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St.Peter’s College staged a spectacular display of rugby when they came from behind 14-nil down to beat St. Anthony’s College Kandy by 37 points (5 tries, 3 conversions, 2 penalties) to 31 (3 tries, 2 conversions, 4 penalties) to reach the semi-finals of the Milo inter- schools ‘A’ Division knockout rugby tournament. The quarterfinal match played at the Royal Sports complex, Reid Avenue yesterday saw Anthonians lead 25-19 at half time.

St. Anthony’s drew first blood in the very first minute of play when off a rolling maul skipper and flanker Pasindu Dulshan touched down for a try. Fly half Samuel Maduwantha made the conversion for them to go 7-nil up.

In the 6th minute off a three quarter move Anthonian centre Dinuk Amarasinghe darted down for a try. Maduwantha made the conversion to extend their lead to 14-nil.

St. Peter’s opened scoring in the 11th minute when off a sweeping rolling maul hooker Ravin Yapa crashed through for a sensational try near the left corner flag, Sivaraj missed the conversion and the scoreline stood at 14-5.

In the 21st minute St Anthony’s increased their lead to 17-5 when Maduwantha slotted a 30-metre penalty.

In the 24th minute off a fabulous three quarter move Peterite centre Theekshana Dassanayaka scored a breathtaking try, Sivaraj made the conversion to cut the lead down to 17-12.

Maduwantha put over another penalty in the 26th minute to increase the scoreline to 20-12.

St. Peter’s kept on fighting and in the 36th minute off a tremendous three quarter move Dassanayaka scored again to reduce the score to 20-19.

On the stroke of half time Anthony’s scored again through their number eight Mendis but Maduwantha missed the conversion and the score read 25-19.

Soon after resumption in the 43rd minute St. Peter’s scored through the boot of Sivaraj and a try through centre Dassanayaka to take the lead for the first time in the game by 29 to 25.

In the 52nd minute Maduwantha put over another penalty for St. Anthony’s to cut down the lead to 29-28.

The Peterites increased the tally through another penalty by Sivaraj to take the score to 32-28.

Maduwantha put over another difficult penalty for the Anthonians to close the gap to 32-31.

In the 71st minute St. Peter’s virtually sealed the match when their hero centre Dassanayaka sent his full back Diyath Fernando over for a superb try mid right, Sivaraj missed the difficult conversion and the score read a remarkable 37-31 when the final whistle was blown.

Referee : Pradeep Fernando (WAI)

St. Peter’s College hosted Dharmaraja College in their final match of the first round and managed to take down the boys from hill country 36-6 amidst tough weather conditions.

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St. Peter’s College won the Singer U19 schools T20 championship when they recorded an easy 38-run win over St. Aloysius’ Galle in the final played at Galle International Cricket Stadium on Friday.St. Peter’s, whose skipper Vinu Mohotti won the toss and elected to take first lease of the wicket, put up a formidable and challenging score of 162 for 8. The Peterites innings came on the back of two valuable partnerships after they had lost two wickets with the score on 37. The first partnership was for the third wicket that of 38 runs between Chandula Jayamanne who made a top score of 49 runs and Lakshina Rodrigo which was followed by a 41-run stand for the sixth wicket between skipper Mohotti and Ranmith Jayasena.

Giant-killers St. Aloysius’ who earlier defeated Isipathana College, S. Thomas’ College and Trinity College to qualify for the final, in their run chase were unable to do the same against St. Peter’s.

They fell into deep trouble when they lost their top three wickets with just one run on the board in only 1.3 overs. Taneesha Weerakoon made the early breakthrough before top scorer Jayamanne in his first over grabbed two wickets and then followed it with another in his next over.

The Aloysians made a brief recovery through a 46-run stand for the fifth wicket between Navindu Nirmal and Hareen Buddila but they faltered again losing two more wickets for the addition of ten runs and were struggling on 76 for 7.

