Janindu helps Ananda draw against DSS
D.S. Senanayake batsman Muditha Lakshan squarecuts one to the fence against Ananda - Pic by Ranjith Perera
Janindu Jayawardena and Kanishka Ranthilakage led Ananda’s recovery against DSS on day two in their Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter concluded at Ananda Mawatha yesterday.
The pair helped Ananda score 204 in reply DSS’s total of 196.
DSS batting the second time ended the day making 301 with Muditha Lakshan making a top score of 119. The match between St Mary’s Matugama and Kuliyapitiya played at Kuliyapitiya ended in a close first innings win for the Marians.
Kuliyapitiya Central in reply to their opponents’ score of 143 was bowled out for 136 runs.
Results
- At Ananda Mawatha:
Match drawn
DSS 196 (Teron Baskaran 41, Muditha Lakshan 40, Amitha Dabare 23, Chamath Yatawara 47 n.o.: Daminda Reshan 4 for 33, Ravindu Sasanka 3 for 23, Chamika Gunasekera 2 for 23) and 301 (Muditha Lakshan 119, Pasindu Adithya 54, Chamath Yatawara 35: Kamesh Nirmal 4 for 65, Ravindu Sasanka 3 for 20)
Ananda (99/6 overnight) 204 (Janindu Jayawardena 52, Moditha Ranatunga 43, Kanishka Ranthilakage 41, Adeesha Perera 33: Methushan Kumara 5 for 64)
- At Kuliyaptitiya: First inning win for St. Mary’s
St Mary’s Matugama 143 (Kovindu Kavishan 32, Iran Lakshitha 23: Chathun Ranasinghe 4 for 30, Oshen Fernando 2 for 14, Kasun Karunaratne 2 for 28) and 202 for 8 declared (Samjula Krishan 45, Namal Madusanka 31, Navin Devinda 28, Iran Lalshitha 24, Heshan Tharinda 34 n.o.: Kasun Karunaratne 3 for 20, Heshan Jayasekera 2 for 76)
Kuliyapitiya Central (118/8 overnight) 136 (Madawa Herath 32, Oshen Dissanayake 25, Kasun Karunaratne 23: Theekshana Liyanage 7 for 35, Harsha Sandaruwan 3 for 46) and 119 for 4 (Kasun Karunaratne 55 n.o.: Theekshana Liyanage 2 for 39)