In reply the visitors reached 170 for 2 with J.L.Manoj unbeaten on 83. The match will be continued at 9.30 a.m today.
De Mazenod: 195 (C.Seneviratne 46, S.de Alwis 26, N.Saliya 25, T.Romesh 5 for 20, J.L.Manoj 3 for 38).
Dharmasoka: 170 for 2 (J.L.Manoj 83 n.o, D.Kumara 36, C.Sanjeewa 19). (C.D)
Drawn match at Galle
The inter-school cricket encounter between Richmond and Wesley ended in a high scoring draw at the Galle Esplanade yesterday.
The home side declared their first innings at 309 for 6 with Indika Udayanga leading the way. He hit a superb knock of 119 inclusive of 16 boundaries and was associated in a fourth wicket stand of 138 runs with Bhanuka Ratnayake (59). He also added 98 runs for the second wicket with Prasad Kumara.
Earlier the Wesleyites scored 258 for 8 helped by a fine century from Dharshika Jayakody (128).
Wesley: 258 for 8 decl. (D.Jayakody 136, A.Johar 11, M.Karunaratne 70, P.Kumara 2 for 63, R.Galappathy 4 for 22, C.Siriwardena 2 for 53) and 158 for 5 (A.Johar 10, D.Jayakody 32, T.Fernando 18, P.Amarasekera 50 n.o, Musadiq Zainudeen 27 n.o, P.Kumara 4 for 36).
Richmond: 309 for 6 decl. (R.Karunasena 21, I.Udayanga 119, P.Kumara 52, R.Galappathy 13, B.Ratnayake 59, M.Karunaratne 4 for 97).
Vidyartha crawl to 240 for 8
Vidyartha College though labouring away for 355 minutes to score 240 for 8 declared had the better of the exchanges in their inter-school cricket match against Dharmaraja College which began at Lake View grounds, Kandy, yesterday. The match will be continued today at 9.45 am.
Shamal Kumara top scored with a sedate 57 which included seven hits to the ropes. Spinners Asanga Marapana (4 for 53) and Pubudu Seneviratne (4 for 56) bowled best for the Rajans who were left struggling at 11 for 2 at close.
Vidyaratha College 240 for 8 declared in 86 overs 355 mts (D. J. Jayakody 25, D. K. Ranaweera 20, K. G. Ranjith 36, N. P. Balsuri- ya 36, Shamal Kumara 57, S. Ranaweera 25 n.o., T. Bandara 10 n.o., A. Marapona 4 for 53, Pubudu Seneviratne 4 for 56).
Dharmaraja College 11 for 2 in 5 overs 20 mts (R. Sakkalasuriya 10 n.o., S. Ranaweera 2 for 3).
Dharmaraja Kingswood at Police grounds?
There is a strong possibility of the oldest Big Match in the Hill capital between Dharmaraja College and Kingswood College being played at Police grounds, Kandy this year probably on March 15 and 16.
The Asgiriya Cricket Stadium has been the venue of this Big Match for the past 15 years or more but this year the organisers of this match have run into a snag as the Asgiriya Stadium has been booked for the Trinity - Antonian Big Match which will be played on March 14 and 15. With the Local Government elections being expected to be held the following week, the organisers are keen to play this match early.
It must be recalled that in the good old days this Big Match had been played at Police grounds for a very long period before it was shifted to the Asgiriya Stadium in the early eighties. This Big Match had been also played at Randles Hill, Lake View and the Bogambara grounds before the sixties. If this Big Match is played at Police grounds, it will be a sweet home-coming for the big match revellers of the years gone by.
Sumangala in season's 2nd win
Sri Sumangala Maha Vidyalaya, Kandy, scored their second win of the season when they defeated Ibbagamuwa Central College, by three wickets with 1.3 overs to spare in an exciting finish in their Coco-Cola Bottlers' Trophy cricket tournament match played at Ibbagamuwa.
Sri Sumangala were set a victory target of 78 in 16 overs and they accomplished their task in 14.3 overs.
Sri Sumangala Maha Vidyalaya 263 for 9 declared in 88 overs (G. Perera 19, C. Fernando 39, I. Fernando 16, H. Bandara 19, K. Nawaratne 84, T. Silva 33 not out, S. B. Bandara 17, T. Palletenna 2 for 19, M. Azar 3 for 65, S. Abeysinghe 3 for 56) and 78 for 7 in 14.3 overs (C. Fernando 16, I. Fernando 14, K. Nawaratne 12, G. Perera 11, P. Gunasinghe 4 for 35)
Ibbagamuwa Central College 157 all out in 60 overs (S. Abeysinghe 33, P. Gunasinghe 15, N. Palletenna 27, S. Namal 33, S. Ratnayake 27, J. Rajapakse 3 for 43, T. Silva 2 for 12, C. Ratnayake 3 for 24) and 180 all out in 54 overs (W. Abeysinghe 19, S. Suranga 22, P. Gunasinghe 50, D. Somaratne 37, S. Palletenna 12, C. Ratnayake 4 for 65, S. P. Bandara 2 for 35)