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Sri Lanka News Round-up
The Daily News - 11 March 1999

St. Servatius by 86 runs

Mahil Liyanage

Despite a matchbag of 10/69 by Sri Rahula College, Matara's right arm leg spinner K. Y. Prabath, they were beaten by hometown rivals St. Servatius College by 86 runs in their Lemonade Trophy inter-school cricket match concluded at Matara yesterday.

Scores:

St. Servatius 163 in 62.3 overs (I. Dinuka 27, R. Nirmal 26, W. D. P. Boteju 25, P. Sampath 4/39, K. Y. Prabath 4/38) and 115/9 decl. in 25 overs (R. Nirmal 22, Y. S. S. Mendis 20, K. Y. Prabath 6/31)

Sri Rahula 71 in 26 overs (P. Sampath 16, J. P. Ruwan 3/23, A. Ramanayake 2/16, A. Sedara 2/13) and 121 in 59 overs (T. Abeysinghe 22, P. Amadoru 20, J. P. Ruwan 4/31, A. T. Binara 2/21)

Limited-overs fixture on March 20

The Silver Jubilee, limited overs game between St. Joseph's and St. Peter's, which is its 25th, takes place at the P. Sara Stadium on Saturday, March 20, with Ashley de Silva (St. Joseph's) and Rumesh Ratnayake (St. Peter's) as chief guests.

The chief adjudicator will be Messrs L. R. Goonetilleke and assisted by Ranjith Malawana (St. Joseph's) and Amal Silva (St. Peters).

Seylan Bank sponsors 120th Royal - Thomian

Seylan Bank will sponsor the 120th Royal - Thomian cricket encounter this year too. This is the sixth consecutive time the bank is sponsoring this prestigious 'Big Match'. Pictured is Mr. R. Rengathan, Executive Director of Seylan Bank handing over the sponsorship cheque to Mr. D. A. Pakiyanathan, Acting Warden of S. Thomas' College. Also in the picture (left to right) Mr. Y. S. de Soysa (Secretary), Mr. R. Renganthan (Executive Director, Seylan Bank), Mr. D. A. Pakiyanathan (Acting Warden, S. Thomas' College), Mr. Lyle Peiris (Chairman Joint Organising Committee), Mr. H. L. B. Gomes (Principal, Royal College), Mr. Nimal Dias Jayasinghe (Chairman Match Security Arrangements Committee) Mr. Tryphon R. Mirando (Chairman Sponsorship Committee).


Source: The Daily News