Sachith Passes 90 Wkts. Before Big Match
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Wednesday 23rd February, 2011 13 Under-19 Schools Cricket Janishka shines for Trinity BY RUKSHAN RAZAK Trinity College 224 all out in Winning the toss and decid- 53.4 overs (Niroshan Dikwella 32, ing to field first, the Wesley spin Sachith passes 90 wkts. Off-spinner, Janishka Keheliya Atugoda 40, Kavinda trio Ranindu Sooriyakumara, Premasinghe stuck again for Jayasooriya 34, Ron Ashen Fonseka and Sachin Trinity as he rattled four for 50 Chandragupta 27, Akila Jayawaradna put the brakes on to enable Trinity register a first Jayasundara 25, Tissa Bandara the Kingswood innings to before Big Match innings win over St. Servatius’ 25, Elvin Fernando 16; Lahiru restrict them for 217 all out in 99 College, Matara on the opening Kokila 4 for 70) overs. In reply, Wesleyites were BY REEMUS FERNANDO Gunathilaka 88, Senanayake College’s day of their inter-school cricket Rasitha Gamage 49 287 for six wickets match at Asgiriya Stadium, Kingswood in command struggling at 27 for three at close. Thurstan College spinner n.o.; Gayan Madusanka declared in their Kandy yesterday. Chief Scores Sachith Dias had the ideal warm- 2/66, Upul Sujeewa match ended in a no- Chief Scores T. C. Gunaratne and D. Kingswood 217 all out in 99 up for the weekend’s big match 2/21) decision at Wijerama St. Servatius’ College 152 Medawatta posted 42 apiece and overs (T.C. Gunaratne 42, D.M. against Isipatana College when he Nilochana, Lahiru Mawatha yesterday. all out in 52.3 overs (Gimhan shared a 79-run 7th wicket stand Medawatta 42, W.M.N.D. bagged 10 wickets in their match score centuries Chamod Nimsara 31, Nimanda as Kingswood College took com- Weerakoon 37; Raninda against Maliyadeva College yes- Nilochana Perera Wickramasighe stood Madushanka 66, D.J. Ruchira 19; mand over Wesley College at Sooriyarachchi 4 for 54, Ashen terday to complete 92 wickets for and Lahiru Milantha in as the captain for Janishka Premasinghe 4 for 50, University Grounds in Fonseka 3 for 49, Sachin the season. scored blistering cen- DSS in the absence of Kavinda Jayasooriya 3 for 28) Peradeniya yesterday. Jayawardana 2 for 50) Dias, who had a fruitful season turies to power St. their regular captain. with his off-spinners, preserved Peter’s College to 355 Scores: his best for the last match and, for four declared DSS 287 for 6 o/n producing a 7-wicket haul in the against Royal College’s decl first innings before completing a 165 runs in their match Royal, Panadura match-bag of 10 wickets, steered ended at Bambalapitiya Sachith Dias 139 for 5 wkts at close his side to a first innings win yesterday. in 33 overs (Damindu against Maliyadeva. In their second essay, half cen- Ashan 48, Dulanjan Charitha 24, “It is a fantastic feeling to end turies by Waruna Dissanayake Kavindu Ashan 28 n.o., Ruchira the season on 90 plus wickets and and Milan Abeysekara helped Tharindra 10 n.o.; Mohamed Ijaz I think I have peaked at the right Royal post 259 for seven at close. 2/28) time to do well in the Big Match,” Scores: Match abandoned at Dias told ‘The Island’ after the Royal 165 and 259 for 7 wkts at Moratuwa match yesterday. close in 73 overs (Supun Not a ball was bowled on the Dias’ 92 wickets came in 20 Subasinghe 21, Waruna second day of the match between matches and his rich haul includ- Dissanayake 57, Heshan St. Sebastian’s College and St. ed as many as seven five-wicket Kumarasiri 20, Milan Abeysekara Benedict’s College due to a wet hauls. 90, Devind Pathmanathan 37 n.o.; pitch at Moratuwa yesterday. Scores: Dushan Hemantha 2/61, Ali Khan Scores: Maliyadeva 152 and 190 for 9 2/52, Udaka Galhena 2/49) St. Sebastian’s 282 all out WKTS decl in 57 overs (Danushka St. Peter’s (202 for 4 o/n) 355 St. Benedict’s 115 for 5 o/n Dharmasiri 40, Nimna for wkts 4 decl in 63.5 overs Ananda 244/9 against Karunaratne 50, Bhanuka de Silva (Shehan Fernando 87, Lahiru Joseph Vaz 23; Thisura Madurapperuma 4/58, Milantha 105 n.o., Shasheen Ananda College were 224 for Sachith Dias 3/56) Fernando 25, Nilochana Perera nine at close on the first day of Thurstan (47 for 1 o/n) 286 for 100 n.o.; Bhanuka Rajapaksha their U-19 match against Joseph 7 WKTS decl in 51 overs (Supun 2/21) Vaz College at Ananda Mawatha Nawaratne 105, Sajeewa Salgado Nalanda on first innings yesterday. The match got off to a 68, Prabodha Arthavidu 32, Nalanda College scored a first delayed start. Thisura Madurapperuma 35; innings victory over Richmond Bhanuka de Silva 3/44, Kusal de College in their U-19 encounter Scores: Silva 2/35) and 04 for no wickets ended at Kadirana yesterday. Ananda 224 