A brief stand of 24 runs between Sajith Sankalpa and skipper Gihan Niroshan was not going to be sufficient as they were badly placed on 100 for 8 in the 18th over before being restricted to a score of 124.

Chandula who did the early damage ended with top figures of 3 for 24 while Taneesha Weerakoon and Chemila Obeysekera shared four wickets between them.

St. Peter’s 162 for 8 in 20 overs (Chandula Jayamanne 49, Vinu Mohotti 40, Ranmith Jayasena 17: Prabodha Madusanka 4 for 24)

St. Aloysius’ Galle 124 for 8 in 20 overs (Navindu Nirmal 36, Hareen Buddila 19, Gihan Niroshan 27 n.o.: Chandula Jayamanne 3 for 24, Chemila Obeysekera 2 for 13, Taneesha Weerakoon 2 for 18)

Left-handed one drop batsman Hashan Wanasekara struck a stunning century to guide St. Peter’s College to a convincing 8-wicket win over St. Joseph’s College in the 42nd annual Joe-Pete One-Day Encounter at the R. Premadasa International Stadium on Saturday.

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A superb record-breaking unbroken 152-run stand for the 3rd wicket between Hashan Wanasekara and Lakshina Rodridgo completely stunned the Josephians on a batting paradise, St. Peter’s dominating proceedings as they reached the target with more than 10 overs to spare. Wanasekara remained unbeaten on a splendid 118 while Rodrigo made a superb 61 as St. Peter’s College chased down 259 comfortably.

Earlier in the game, stand-in Josephian captain Kevin Corteling won the toss and elected to bat first. The opening pair of Revan Kelly and Corteling broke the all-time record for the highest first-wicket stand as they put on a stunning 129 runs for the first wicket before Sadish Pathiranage mankaded Corteling in the 37th over as St. Peter’s crawled back into the game.

Kelly made a brilliant 100-ball 87 before he was trapped right in front of the wicket off Pathiranage. The Josephians lost wickets regularly as they could not capitalize on the excellent start. The boys from Maradana collected 78 runs from the final 10 overs courtesy cameos from Shewon Fonseka, Jehan Daniel and Charuka Raveen.

Chasing a mammoth 259 runs to win, the Peterites got off to a blazing start as Chandula Jayamanne and Inesh Fernando made 20 off the first 2 overs before last year’s captain Jayamanne was caught at gully for 10 off Neran Goonathilake.

Fernando and Wanasekara constructed a solid 87-run stand for the 2nd wicket as the Petes accelerated effectively; the Josephian bowling attack lacking much-needed penetration. Off-spinner Nipun Sumanasinghe broke the stand when the steady-looking Fernando was dismissed for 47.

The Josephian bowling was pretty ordinary on the day as the experienced duo of Wanasekara and Rodrigo cruised to victory to help the Peterites retain the Rev.Fr Peter. A Pillai Memorial Shield for another year.

Vice-captain Wanasekara struck 12 boundaries and 4 towering sixes during his match-winning knock while Rodrigo made an almost run-a-ball 61 to shatter any Josephian hopes of victory.

• St. Joseph’s – 258/6 in 50 overs: Revan Kelly 87, Kevin Corteling 35, Shewon Fonseka 34, Jehan Daniel 33, Charuka Raveen 22, Pahan Perera 20, Sadish Pathiranage 2/41.
• St. Peter’s – 259/2 in 39.4 overs: Hashan Wanasekara 118*, Lakshina Rodrigo 61*, Inesh Fernando 47, Nipun Sumanasinghe 1/32.

