Prince of Wales tarnished Royal’s unbeaten record in the ongoing Munchee Youth 19 Inter-School cricket competition when they inflicted a nine wicket defeat on their opponents in their own den at Reid Avenue yesterday.

Royal put themselves in a soup on day one as they gave the Cambrians the upper hand. It was Cambrian Shehan Jayasuriya’s mammoth knock of 165 that laid the foundation for their victory. His knock saw his side put up a formidable score of 304 for 9. Royal in their turn were made to struggle for their runs as they ended day one on 83 for 4 with two of their top batsmen Bhanuka Rajapakse and Kithruwan Withanage back in the pavilion.

Ananda vs St Sebastian’s Ananda’s Sachin Dewage who top scored with 75 in action at Ananda Mawatha. Pictures by Ranjith Perera.

The second day’s play saw Royal being unable to make any headway as right arm pacie Malshan Mendis ripped through to send them reeling to 124. Malshan in the process ended with impressive figures of 7 for 65.

Prince of Wales 304 for 9 declared (Shehan Jayasuriya 165, Malshan Mendis 33, Isuru Thilina 32; Imran Khan 3 for 34, Maneesha Tantrigoda 3 for 64) and 24 for 1 (Nipun Peiris 17 n.o.) Royal (83/4 o’night) 124 (Kithruwan Withanage 41, Madusha Rajaratne 34; Malshan Mendis 7 for 65) and 203 (Bhanuka Rajapakse 89, Chalaka Bogoda 22, Ramith Rambukwella 19: Buddika de Alwis 4 for 27, Shehan Jayasuriya 2 for 32, Nipun Peiris 2 for 47, Malshan Mendis 2 for 89)

St. Patrick stunned by Malshan spin
DSS right arm spinner Malshan Gunasinghe shone at Jaffna against St. Patrick’s in Jaffna.
Malshan ended with a match bag of 13 for 72 helping DSS to record an easy innings and seven runs victory DSS after bowling out St. Patrick’s for 128 and ended the first day’s play on 192 for 6.
Resuming on day two they went on to make 246 for 9 before declaring with Wasuki Watakapotha making 51. St. Patrick’s batting the second needing 118 to avert an innings defeat was unable to achieve that being able to muster only 111 runs.

St. Patrick’s Jaffna 128 (M.V. Hamilton 26; Malshan Gunasinghe 7 for 27) and 111 (Boniface Michael 23, Pathmanathan Navatheepan 21; Malshan Gunasinghe 6 for 45, Charith Jayampathi 3 for 44)
DSS (192/6 o’night) 246 for 9 declared (Wasuki Watakapotha 51, Hashan Gunasekera 41, Charith Satharasinghe 37, Thusith Silva 27; Silodar Mirando 3 for 58, Anthony Kabash 3 for 63)

Dharmapala crush Lumbini MV by innings
Dharmapala crushed Lumbini MV by an innings and three runs in their Munchee Youth 19 inter-school cricket encounter concluded at Pannipitiya yesterday.

Dharmapala vs Lumbini Dharmapala’s Isuru Gunatilleke who made an unbeaten 63 in action at Pannipitiya yesterday.

Lumbini MV 101 (Rashmika Kodituwakku 19, Seshan Madusanka 29 n.o; Praneeth Ratnayake 5 for 42, Rasitha Gamage 4 for 32) and 253 (Ravija Sandaruwan 73, Vikum Sanjaya 39, Dhanushka Gihan 32, Prabath Jayasuriya 22, Rashmika Shehan 20: Hasitha Nirmal 6 for 105)

Dharmapala (341/9 o’night) 357 (Rasitha Gamage 79, Dilrukshan Jayasundara 71, Tharindu Liyanage 56, Nipun Pavithra 26, Hasitha Nirmal 15, Isuru Gunatilleke 63 n.o.: Prabath Jayasuriya 3 for 58, Zaman Ousman 2 for 45, Maduka Liyanapathirana 2 for 130)

St. Anthony’s dominate drawn game
St Anthony’s dominated their drawn Munchee Youth 19 inter-school encounter against St. Joseph’s at Darley Road yesterday.

St. Joseph’s 292 (Chathuranga Kumara 114, Jaan Jayasinghe 81, Sadeera Samarawickrema 22, Supeshala Jayatilleka 20: Aravinda Premaratne 6 for 45, Tharaka Jayasinghe 2 for 31) and 133 (Enrico Silva 32, Jaan Jayasinghe 28, Kevin Bernadus 22: Adel Reyal 6 for 64, Eranda Seneviratne 2 for 10, Aravinda Premaratne 2 for 20)

St. Anthony’s (183/4 o’night) 305 for 8 declared (Hiran Wickremasekera 83, Pulasthi de Silva 48, Dulaj Kumarasinghe 41, Aravinda Premaratne 34, Kanishka Ranaraja 31, Nilanga Seneviratne 23: Rosco Thatil 3 for 55, Dinal Dambarage 2 for 87) and 43 for 2 (Hiran Wickramasekera 23 n.o.)