for 9 wkts at close in .5 overs Scores: in 68 overs (Ruwinda Shamen 60, Pramod bags 11 in Richmond 212 and 29 for 1 Pasindu Madushan 62, Thushara Dharmapala win wkt at close in 9 overs Samarakoon 33, Sachithra Perera Medium paceman Charuka Nalanda (70 for 1 o/n) 268 all 25; Chanura Fernando 3/52, Pramod completed a match-bag of out in 83 overs (Prashan Ravindu Dilshan 4/30) 11 wickets as Dharmapala College Wickramasinghe 43, Charitha Kalhara powers Moratu recorded an innings and 28 runs Kumaraisnghe 29, Ishan Rangana Vidyalaya victory over Revata College in 40, Koshan Danushka 31, Rangana their U-19 match ended at Cooray 20, Malinda Vimukthi 21 Kalhara Peiris scored an Pannipitiya yesterday (Feb. 21). n.o.; Thisara Bhanuka 3/61, unbeaten 81 in 80 balls for Moratu Scores: Dileepa Priyadharshana 2/34, Vidyalaya to post 270 for seven at Revata 141 and 111 all out in Dananjaya de Silva 2/73, Yasodha close on the first day of their 34 overs (Kasun Nadeera 22, Lanka 3/31) match against St. Aloysius’ Dilshan Soysa 19 n.o.; Shahen Only 33 overs on day-2 at College at Moratuwa yesterday. Maduranga 17; Charuka Pramod Wijerama Scores: 4/24, Hasitha Nirmal 3/35, Only 33 overs were possible on Moratu Vid 270 for 7 wkts at Dilrukshan Jayasundara 3/44) day-two due to wet ground condi- close in 81.1 overs (Sanka Ramesh Dharmapala (143 for 3 o/n) tions and Royal College, Panadura 37, Avishaka Peiris 40, Kalhara 280 for 7 wkts decl in 45 overs consumed those to post 139 for Peiris 81 n.o.; Krishan Santhusha (Chanuka Mapatuna 64, Isuru five at close in reply to D. S. 2/48, Dinushka Marlon 2/52). Junior Fed Cup, Davis Cup and World Juniors now on in Colombo BY REVATA S. SILVA World Juniors - Boys * An ITF Team Championships for 14-and-under age Sri Lanka now hosts three vital international junior group tennis events, the Asia-Oceania Zone Junior Fed Cup, * 10 countries (Group ‘A’: Indonesia, UAE and Junior Davis Cup for Under-16 kids and the World Junior Mongolia, Group ‘B’: Syria, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, Team Competition for both girls and boys of Under-14 –all Group ‘C’: Yemen, Kazakhstan, Philippines and Pre-qualifying Rounds from Feb. 21 and going on till Feb. Turkmenistan 28 at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association hard courts in * Each team consists of three players and a Non-play- Colombo. ing Captain The tournament Referee is Andrei Kornilov of * The Final Qualifying Round will be held from May 2 Uzbekistan and the ITF Representative is Suresh Menon in Malaysia of India. * World Juniors Finals will be held from Aug. 1-6 in AN OVERVIEW – Prostejov, Czech Republic Junior Fed Cup (The Finals will be a 16-team competition with a * For 16-and-under girls round-robin format followed by a knockout stage, as * 4 countries (Hong Kong, Singapore, Sri Lanka and required, to place teams from 1st to 16th positions) Turkmenistan) SL Team: (SL is already in the Qualifying Round, to be * Each team consists of three players and a Non-play- held from May 2-8 in Malaysia). ing Captain * The Asia-Oceania Zone Final Qualifying Round will be held from April 25 in India * Junior Fed Cup Finals of 2011 will be held in San Luis Potosi, Mexico from Sep. 27 to Oct. 2 * SL Team: Vinuri Wickremaratne, Shankari Thayakaran and Dinushki Ranasinghe. Non-playing Captain: Nishendiran Sivendiran, Coach: Mahesha Senevirat.ne. Junior Davis Cup * For 16-and-under boys * 10 countries (Group ‘A’:Syria, Singapore and Bangladesh; Group ‘B’: Philippines, Bhutan and Yemen and Group ‘C’: Sri Lanka, Jordan, Turkmenistan and Saudi Arabia * Each team consists of three players and a Non-playing Captain * The Asia-Oceania Zone Final Qualifying Round will be held from April 18 in India * Junior Davis Cup Finals of 2011 will be held in San Luis Potosi, Mexico from Sep. 27 to Oct. 2 * SL Team: Nishangan Nadarajah, Sharmal Dissanayake and Yasitha de Silva. Non-playing Captain: Udith Wickremasinghe, Coach: Sohan Patrick World Juniors - Girls * An ITF Team Championships for 14- and-under age group * 4 countries (Sri Lanka, Philippines, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan) * Each team consists of three players and a Non-playing Captain * Final Qualifying Round will be held from May 9 in Malaysia * World Juniors Finals will be held from Aug. 1-6 in Prostejov, Czech Republic * (The Finals will be a 16-team competi- tion with a round-robin format followed by a knock-out stage, as required, to place teams from 1st to 16th positions) * SL Team: Nethmie Waduge, Thisuri Molligoda and Kavindya de Silva. Non-play- ing Captain: Sasith Wickremasinghe, Coach: Shalini de Silva.