Skipper Asalanka spins Richmond to innings win
Richmond and Sri Lanka youth team skipper and spinner Charith Asalanka with a match bag of 11 for 57 spun Richmond to a convincing innings and 57 runs win over St. Thomas’ Matara in the Under-19 inter-school cricket encounter at the Uyanwatte Stadium in Matara yesterday.
St. Sylvester’s in stunning win
St.Benedict batsman Sithum Wijesinghe in action- Pic by Amila Gamage
St. Sylvester’s turn the tables against fancied St Sebastian’s in their own den to record a stunning innings and 67-run victory at St. Sebastian’s ground in Moratuwa.
The foundation for St. Sylvester’s win was laid by Harsha Madushan who hit 109 and Parakrama Tennekoon who cracked a half ton which helped them make a formidable 351 for 7 declared after their bowlers had shot out the Sebs for 121 runs.
Easy for Royal
Royal had to put in little effort on day two to secure a comfortable nine-wicket win over Wesley in the match which ended at Reid Avenue.
Royal was on top since the first ball was bowled on day one and was in line to record an outright win which they achieved with ease.
Royal taking first lease of the wicket made 235 for 8 declared and then skittled out Wesley resuming on their overnight score of 89 for 8 for the addition of five more runs.
Wesley batting the second time had little to offer as again they put the Royal bowlers on top. Apart from Jonathan Caderamanpulle and Kavishka Wickramasinghe the others failed to make any impression as Royal bowlers Lasith Embuldeniya and Harith Samarasinghe combined to bowl them out for 172. Royal set 34 runs for victory raced to the target in the eighth over.
Royal speedster Chamika Karuanratne took three wickets against Wesley - Pic by Amila Gamage
St. John’s secure tenth outright win
St. John’s recorded their tenth outright win of the ongoing inter-school cricket season with a convincing innings and 37 runs win over Mahajana College Tellipallai in the match concluded at Tellipallai.
St. Aloysius home for tea
St. Aloysius Galle was home for tea when they recorded an eight-wicket win over Revatha MMV Balapitiya at Mahinda ground Galle.
The low scoring match saw the Aloysians taking a first inning lead when play stopped on day one.
No play
No play was possiblein the morning session of play on the second day due to wet outfield in the match between St. Benedict’s and St. Peter’s at Kotahena.
The Peterites batting on the first day posted a score of 306 for 4 with unbeaten knocks coming from Lakshina Rodrigo (132) and Sachin Dalpathadu who together put on a massive 206 runs for the fifth wicket.
The late start saw St. Benedict’s resuming on their overnight score of 72 for 4 being bowled out for 148 giving St. Peter’s a first innings win.
Nalanda in 1st innings win
Nalanda too registered a first innings win over Mahinda at the Galle Stadium. Mahinda batting first was restricted to a score of 132 and Nalanda in their turn made 212.
President’s Kotte recorded a close first innings win over Joseph Vaz Wennappuwa in the match played at Kotte while Dharmaloka MV Kelaniya got the better of Devapathiraja MMV Rathgama in the match concluded at Rathgama.
D.S. Senananayake College was in the box seat against Carey in the match which began at Wijerama Mawatha yesterday. DSS had Carey struggling on 47 for 6 in reply to their score of 314 for 6 declared.
| At Uyanwatte: Richmond beat St. Thomas’ Matara by innings and 57 runs Richmond 303 for 4 declared (Sithara Gimhan 71, Kamindu Mendis 36, Dhananjaya Lakshan 27, Chamod Piyumal 23, Wanindu Hasaranga 114 n.o.: Dilip Tharaka 3 for 96) St. Thomas’ Matara 98 (Charith Aslanka 4 for 7, Dhananjaya Lakshan 3 for 38, Chamod Piyumal 2 for 35) and (4/0 overnight) 148 (Rusiru Akshaya 41, Dilum Krishan 26, Shashni Ahamed 17: Charith Asalanka 7 for 50, Avindu Theekshana 2 for 40) At Moratuwa: St. Sylvester’s beat St. Sebastian’s by innings and 67 runs St Sebastian’s 121 (Avishka Fernando 55, Nushan Silva 24: Nimesha Mendis 3 for 34, Shivakumar Tiron 2 for 18) and 163 (Avishka Fernando 45: Nimesha Mendis 4 for 39, Sivakumar Tiron 4 for 67) St. Sylvester’s (229/3 overnight) 351 for 7 (Harsha Madushan 109, Parakrama Tennekoon 60, Thenuka Liyanage 35, Bhagya Prematileke 30: Pramesh Fermamdo 3 for 90, Kusal Lakthilina 2 for 55, Shashika Fernando 2 for 72) At Reid Avenue: Royal beat Wesley by 9 wickets Royal 235 for 8 declared (Randev Pathirana 74, Chamika Karunaratne 59, Tiran Dhanapala 45, Naveen Vidanapathirana 25: Jonathan Caderamanpulle 3 for 18, Charith de Silva 3 for 