Right arm leggie Madushan Ravichandrakumara wrecked the Richmond batting line up in their second innings to give S. Thomas’ an emphatic innings and 95 runs win in their Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter concluded at Mt Lavinia yesterday. The 14-year-old Grade nine student playing his first season for the Thomians ended up with impressive match figures of 7 for 29 as the visitors went in pursuit of erasing a deficit of 206 runs to avoid an imminent defeat and were bowled out for 111.
S. Thomas’ 305 for 6 declared (Nuwan Dharshana 121, Ashen Fernando 83, Chamod Pathirana 58 n.o; Dileepa Priyadharshana 2 for 90)
Richmond (99/8 o’night) 99 (Dananjaya Fernando 74; Chamod Pathirana 4 for 27, Janith de Silva 3 for 10) and 111 (Kusal Prabodha 49, Sandun Dantanarayana 28; Madushan Ravichandrakumara 7 for 29)
Thurstan home for lunch
Thurstan were home for lunch when they outclassed Wesley by eight wickets in their Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter at the Thurstan ground in Reid Avenue yesterday.
Thurstan had put themselves in a strong position when play ended on Friday. After bundling out the Wesleyites for 79, Thurstan declared at 190 for 8. This gave them a clear lead of 111 runs.
Wesley 79 (Migara Wickremasinghe 18, Sachin Jayawardena 17; Prabuddha Arthavidu 4 for 17, Shehan Kamileen 2 for 16, Kavin Silva 2 for 19) and (11/0 overnight) 120 (Migara Wickremasinghe 31, Raninda Sooriyakumara 29, Ashen Fonseka 19; Shehan Kamileen 4 for 46, Krishan Wickramarachchi 3 for 19)
Thurstan 190 for 8 declared (Udara Munasinghe 82, Thisura Madurapperuma 31, Kavin Silva 27; Raninda Sooriyakumara 3 for 58, Basith Muzammil 2 for 51) and 11 for 2
Royal crush St. Benedict’s
Royal crushed St. Benedict’s by an innings and 83 runs in their Under 19 game at Kotahena yesterday. The Bens came into the game on day two with immense pressure after being badly placed on 45 for 6 in reply to Royal’s 302 for 7 declared.
The second day’s play saw the Bens being unable to make any headway as they were able to add only a further 13 runs - crashing to a lowly 58.
Royal 302 for 7 declared (Waruna Dissanayake 119, Imal Liyanage 28, Tharutha Rajaratne 24, Milan Abeysekera 62 n.o; Eranga Ratnayake 4 for 86)
St. Benedict’s (45/6 o’night) 58 (Nisal Fonseka 19; Lakshan Landewela 5 for 26, Imran Khan 4 for 19) and 161 (Waruna Fernando 35, Roy Sheran 30, Sandun Sampath 30, Nisal Fonseka 20: Maneesha Tantrigoda 4 for 44, Tharutha Rajaratne 3 for 29, Ramith Rambukwella 2 for 45)
Joes outclass President’s College Rajagiriya
St. Joseph’s outclassed the hapless President’s College Rajagiriya by an innings and 62 runs in their Under 19 match at Darley Road yesterday. St. Joseph’s after making a formidable 260 bowled out their opponents for 94 and 104.
St. Joseph’s 260 (Supechala Jayatileke 56, Keshan Perera 51, Dinal Dambarage 42, Jaan Jayasinghe 30, Rosco Thatil 19, Nishith Perera 16; Chathura Alex 3 for 43, Harshana Perera 2 for 4, Viranga Madusanka 2 for 44)
President’s Rajagiriya (85/9 o’night) 94 (Lahiru Kamburugamuwa 33, Thilina Madusanka 16; Dinal Fonseka 4 for 7) and 104 (Thilina Madusanka 26, Avindu Hanwella 22: Dinal Dambarage 6 for 21, Rosco Thatil 2 for 22)
Angelo and Nilochana match winners
Angelo Emmanuel and Nilochana Perera cracked tons to guide St. Peter’s to an easy innings and 12 runs win over St. Aloysius Galle in their Under 19 match at Bambalapitiya.
St. Aloysius 121 (Lahiru Sampath 47, M. Marlon 19 n.o; Tharindu Samaranayake 4 for 35, Nilochana Perera 3 for 37, Anushka Madusanka 2 for 51) and 150 (M. Marlon 45, Anupa Ashan 31, Shanaka Dhanushka 25; Janika Kannangara 6 for 40, Angelo Emmanuel 2 for 23)
St. Peter’s (241/6 o’night) 283 for 6 declared (Angelo Emmanuel 110, Nilochana Perera 101 n.o. Sampath Kumara 15 n.o; Samith Shiroman 3 for 82, Anushka Madushan 2 for 52)
DSS dominate proceedings
DSS continued to dominate the proceedings in their drawn Under 19 match against Ananda at Wijerama Mawatha yesterday.
Ananda 218 (Ruvinda Shamen 64, Udesh Nadiranga 51,Thushara Samarakoon 35, Sachin Dewage 20; Vidula Sanjitha 6 for 71, Malshan Gunasinghe 2 for 42) and 155 for 5 (Udesh Nadiranga 21, Sachin Dewage 63 n.o., Minura Janoda 28 n.o; Malshan Gunasinghe 2 for 42)
DSS (159/3 o’night) 292 (Chamod Wickremasinghe 87, Thusith Silva 25, Lasith Abeyratne 24, Chanaka Ratnasiri 16, Charith Satharasinghe 92 n.o; Geshan Wimaladharma 3 for 46, Ruvinda Shamen 3 for 5) |
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