Sri Lanka News Round-up (8 October 1998)

8 October 1998

Sri Lanka News Round-up

The Daily News

Royal led by 4th year coloursman, Thushan Amarasuriya open their inter-school cricket season with a game against Richmond on Friday at Reid Avenue.

The team consists of 8 coloursmen and has a strong batting line-up with experienced openers Ravi Pieris and Angelo Perera, followed by Thushan Amarasuriya, Jehan Mubarak, Ruchira Jayasuriya and Dhanushka Perera. Andrew Perera the younger brother of the opening batsman will keep wickets.

The pace attack is led by Sanjeeva Udumalagala with Harshana Rajakuruna and Amarasuriya in support. The spinners are Mubarak (off spin), Harith Rajakaruna and Dhanushka Perera (left arm) and Fazal Ahamed (leg spin).

The team is coached by former Sri Lankan opening batsman, Nihal Koddituwakku and the Master-in-Charge is Sudath Liyanagunawardane.

The first of a series of one-day limited-over practice matches to select the team of 14 players to represent Sri Lanka in the Wills International tournament at Dhaka from October 24 will be played at the SSC grounds on October 13.

Roshan Mahanama and Hashan Tillekeratne will lead the two sides consisting of a list of probables.

Mahanama's XI: Roshan Mahanama (captain), Romesh Kaluwitharana, Russel Arnold, Indika de Saram, Manoj Mendis, Upul Chandana, Tilan Samaraweera, Malintha Warnapura, Suresh Perera, Ruchira Perera, Nuwan Zoysa.

Tillekeratne's XI: Hashan Tillekeratne (captain), Marvan Atapattu, Avishka Gunawardana, Mahela Jayawardene, Chandika Hathurusingha, Kumara Dharmasena, Prasanna Jayawardene, Batheesha de Silva, Sajeeva de Silva, Pramodya Wickremasinghe, Chaminda Vaas.

Reserves: Indika Gallage, Ruchira Palliyaguru, Dinuka Hettiarachchi, Malinga Bandara, Niroshan Bandaratilake.

Former Colts all-rounder Tilan Samaraweera hit a century (104) and took a match bag of six wickets for 24 runs to steer his new club SSC to an innings and 101 runs win over Kandy YCC in a Under 23 youth cricket match played at Maitland Place over the weekend.

Sri Lanka batsman Mahela Jayawardene was also in the runs completing a century for SSC who ran up a total of 301.

SSC 301
(A. Gunawardana 23, M. Jayawardene 107, T. Samaraweera 104, K. Weeraratne 2 for 43, D. Ramanayake 2 fo 46, R. Dissanayake 3 for 46, S. Ranaweera 2 for 96)

Kandy YCC 101
(C. Weage 24, D. Ranaweera 23, Ruchira Perera 2 for 33, Dilhara Fernando 3 for 36, T. Samaraweera 4 for 14) and 99 (M. Dissanayake 23, C. Wijesinghe 26, Ruchira Perera 3 for 27, Dilhara Fernando 5 for 26, T. Samaraweera 2 for 10).

by S M Jiffrey Abdeen

Trinity College were shot out for a paltry 79 in their Coca Cola Bottlers Trophy cricket tournament match against the lesser known Vidyartha College which began at Police grounds, Kandy yesterday. The match will be continued today at 9.45 a.m.

Left-arm spinner Sarath Ranaweera proved to be the wrecker capturing 5 for 12 in 14.4 overs with 8 of them being maidens. Sarath Ranaweera appears to be taking a liking to the lions batting as two years he captured all nine wickets that fell for just 105 runs. Last year this fixture was not played.

Trinity College 79 all out in 40.4 overs
(U. K. Weeraratne 18, C. Aluthge 31, Sarath Ranaweera 5 for 12, R. Wijesinghe 2 for 7, S. I. Nanayakkara 2 for 19).

L B Dissanayake

St. Sylvester's College 'B' team scored an easy first innings win over Wickramabahu College, Gampola 'B' team in their Horlicks Trophy Under-13 Division III cricket match played at Gampola.

Scores:

St. Sylvester's 'B' 143 for 8 in 50 overs
(T. S. Wickramasingha 21, P. K. Wishwanathan 24, D. Ranaweera 18, S. Gayan 2 for 30, S. Kasun 2 for 25).

Wickramabahu 'B' 119 all out in 50 overs
(M. Salinda 36, R. Kalum 17, S. Kasun 29, D. Karunaratna 3 for 33, S. Samarasinghe 4 for 20, A. Chandrarathna 2 for 17).

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