36, Kavishka Wickramasinghe 2 for 51) and 34 for 1 (Ronuka Jayawardena 16 n.o.) Wesley (89/8 overnight) 93 (Shamod Athulathmudali 24: Harith Samarasinghe 3 for 10, Lasith Embuldeniya 3 for 20, Chamika Karunaratne 3 for 22) and 172 (Jonathan Caderamanpulle 38, Kavishka Wickramasinghe 32: Lasith Embuldeniya 5 for 66, Harith Samarasinghe 3 for 42) At Jaffna: St. John’s Jaffna beat Mahajana Tellipallai by innings and 37 runs Mahajana College Tellipallai 80 (N. Satangan 26, G. Kabilan 21: Raviendran Lohathieswar 3 for 13, Kanakaratnam Kapilraj 3 for 27, Rajasiripriya Pirishankar 2 for 12, Vasanthan Jathusan 2 for 18) and 206 (S. Nivas 27, G. Gobikrishna 22, V. Luxman 18, C. Pranavan 15, S. Jesinthan 56 n.o.: Raviendran Lohathieswar 3 for 39, Kanakaratnam Kapilraj 3 for 53, Amrasena Herold Lasky 2 for 43) St John’s Jaffna (309/8 overnight) 323 (Sajenthiran Kapilraj 53, Paramanantham Thuvarakaseelan 42, Manivannan Sinthurjan 28, Kanakaratnam Kapilraj 23, Sebamalaipillai Jeni Flemin 124 n.o.: A. Rasikaran 4 for 85, S. Jesinthan 2 for 68) At Galle: St. Aloysius beat Revatha MMV by eight wickets Revatha MMV Balapitiya 110 (Charith Sasalanka 27: Hareen Buddika 5 for 34, Ashen Bandara 2 for 16, Gihan Niroshan 2 for 16) and (7/4 overnight) 80 (Pahan Maduwantha 24 n.o.: Chathuranga Jayaraj 7 for 29) St. Aloysius Galle 127 (Raveen Sanjana 39, Prabodha Madusanka 20: Mohamed Ishrath 6 for 33) and 64 for 2 (Ravindu Sanjana 28, Dilum Kariyawasam 21 n.o.) At Kotahena: Match drawn St. Peter’s 306 for 7 declared (Dineth Thimodya 51, Lakshina Rodrigo 132 n.o., Sachin Dalpathadu 87 n.o.: Geethika Jayatileke 3 for 56) St Benedict’s (72/4 overnight) 148 (Sithum Wijesinghe 37: Nimesh Fonseka 23: Vinu Mohotti 3 for 45) and 85 for 3 (Thulina Dilshan 45) At Galle Stadium: Match drawn Mahinda 132 (Ishara Akalanka 83: Malik Peiris 5 for 39, Ayantha de Silva 2 for 15) and 271 for 5 (Thamith Kalhara 81, Sachika Udara 61, Ravindu Menaka 30, Gihan Dhanushka 56 n.o.: Umeshka Dilshan 2 for 99) Nalanda (137/3 overnight) 212 (Raveen Dasanayake 69, Malinga Amarasinghe 61, Malik Peiris 25: Krishan Rangajith 3 for 13, Sachika Udara 2 for 21, Pasindu Dilshan 2 for 50) At Kotte: President’s Kotte 284 (Chandeepa Wimalaweera 130, Navod Kalansuriya 26, Lahiru Dilshan 22, Kanishka Perera 21, Hiruna Sigera 20, Nethmina Kodippilli 26 n.o.: Dulashan Perera 3 for 39, Charuka Fernando 2 for 30, Sewwinda Silva 2 for 83, Thulanjana Fernando 2 for 85) and 203 for 9 (Navod Kalansuriya 90: Anton Maduranga 6 for 37) Joesph Vaz Wennappuwa (62/3 overnight) 280 (Madushan Ranatunge 93, Sandaru Ranasinghe 51, Dulashan Perera 48: Thanula Chamod 3 for 35) At Rathgama: Match drawn Devapathiraja MMV Rathgama 169 (Thisara Dilshan 33, Ramindu Nikeshala 32, Prasanna Karunawansa 25, Avishka Chenuka 23: Gihan Perera 4 for 44, Nishan Hasarel 3 for 22, Ugeesha Dilshan 2 for 23) and 179 for 8 declared (Umesh Kasun 53, Prasanna Karunawansa 40, Avishka Chenuka 24: Ugeesha Dilshan 3 for 51, Samitha Ranga 3 for 57, Nishan Hasarel 2 for 26) Dharmaloka MV Kelaniya (123/4 overnight) 223 (Aravinda Warnasooriya 72, Risith Upamal 48, Samitha Ranga 29: Pathum Madusanka 5 for 68, Kasun Lahiru 2 for 12, Prasanna Karunawansa 2 for 31) and 54 for 1 (Kusal Ashan 20 n.o.) At Wijerama Mawatha: DSS 314 for 6 declared (Thimila Vaidyasekera 77, Shifran Muthaliph 63, Kavin Bandara 62, Harith Maduwantha 41: Sachin Madusanka 2 for 16, Lasith Wimalasena 2 for 46, Deemantha Ranush 2 for 133) Carey 47 for 6 (Anjana de Silva 3 for 15, Thimila Vaidyasekera 2 for 4) St. Joseph’s down St. Anthony’s Match figures of 9 for 56 by right arm leggie Aravinda Akurugala paved the way for the Josephians to register a 10 wicket triumph in their match against the Antonians at Katugastota. The Joes did the hard yards on Friday by amassing a daunting 271 for 7. Vimukthi Pieris shone with a 146 ball knock of 141 (14 x 4, 6×3). Trinity on victory track Trinity could be getting on the victory track after they made an impressive 250 for 8 against St. Servatius and reduced them 250 for 8 against St. Servatius on the first day at Asgiriya. Dilan Jayalath, coming in four, batted with authority to top score with 74. Hr stuck five fours and a six. Sanogeeth Shanmuganathan did well to score 44. Trinity 250 for 8 dec in 69.5 overs (Arjuna Jayasinghe 35, Nushan Weerasinghe 40, Sanogeeth Shanmuganathan 44, Dilan Jayalath 74, Chanuka Dilshan 3 for 72, Asan Deemantha 4 for 62) St. Servatius 53 for 4 in 21 overs (Thushan Eranga 14, Thilina Kumara 10; Pramodaya Abeykoon 3 for 18) – AK |