Sri Lanka Schools Round-up (1 April 1999)

1 April 1999

Sri Lanka Schools Round-up

The Daily News

Right-hand opening batsman and very effective rightarm off-spinner Nalaka de Silva of Thurstan College is a third year coloursman and vice captain of the side.

He collected 1003 runs including a century and eight fifties this season. His highest score is 177 runs against St. Anthony's College, Wattala. His batting average is 40: 12. In bowling he has taken 30 wickets, and the best figure is 5 for 30 against Nalanda. His bowling average is 16:40. His half centuries were against: 59 - Wesley, 62-Royal, 66 and 59 - St. Sylvesters, 71 and 69 - Zahira, 73 - Maliyadeva and 60 - St. Anne's, while in bowling he has taken over 4 wickets in an inning, against: 4/70 - Prince of Wales, 5/25 - Nalanda, 5/78 - St. Sebastians and 4/42 - St. Anne's.

Prince of Wales College, Moratuwa beat Dharmaraja College, Kandy easily by 125 runs in a Lemonade trophy Limited-over school cricket match played at Moratuwa yesterday.

Prince of Wales 281 in 49.1 overs (Rashan Peiris 58 (9 fours one six), Janaka Gunaratne 113 (14 fours), Kalpa Fernando 25, Hasantha Fernando 23, Buthsara Peiris 24 in 18 balls with 2 sixes, Pubudu Seneviratne 2/47, Asanka Marapona 2/58, Chamila Kaduruwewa 3/62).

Dharmaraja 156/8 in 50 overs (Sunil Ranasinghe 23, Pubudu Seneviratne 41, Chamila Kaduruwewa 39 n.o., Damith Ariyadasa 16, Suranjan Rajitha 3/35).

St. Peter's College beat St. John's College, Panadura by two wickets in a Lemonade Trophy Limited over school cricket match played yesterday at Bambalapitiya.

St. John's 157 in 48 overs (A. Thenuwara 26, C. Buddhika 23, T. Sudharshana 21, A. Samsudeen 2/21, K. Lokuarachchi 2/35, S. Gunasekera 2/14).

St. Peter's 158/8 in 47.3 overs (M. Silva 54 n.o., N. Perera 28, S. Gunasekera 18, K. Lokuarachchi 12, A. Thenuwara 2/13, L. Aravinda 2/15).

Source :: Daily News (https://www.lanka.net)