Spinner Maneesha Tantrigoda became the first Royal College bowler to take more than 70 wickets in consecutive seasons when he picked up eight wickets for 32 runs to restrict St. Peter’s College to 155 runs on the first day of their Under-19 match started at Reid Avenue on Friday.

In the century old cricket history of Royal College it is only the seventh occasion where a bowler went past the 70 wicket mark in a school season.

Tantrigoda picked up over 70 wickets last season as well.

The other bowlers to have taken more than 70 wickets in a school season according to stats provided by Royal College are Chris Chitty (87 in 1967), Jayantha Kudahetty (71 in 1968), Asitha Jayaweera (71 in 1971), Sunimal Yapa (71 in 1971) and Jayantha Amarasinghe (72 in 1972).

Royal batsmen complimented Tantrigoda’s effort by piling up 232 for two at close. Ramith Rambukwella top scored with 103 in 106 balls (12x4s, 5x6s).

Imal Liyanage was unbeaten on 84 while Madusha Rajarathna was not out on 33 runs at stumps.

St. Peter’s 155 all out in 37.1 overs (Shehan Fernando 70, Denham Perera 23; Maneesha Tantrigoda 8/32, Ramith Rambukwella 2/32)

Royal 232 for 2 at close in 55 overs (Ramith Rambukwella 103, Imal Liyanage 84n.o, Madusha Rajarathna 33 n.o;)

Openers Lahiru Weerakoon (56 n.o) and Hashan Perera (40 n.o) provided an unfinished first wicket stand of 98 runs for Mahanama College to post 98 for no loss at close after restricting S. Thomas’ College to 171 runs on the first day of their Under-19 match which started at Mount Lavinia on Friday.

Earlier, the Thomians struggled at 68 for six wickets at one stage before a valuable 61 runs from Sachin Peiris took them to their eventual total.

S. Thomas’ 171 all out in 74.3 overs (Brian Dharmasena 18, Sachin Peiris 61, Lalindra Peiris 30; Indunil Kumara 4/43, Randika Welikannage 3/17)

Mahanama 98 for no loss in 18 overs (Lahiru Weerakoon 56 n.o, Hashan Perera 40 n.o)

Peiris picks up seven wickets

Off-spinner Nipun Peiris picked up seven wickets for Prince of Wales College to restrict Ananda College to 219 for nine wickets declared on the first day of their Under-19 match started at Ananda Mawatha on Friday.

Ananda 219 for 9 decl in 88.2 overs (Geshan Wimaladharma 34, Udesh Nadeeranga 40, Madumal Jayaratne 33, Minura Janadhi 36, Pasindu Madushan 21; Nipun Peiris 7/78, Buddhika de Alwis 2/47)

Prince of Wales 17 for 1 at close in 8 overs

In reply to Dharmaraja College’s 157, Nalanda College were 119 for six wickets at close on the first day of their match started at Campbell Place on Friday.

Scores:

Dharmaraja 157 all out in 55 overs (Ramesh Bandara 21, Prathap de Silva 33, Sasanka Nakkawita 30, Rahula Ekanayake 23; Sineth Gunawardena 2/17, Dinuk Jayasinghe 3/30, Koshan Danushka 2/13, Gayan Medawatte 2/08)

Nalanda 119 for 6 at close in 38 overs (Gayan Medawatte 27, Nipun Karunanayake 33, Ramesh Bandara 2/32, Rahula Ekanayake 2/10)

St. Joseph’s College posted 300 for eight wickets declared as Enrico Silva and Jaan Jayasinghe scored half-centuries on the first day of their match against St. Benedict’s College at Kotahena on Friday.

In reply, St. Benedict’s were 103 for five wickets at close.

