk Weeraratne 38, Dilan Gangoda 36, Kithmal Wimalaweera 25, Moahamed Sajid 20, Sameera Wijesuriya 36 n.o.: Fahim Saleem 4 for 44, Ravin Matugama 2 for 44) and 92 for 4 declared (Dushan Ranasinghe 48, Dilan Gangoda 19 n.o.: Chamod Patirana 3 for 29)

S. Thomas’ (64/3 o’night) 158 (Fahim Saleem 53, L. Peiris 31,: Suresh Wickrama 5 for 42, Chinthaka Gokula 2 for 12, ) and 38 for no loss (Fahim Saleem 18 n.o., Ashan Fernando 17 n.o.)

Jayaranga 100 n.o.
An unbeaten ton with 13 boundaries and a six by Jayaranga Priyasad was the highlight in another drawn match between DSS and President’s Rajagiriya played at Wijerama Mawatha.

President’s Rajagiriya (240/8 o’night) 265 (Nipuna Geethanga 45, Chamath Silva 23, Priyan Perera 19, Jayaranga Priyasad 100 n.o.: Malshan Munasinghe 5 for 74, Navin Kavikara 4 for 71) and 49 for 2 (Sagara Vimukthi 29, Dasun Perera 16 n.o.)

DSS 252 (Harendra Udugamvithana 54, Thivanka Anuradha 45, Charith Satharasinghe 42, Chamod Wickremasinghe 34, Nadun Pathirana 51 n.o.: Maduka Liyanapathirana 4 for 98, Chathura Wanniarachchi 3 for 13)

Petes on top
Half tons by Denham Perera, Shivanga Ranasuriya, Andri Berenger and Vinod Perera saw St Peter’s make 375 before declared against Revatha MMV Balapitiya who were bowled out for 74 in the match which began at Bambalapitiya yesterday.

St Peter’s 375 for 5 declared (Denham Perera 65, Shivanga Ranasuriya 65, Andri Berenger 64, Angelo Emmanuel 37, Angelo Perera 25, Vinod Perera 52 n.o., Chathura Peiris 42 n.o.: Nimna de Silva 2 for 78) and 18 for no loss
Revatha MMV 74 (Yasodha Nayanajith 24: Angelo Perera 4 for 19, Vinod Perera 3 for 24)
Sameera shines for St. Joseph’s
By Aubrey Kuruppu
A fantastic all round performance by Josephian skipper Sameera Weerasinghe (11 for 109 and 118 not out) made certain that his team dominated the third Murali-Vass Trophy encounter played at Katugastota.
Replying to the Anthonian total of 166, the Joes were badly placed at 107-6 overnight. But Weerasinghe, assisted by Kumara, made nonsense of the fond hopes of a lead entertained by the home team as they raised their total to 282.

Malindu Perera continued his consistency with an unbeaten 73, while his skipper Sahan Palihakkara bagged a five for.

Weerasinghe won the awards for the best bowler, batsman and Man of the Match.
St. Anthony's 166 (H. Wickremasekera 60, D. Kumarasinghe 18, K. Ekanayake 16, S. Weerasinghe 7-51) and 151-8 (H. Wickremasekera 19, D. Kumarasinghe 14, M. Perera 73 n.o. S, Palihakkara 12, Y. Woods 12, S Weerasinghe 4-58, C. Kumara 3-8)

St. Joseph's 282 (R. Vithanachchi 23, H. Silva 17, S. Weerasinghe 118 not out, C. Kumara 54, D. Dhambarage 26, S. Palihakkara 5-72, K. Ekanayake 3-89). - A.K.