- Written by: Chinthaka Wijethunge
- Category: Cricket
A very successful edition of a Battle of the Rocks concluded in this weekend. Let's have a look at the scorecards of both the Test and Limited Over encounters.
32nd Battle of the Rocks (Test Encounter)
St. Anne’s: 204 in 48.5 overs (Malshan Perera 73, Pubugu Ganegama 49, Randeera Ranasinghe 27, Umesh Massakkara 20, Damitha Silva 5/45, Sachintha Pieris 2/40) and 214/8 in 63.2 overs (Wanitha Wanninayake 52 n.o., Pubudu Ganegama 52, Pasindu Dayananda 43, Malshan Perera 13, Sanjaya Wanninayake 2/20, Damitha Silva 2/61)
Maliyadeva: 234/9 (153/5 o/n) in 50 overs (Prabash Keppetipola 65, Sachintha Pieris 56, Dinanjaya Premarathne 41, Damitha Silva 29, Keshan Wijerathna 20, Dilashan Kollure 16, Piyumal Sinhawansha 6/79, Pubudu Ganegama 2/35)
Result: Match drawn
Awards: Best fielder – Kavinda Kotuwegedara (St. Anne’s) Best bowler – Piyumal Sinhawansha (St. Anne’s) Best batsman – Malshan Perera (St. Anne’s) Man of the match – Damitha Silva (Maliyadeva)
20th Battle of the Rocks (Limited Over Encounter)
St. Anne's: 200/9 (41 ov)
Malshan Perera 51, Umesh Masakkara 49
Maliyadeva: 272/9 (50 ov)
Randeera Ranasinghe 5 for 46, Kasun Jayaweera 2 for 63
When St. Anne's boys were 9 down, bad light stopped play at Welagedara Stadium, giving the victory for Maliyadeva.
Result: Maliyadeva won
Congratulations Maliyadeva for winning the Battle of the Rocks Limited Over Encounter.
Thank you all who supported the team St. Anne's throughout all these days.
- Written by: Chinthaka Wijethunge
- Category: Cricket
Just less than a couple of days to the most exciting inter-school sports event of the city. It is the contest between two of the bests, nevertheless two big time friends. St. Anne's and Maliyadeva were friends, are friends, and will remain friends. #Annites and Devans are Brothers Forever, let's take this opportunity, Battle of the Rocks to strength it.
- Written by: Chinthaka Wijethunge
- Category: Cricket
32nd Battle of the Rocks - Two-Day Encounter between Maliyadeva College and St. Anne's College will be played at the Welagedara Stadium on March 13 and 14. Play will commence at 10.00 a.m. on both days.
Meanwhile 20th Battle of the Rocks - Limited Overs Encounter will be played on March 15 at the same venue.
St. Anne's College team (Annites) for the 32nd Battle of the Rocks encounter
Malshan Perera (Captain), Umesh Massakkara (Vice-Captain), Kavinda Kotuwegedara, Vanitha Wanninayaka, Pasindu Dayananda, Randeera Ranasinghe, Piumal Sinhawansa, Pubudu Ganegama, Vimukthi Perera, Lakmal Jayasekara, Sudesh Kumarage, Tarindu Wijesinghe, Isuru Herath, Kasun Jayaweera, Nipun Ashok, Bawantha Karunasinghe, Suresh Kumarage, Jude Bandara, Nilesh Lakshan, Buddhika Bandara.
Skippers of the two teams, Prabash Keppetipola (Maliyadeva College/ Devans, on left) and Malshan Perera (St. Anne's College/ Annites, on right) pose together with the Esoft Trophies which are on offer for the #BattleOfTheRocks
Use the hashtag #AnnitesRock for your social media posts relating to Battle of the Rocks.
"Api Aana" (අපි ආනා) - A song to cheer our boys for the upcoming #BattleOfTheRocks encounter.
- Written by: Chinthaka Wijethunge
- Category: Cricket
The inaugural Desert Cubs Schools Invitational 40-over Cricket Tournament commenced on August 20 at four venues in Colombo and ended last Monday, after five days with success.
In a low scoring thriller it was St. Peter’s College who emerged victorious in the final of the Under-15 age category making St. Anne's College the runner-up. St Anne’s College and St. Peter’s College battled it out for the ultimate spot but it was the Peterites who emerged victorious by an exciting 11 runs. The boys from Kurunegala bowled out their opponents for just 64 runs in 35.1 overs with Piyumal Singawansa taking three wickets, conceding 15 runs. Randeepa Ranasinghe and Pubudu Gnanegama grabbed two wickets each.
Chasing a simple target the St. Anne’s boys got carried away in their run chase. They could not live up to their expectations and were restricted for just 53 runs, falling short of the victory target by 11 runs.
Impressive Sachin Silva led the bowling attack with an economical spell to finish off with three wickets after giving out just six runs. Senal de Silva and Bauddhima Senaratne took two wickets each helping St. Peter’s to complete a successful campaign. Proving their bowling and fielding capabilities, St. Peter’s took the honour of becoming the first team to get hold of the Under-15 championship of the inaugural Schools Invitational Desert Cubs Cricket Championship.
Other teams took part in this inaugural tournament were Desert Cubs Cricket Academy UAE, Ananda College , and Trinity College Kandy in the Under-15 age category.
The tournament was organised by Desert Cubs Cricket Academy in UAE. Dubai Duty Free of UAE was the main sponsor of the event while Entrust Group, Hatton National Bank, LB Finance and Hameedias joined as co-sponsors from Sri Lanka.
- Written by: Chinthaka Wijethunge
- Category: Rugby
North Central Typhoons and Northern Gladiators with unbeaten records finished on top of the two pools at the end of the first day on the opening day of the Carlton Seven’s, organised by Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union and Carlton Sports Club that began at St. Anne’s College ground Kurunegala yesterday. The tournament will be continued today at 10 a.m.
The standings at the end of yesterday’s play is as follows.
Pool A
| 1. | Northern Gladiators | 12 points |
| 2. | Western Warriors | 8 points |
| 3. | Southern Sharks | 8 points |
| 4. | Sabaragamuwa Stallions | 6 points |
| 5. | Central Kings | 6 points |
Pool B
| 1. | North Central Typhoons | 12 points |
| 2. | North Western Blacks | 8 points |
| 3. | Jaffna Challengers | 8 points |
| 4. | Eastern Eagles | 7 points |
| 5. | Uva Vipers | 4 points |
The play off matches will commence at 10 a.m. today with Northern Gladiators meeting Eastern Eagles. The play off for the first and second places will be played at 5 p.m. which decides the champion of this league.