Sri Lanka News Round-up (31 March 1999)

31 March 1999

Sri Lanka News Round-up

The Daily News

Kandy South Group Correspondent

An elegant knock of 64 with 8 fours by opener Kelakoralege Ranjith helped Vidyartha College to score a shock two-wicket win over St. Joseph's College, Colombo in the first round of their Elephant Lemonade Cup limited-over knockout cricket tournament match played at Darley Road, Colombo

St. Joseph's College: 176 all out in 45.5 overs (S. Daison 33, D. Perera 42, R. de Silva 27, S. Rupasinghe 14, G. Van Sanden 13, G. Paulaz 12, R. L. Bandara 2 for 29, G. Jayakody 2 for 37).

Vidyaratha College: 178 for 8 wickets in 49.1 overs (K. L. Ranjith 64, D. Wanasinghe 21, S. I. Nanayakkara 16, S. Ranaweera 41 not out.

Kandy South Group Correspondent

Arosha Perera produced an all round performance of 38 and 3 for 16 to enable St. Sylvester's College, Kandy to score an easy 118-run win over Bandaranayake Maha Vidyalaya, Gampaha in the first round of their Elephant Lemonade Cup schools limited-over knockout cricket tournament match played at Police Grounds, Kandy.

St. Sylvester's College: 238 all out in 49.3 overs (R. Dissanayake 33, C. Wijesinghe 21, A. Perera 38, Z. Hajireen 21, T. Liyanage 10, S. Prematillake 21, Srimalal Mahatotarachchi 14 not out, J. Weerasinghe 10, Extras 47, A. Sampath 3 for 28, S. Tillakaratna 3 for 29).

Bandaranayake MV: 110 all out in 37 overs (C. Wijesundera 12, G. Jayasinghe 11, D. Werakoddy 25, H. Perera 11, D. Sooriyakumara 19, C. Ratnayake 2 for 17, A. Perera 3 for 16).

Divakara Mohotti

Kalutara's Big Match between Kalutara Vidyalaya and Tissa MMV popularly known as the 'Battle of Mangosteens' will be played on Thursday and Friday (April 1 and 2) on the Kalutara esplanade, with play scheduled to start at 9.45 a.m. each day.

This is the 41st encounter between the two schools. Kalutara Vidyalaya is led by Susantha Pradeep while Kapila Gayan is the captain of Tissa MMV.

Kalutara Vidyalaya - Kanchana Ranasinghe, Tharanka Ranaweera, Eranda Malaka, Susantha Pradeep (captain), Udara Weerasinghe, Manoj Ranga, Rumash Wilroy, Nadeek Nilanka, Asanka Kulasekera, Vihanga Gunesekera, D. Amila Ranaweera, D. N. Sampath, Prabhath Sanjaya, Geethan Anuradha. (Ruwan Sujeewa absent).

Tissa MMV - Padma Kumara, Kapila, Gayan (captain), Jayanath Mangala (vice captain), Mahesh, Parakrama, Sajith, Rukmal, Dhanuja, Nandana, Raveendra, Seiman, Dinesh, Vindika, Chanaka and Prasanga.

Dilwin Mendis

Former Cambrian cricketer S. Kasthuriratne who played in the late fifties is in Sri Lanka on a short holiday. He played 'Sara' cricket for Catamarans and Moratuwa Sports Club. In 1962 he migrated to England where he played cricket for Middleton Cricket Club in Central Lancashire League where the former England cricketer Basil de Olivera was also a member. He was happy that he was able to witness the Cambrian-Sebastianite Big Match and the one-dayer.

He intends forming an Old Cambrian Association in England and any Old Cambrian residing there who wish to join could contact him on 01480-382339.

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