At the end of this week Royal, Nalanda, Holy Cross & Dharmaloka managed to secure victories at the Singer Schools U17 Division 1 cricket tournament.
Royal College Colombo vs Mahanama College Panadura
It was an easy win for Royal against Mahanama with a margin of 178 runs at their home grounds. Winning the toss, Royal selecting to bat first, scored a huge total of 254 runs in a 45 over match. Leading the score card for Royal Isiwara Dissanayake scored 121 runs not out. Mahanama managed to take only 4 wickets at the end of the inning. While chasing, Mahanama failed to reach the target and was bowled out for 76 runs in 24.2 overs.
Royal College, Colombo 254/4 (45) Isiwara Dissanayake 121*, Sadun Appuhami 33*, Kamil Mishara 22, Kavindu Pathirathna 21, Asitha Jayalath 2/50
Mahanama College, Panadura 76 (24.2) Kavindu Pathirathna 2/06, Manula Perera 2/13
ROYAL WON BY 178 RUNS
Holy Cross, Kaluthara vs Carey College Colombo
It was a nail biting finish at Kaluthara Holy Cross grounds, as the home team Holy Cross beat the visitors Carey College by one wicket, in the last over of a 40 over match. Carey College Colombo winning the toss and choosing to bat first could only score 211 runs all out in 34 overs. Carey batting lineup was destroyed by Matheesha Shamal who took 6 wickets for just 08 runs. Chasing down the target, the match came up to the last over with Holy Cross passing the margin and scoring 215 in the 39th over with one wicket in hand. All round performance by Dimesh Samual of Carey College scoring 79 with the bat and taking 4 wickets for 44 runs was over shadowed as he was unlucky to be on the losing side of the day.
Carey College, Colombo 211 (34.1) Dimesh Samuel 79, Moditha Silva 41, Abdul Shakuur 38, Matheesha Shamal 6/08
Holy Cross College, Kalutara 215/9 (39.1) Dilhara Nanayakkara 31*, Amindu Shaminda 28, Dimesh Samuel 4/44
HOLY CROSS WON BY 1 WICKET
Wesley College Colombo vs Sri Dharmaloka College Kelaniya
The Kelaniya boys won comprehensively against the Welikada boys by 5 wickets, while chasing a target of 125 runs in a 32 over match. Dharmaloka won the toss and invited the visitors Wesley College to bat first. Wesley managed to score 124 runs all out in 30 overs. Imesh Dalumdara led the bowling attack for Dharmaloka by taking 4 wickets for 33 runs. While chasing the target, Dharmaloka finished the match in the 25th over scoring 126 runs, giving away only 5 wickets to Wesley.
Wesley College, Colombo 124 (30.1) Sudath Dharmasiriwardena 24, Imesh Dalumdara 4/33, Hasindu Prabath 2/22
Sri Dharmaloka College, Kelaniya 126/5 (25.1) Lakshitha Botheju 36, Thenuka Perera 3/20
SRI DHARMALOKA WON BY 5 WICKETS
Nalanda College Colombo vs Bandaranayake College Gampaha
It was a 100 run victory for Nalanda College Colombo at their home grounds against Bandaranayake College Gampaha. Nalanda won the toss and decided to bat first in a 42 over match. Nalanda scored 189 runs all out in 40 overs. Avishka Perera was the highest scorer for Nalanda, scoring 78 runs. Chasing the target, the Gampaha boys could score only 89 runs all out in 29.2 overs, while Jayuth, Raveen and Anuga took 2 wickets each for Nalanda.
Nalanda College, Colombo 189 (40) Avishka Perera 78, Samith Anjana 3/21, Kaveen Induwara 2/29, Dilshan Molligoda 2/34
Bandaranayake College, Gampaha 89 (29.2) Piyumal Rupasinghe 25, Jayuth Kaldera 2/05, Raveen de Silva 2/15, Anuga Jithsara 2/16
NALANDA WON BY 100 RUNS
