

Under-15 Division I Cricket
Royal record massive win against Thomians
by Reemus Fernando
Right arm paceman Athif Nazeer picked up five wickets for 11 runs for Royal College to restrict S. Thomas’ College (Prep), Colombo, to a scanty 51 runs to record a massive 254 runs victory in their Inter School Under-15 Division I Tournament match played at Reid Avenue yesterday.
Batting first, Royal scored a massive 305 for eight wickets with Rivin Karunathilaka (52) and Purnasiri Prabashwara (59 n.o).
Scores:
Royal 305 for 8 in 50 overs (Purnasiri Prabashwara 59 n.o, Rivin Karunathilaka 52, Ronaka Ahangamage 41; Abdul Kadar 3/42, Dinuka Subasinghe 2/75, Ishan Kularatne 2/51)
S. Thomas’ (Prep) 51 all out in 16 overs (Ishan Kularatne 17, Abdul Kadir 11; Athif Nazeer 5/11, Gihan Kalhara 2/12)
Under-17 Division I Cricket
Holy Cross win rain affected encounter
Chasing a revised target of 90 runs to win in 25 overs, Arosh Silva top scored with 45 runs for Holy Cross College to record a five wicket victory over P.de S. Kularatne College in the rain affected Inter School Under-17 Division I tournament match played at Ambalangoda yesterday.
Scores:
P.de.S. Kularatne 122 for 9 39.2 overs (A. Dilantha 23, K.S. de Silva 14, G.C. Nadeeshan 22; Minura Fernando 3/28, Lakshan Malshika 3/26, Krishan Fernando 2/00)
Holy Cross 90 for 5 in 15.2 overs (Madusanka Madonsa 10, Arosh Silva 45, Dulanga Manuja 8 n.o; R.R. Chamara 2/17, K. Sujeewa 2/20)
Liyanage top scores in Dharmapala win
A top score of 71 runs from Tharindu Liyanage was the highlight as Dharmapala College scored a five wickets victory over Mahabodi Vidyalaya in their Inter School Under-17 match played at Pannipitiya yesterday.
Scores:
Mahabodi 156 all out in 42.5 overs (N. Perera 42, S. William 40, K. Liyanage 22; Rasitha Gamage 2/27, Ravindu Lakshan 2/20, Sanjeewa Hewage 2/16)
Dharmapala 157 for 5 in 24.3 overs (Tharindu Liyanage 71, Thanuka Mapatuna 30 n.o, Hasitha Nirmal 21, Rasitha Gamage 16 n.o; S. William 3/40)