Man of the Match – Hashan Wanasekara (SPC)

Best Batsman – Revan Kelly (SJC)

Best Fielder – Lakshina Rodrigo (SPC)

Best Bowler – Sadish Pathiranage (SPC)

St. Peter's College V. St. Sebastian's College

Praveen Jayawickrema's five-for 31 helps St. Sebastians claim 1st innings points against St.Peters (St.Sebastians: 15.25 points & St.Peters: 8.86)

St.Sebastians College, Moratuwa: 239 in 75.2 overs (Tharusha Fernando 45, Ashar Warnakulasuriya 44, Thaneesha Weerakoon 5/68, Vinu Mohotti 3/53) & 161/5 d in 47 overs (Nuwanindu Fernando 64, Mishen Silva 39, Dinal Jayakody 2/65)

Under-19 Division I Cricket

January 13, 2016, 9:22 am 

By Reemus Fernando – The Island

Left-arm spinner Harin Cooray bagged 12 wickets to lead St. Joseph’s to a ten wicket victory over Wesley in their Under-19 traditional cricket encounter at Darley Road on Tuesday. After Joes declared on their overnight score, Cooray came up with a seven wicket haul to restrict Wesley to 198 runs. The openers kept their wickets in tack to reach a target of 11 runs in 1.4 overs. It was the fifth outright victory for Joes this season. Incidentally, Wesley are playing in Division II this season.

Scores: Wesley 106 all out in 29.5 overs (Helitha Bambarenda 45, Harin Cooray 5/29, Ruchira Ekanayake 3/18, Malshan Rodrigo 2/30) and 198 all out in 71.5 overs (Andrew Parais 88, Zenith Wickramanayeka 41, Yomesh Ranasinghe 26; Harin Cooray 7/45, Malshan Rodrigo 2/58)

St. Joseph’s 294 for 8 o/n decl. (Kevin Corteling 33, Revan Kelly 35, Thashan Perera 77, Shevon Fonseka 41, Malshan Rodrigo 21, Charuka Ulladupitiya 27; Andrew Parais 4/85, Yomesh Ranasinghe 2/113) and 11 for no loss in 1.4 overs

Petes home for Lunch

Taneesha Weerakoon and Dinal Jayakody took four wickets each in the second innings as St. Peter’s registered an innings and 46 runs victory over President’s in their match ended with two sessions to spare at Bambalapitiya on Tuesday.

 

Scores:

St. Peter’s 300 for 3 decl. in 58 overs (Lakshina Rodrigo 118n.o., Ranmith Jayasena 118n.o;)

President’s 110 all out in 23 overs (Malsha Jayawardena 20, Navod Kalansuriya 49; Ravindu Silva 3/32, Taneesha Weerakoon 3/20) and 19 for 2 o/n 144 all out in 49.4 overs (Hiruna Sigera 45, Malsha Jayawardena 45, Nethmina Kodippili 25, Navod Kalansuriya 20; Taneesha Weerakoon 4/61, Dinal Jayakody 4/47).

Sri Lanka under 19 discard and highest wicket-taker in the current schools cricket season, Lasith Embuldeniya of Royal College, Colombo produced another spectacular bowling performance as he rocked the St. Joseph’s College batting lineup on day one in their 119thannual cricket encounter at Reid Avenue.

The tall left-arm spinner captured 6 wickets for 56 as the team from Darley Road was bowled out for just 131. According to reliable sources, Embuldeniya has picked up 73 wickets so far this season and he is proving the junior selectors wrong with his credible bowling. After Geeshath Panditharathne won the toss and elected to field, right-handed middle order batsman Vimukthi Peiris was the only batsmen from the Josephian camp to middle the ball but he ran out of partners to remain unbeaten on 34. Left-arm spinner Shan Thennakoon and right-arm leggie, Geeshanth picked up 2 wickets each. Royal College in their reply ended the day on a high as they posted 226 runs on the board courtesy excellent knocks of 59 and 43 by opener Naveen Vidanapathirana and Geeshath Panditharathne. Off-spinner Charuka Raveen took 3 wickets for the visitors.

St. Joseph’s – 131 all out in 35.1 overs: Vimukthi Peiris 34*, Revan Kelly 21, Lasith Embuldeniya 6/56, Geeshath Panditharathne 2/16, Shan Thennakoon 2/22.

Royal – 226/8 in 57 overs: Naveen Vidanapathirana 59, Geeshath Panditharathne 43, Charuka Raveen 3/58.