Ananda come out on top
Ananda came out on top in their Munchee Youth 19 encounter against St Sebastian’s concluded at Ananda Mawatha yesterday.

Royal Panadura vs Sri Sumangala Royal Panadura right arm offie Dushan Vimukthi in action in the match against Sri Sumangala at the Panadura Esplanade.

St. Sebastian’s 139 (Viroshana Alwis 38, Kasun Fernando 25: Sachitra Perera 5 for 29, Ruvinda Shamen 3 for 45) and 212 for 5 (Oshada Fernando 76, Viroshana Alwis 20, Anuk de Alwis 40 n.o.: Mateesha Rasuwan 4 for 88)

Ananda (128/2 o’night) 291 for 6 declared (Sachin Dewage 75, Udesh Nadiranga 59, Geshan Wimaladharma 32, Mateesha Rasuwan 16, Minura Janadhi 16, Madumal Jayaratne 70 n.o.: Anuk de Alwis 3 for 84)

Match drawn at Campbell Park
The Munchee Youth 19 inter-school match between Wesley and Nalanda ended in a tame draw at Campbell Park.

Wesley 172 (Ashen Fonseka 38, Raninda Sooriyakumara 35; Sineth Gunawardena 5 for 25, Adeesha Nanayakkara 2 for 11, Dinuk Jayasinghe 2 for 44) and 234 (Mukthi Kankananthanthri 63, Ashen Fonseka 63, Dulanjana Wijesinghe 46: Suranga Tennekoon 4 for 24, Koshan Dhanushka 2 for 20)

Nalanda (118/5 o’night) 286 (Dinuk Jayasinghe 86, Primesh Dassanayake 66, Pashan Wickremasinghe 34, Suranga Tennekoon 20: Sachin Jayawardena 5 for 74, Dulanjana Wijesinghe 3 for 48)

Bens takes lead
St. Benedict’s took a narrow first inning lead over De Mazenod in their Munchee Youth 19 match concluded at Kotahena yesterday.
De Mazenod 161 (Supun Gayashan 38, P. Maduranga 20, Jude Madushan 17, Praveen Nonis 17, Tharindu Costa 16; Dilshan Perera 6 for 46, Eranga Ratnayake 2 for 13) and 123 for 7 (Sakvithi Perera 26, Sasaka Kodituwakku 12: Eranga Ratnayake 4 for 26)

St Benedict’s (34/2 o’night) 173 (Rukshan Weerasinghe 37, Waruna Fernando 24, Sandun Sampath 20, Abdul Manas 27 n.o; Lakshan Rangika 7 for 80)

Pubudu and Dushan shine
A five wicket haul by skipper Pubudu Asanka and an all round performance by Dushan Vimukthi were the highlights of the Munchee Youth 19 encounter between Royal Panadura and Sri Sumangala Panadura which began at the Panadura Esplanade yesterday.

Sri Sumangala 174 (Tharuka Nadeeshan 51, Kavinda Erandha 32, Chathura Nilaweera 30, Arun Fernando 21: Pubudu Asanka 5 for 25, Dushan Vimukthi 4 for 57)
Royal Panadura 189 for 5 (Dushan Vimukthi 58, Isira Kumara 30, Charith Ruchiranga 20, Kavindu Ashan 30 n.o.: Sanka Madubashana 4 for 54)

Mini battle drawn
The mini battle between traditional rivals Thurstan and Isipathana at Thurstan ground ended in a draw.
Isipathana 91 (Vidarshana Shenuka 16, Harshaka Cooray 15, Rusith Tharanga 15: Ramidu Kumarasinghe 5 for 23) and 197 (Anju Jayasekera 53, Ramidu Jayawardena 24, Sidath Vimukthi 27, Harshaka Cooray 21, Bushana Nibanda 15: Ramidu Kumarasinghe 5 for 59, Theekshana Kadiragonna 2 for 13, Krishan Wickramaarachchi 2 for 23)

Thustan 212 for 8 declared (Yasiru Kularatne 63, Lilan Avishka 20, Isuru Jayatileke 17, Ashan Wanigaratne 55 n.o; Bushana Nibanda 3 for 47) and 45 for 5 (Bushana Nibanda 2 for 18)