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Isipathana help themselves to second win in six days
School review by Shamil Amit
Isipathana outclassed Dharmapala by an innngs and 27 runs to record
their second outright win within six days and their third successive
win. They started their winning campaign against the Thomians whom
they defeated by innings and then followed up with a ten wicket
win over St Aloysius Galle. The other outright wins were D.S. Senanayake
College crushed Joseph Vaz by an innings and five runs, Revatha
MMV Balapitiya beat Taxila Horana by seven wickets and St Mary's
Kegalle overcoming Harischandra National School by five wickets
which was their third outright win for the season.
Isipathana
vs St Aloysius at Colts
In this game the Isipathanians after their morale boosting
win against the Thomians put themselves on top on day one. It was
the new find of the side Tharaka Waduge who laid the foundation
with a five wicket haul helping them to dismiss St Aloysius for
99 and the Isipathanians ended the day on 185 for 9. On the second
day the Isipathanians added another six runs to their score and
the Aloysians batting the second time found Waduge unplayable again
and folded up for 124. Waduge in this innings ended with figures
of 5 for 44 giving him a match bag of 10 for 81. The Isipathanians
had a simple target of 32 runs which they achieved with the minimum
of fuss.
DSS
vs Joseph Vaz Wijerama Mawatha
DSS coasted to an innings and five runs win over Joseph
Vaz Wennappuwa in their match played at Wijerama Mawatha. It was
a one sided game with the newcomers to the top division being unable
to cope with experienced players. Joseph Vaz being asked to take
first lease of the wicket had the going tough and were bundled out
for 106 to which the home side ended the day on 155 for 9, at which
score they declared on day two. The Wennappuwa boys batting the
second time were left with only 49 runs to make DSS bat again but
the home team bowlers acting skipper Dinesh de Silva and Madhawa
Perera put them in all sorts of trouble and were bundled out for
a meagre 44.
Revatha
MMV vs Taxila at Balapitiya
With a seven wicket win over Taxila Central Horana, Revatha
MMV registered their first outright win of the season. With a fine
contribution of 94 from Sri Lankan youth player Saliya Saman the
team from the South made an imposing 285 and then bowled out their
opponents for 133. Made to follow on with a deficit of 162 runs.
Taxila Central managed to avert an innings and made 198 which left
Revatha MMV a victory target of 47 to win which they reached for
the loss of three wickets.
Isipathana
vs Dharmapala
Isipathana made short work out of the Dharmapalians with
an innings and 27 runs win in the match played at Pannipitiya. This
time the hero of the Isipathanians was opening bowler and right
arm pacie Nilanchana Sankalpa who reaped a match bag of 10 for 81.
Nilanchana with match figures of 5 for 37 had Dharmapala in a mess
and bowled them out for 86. And the Isipathanians put themselves
in a strong position by ending the first days play on 204 for 5.
Resuming on the second day they were helped by a knock 53 from Isuru
Vindana to score a formidable 276 for 9 declared. The Dharmapalians
going into bat the second time were up against the wall on 80 for
5, being troubled again by Nilanchana Sankalpa. The visitors succembed
to Sankapala's accurate bowling to end their innings on 163 failling
short by 27 runs. Sankapala ended with figures of 5 for 44.
Harischandra
NS vs St Mary's at Negombo
An allround performance by R. Madujith could not prevent
Harischandra National School Negombo from losing their game against
the high riding St Mary's Kegalle by five wickets. Harischandra
NS batting first scored 202 to which the Marians replied with 288.
The Negombo boys batting the second time were able to make only
161 which left the Marians to make 74 to win and they made 77 for
5. The notable performances for the Marians were K. Gunasekera who
made 61 and Sri Lanka youth player Chaminda Bandara's match bag
of 8 for 113. |