St. Joseph’s 300 for 8 decl in 70 overs (Keshan Perera 28, Enrico Silva 57, Jaan Jayasinghe 56, Chathuranga Kumara 23, Vidusha Jayasinghe 30, Ramesh Vidanarachchi 28, Dinal Dhambarage 25 n.o; Eranga Ratnayake 4/109, Dilshan Perera 2/56)

St. Benedict’s 103 for 5 at close in 22.1 overs (Nisal Fonseka 34; Chathuranga Kumara 2/19)

After being shot out for 124 runs, Sachintha Wijesinghe (4/12) and Sachith Dias (2/18) shared six wickets between them to help Thurstan College come back to restrict Mahinda College to 85 for eight wickets at close on the first day of their match started at Reid Avenue on Friday.

Thurstan 124 all out in 56.1 overs (Shihan Kamileen 43, Sajeewa Salgado 16, Kaveen Tharindu 16; Kaushalya Gajasinghe 3/24, Nisala Tharaka 2/31, Chalana de Silva 2/13)

Mahinda 85 for 8 at close in 38 overs (Nisala Tharaka 27, Hashan Kumuditha 19, Chandu Piripun 16; Sachintha Wijesinghe 4/12, Sachith Dias 2/18)

Bowlers dominated the proceedings as 22 wickets fell on the first day of the Inter-School Under-19 match between Isipatana College and St. Sebastian’s College at BRC Ground on Friday.

Isipatana 96 all out (Irfan Raheem 20, Nilusha Sasanka 16; Amila Aponsu 4/24, Sanitha de Mel 4/31) and 60 for 2 at close in 25 overs (Irfan Raheem 32 n.o, Danushka Sandaruwan 17)

St. Sebastian’s 107 all out in 45 overs (Charith Fernando 32, Oshada Fernando 18; Anushka Samaratunga 6/55, Samitha Sulochana 2/26)

Despite an impressive seven wicket haul from Chinthaka Gokula, Maris Stella College did well to post 260 runs on the first day of their match against Trinity College at Asgiriya on Friday.

Deciding to bat first Sanjaya Silva and Prasansana Jayamanne scored half-centuries for the visitors.

Maris Stella 260 all out in 84.5 overs (Sanjaya Silva 60, Prasansana Jayamanne 59, Dasun Shanaka 44, Angelo Jayasinghe 16, Sathira Dileepa 16, Yasith Dulshan 16; Chinthaka Gokula 7/60, Suresh Wickrama 2/60)

Trinity 12 for no wicket in 5 overs

Dulanjana Wijesinghe top scored with 83 runs before picking up three wickets for Wesley College to restrict Zahira College to 126 for seven wickets at close in reply to their 217 runs on the first day of their match at Maradana on Friday.

Wesley 217 all out in 49 overs (Dulanjana Wijesinghe 83, Ashel Kariyawasam 40, Sachin Jayawardena 36; Imraz Raffi 4/31, Sameer Ahamed 2/23, Irshad Umar 2/55)

Zahira 126 for 7 at close in 43.4 overs (Ishan Ibunu 34, Mohamed Shadeer 25, Mohamed Zihan 18; Dulanjana Wijesinghe 3/33, Raninda Sooriyakumara 2/10)

Revata College took command in their match against St. Aloysious’ College as Shehan Manuran picked up five wickets for 38 runs to restrict the visitors for 93 runs after posting 184 runs on the first day of their match started at Balapitiya on Friday.

Revata 184 all out in (Dulaj Dananjaya 35, Kokila Ratnasiri 29, Janith Chathuranga 24, Buddhika Madusanka 24; Thilina Madushan 4/25, M.D. Marlon 2/34, Waruna Mithun 3/37) and 53 for 2 at close in 12 overs (Janith Chathuranga 16 n.o, Nimna de Silva 17 n.o)

St. Aloysious’ 93 all out in 28.3 overs (Najeed Devmin 28, Krishan Santhusha 16; Shehan Manuran 5/38, Nimna de Silva 4/17)

Kalutara Vidyalaya were 105 for seven wickets at close in reply to D. S. Senanayake College 198 runs on the first day of their Under-19 match started at Wijerama Mawatha on Friday.

DSS 198 all out in 61 overs (Thusith Silva 63, Cahrith Satharasinghe 28; Sandun Chamara 3/24, Sapumal Pathirana 2/48, Chathura Wannipura 3/07)