Mursin, Anton spins St. John’s to victory
The right and left arm spin pair Mursin Abhinash and Anton Selvadhas Saraas combined to take 15 of the 20 wickets as the duo steered St. John’s Jaffna to a comfortable 75 runs win over S de S. Jayasinghe MMV Dehiwala in their Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter concluded at St John’s ground in Jaffna yesterday.
Christ King College Jaela and Karandeniya Central was on top against Sri Pangnananda MMV Raddoluwa and Sri Devananda MV Ambalangoda at the end of the first day’s play in the match played at Raddoluwa and Karandeniya.
Result
- At Jaffna: St. John’s won by 75 runs
St. John’s Jaffna 125 (Elshan Denushan 29, Premadas Thanujan 27: Yoshua Deshitha 4 for 30, Dilshan Kavindu 3 for 14) and (2/0 overnight) 202 (N. Soumyan 53, M. Hemadushan 36, K. Harrison 34: Yoshua Deshitha 3 for 8, Hiran Manusha 2 for 40, Ranga Lakshan 2 for 46)
S de S. Jayasinghe MMV Dehiwala 170 (Iran Manusha 49, Dilshan Kavindu 41: Anton Selvadhas Saraas 7 for 35) and 78 (Chamindu Hansana 26: Mursin Abhinash 8 for 23)
- At Raddoluwa:
Sri Pangnananda MMV Raddoluwa 217 (Hansa Hiranya 103, Ishodya Yashokara 28, Supun Dhananjaya 20: Nisal Malinda 3 for 59, Isuru Lakshan 2 for 12, Madusanka Fernando 2 for 22, Madusanka Fernando 2 for 84)
Christ King Ja-Ela 226 for 5 (Roshan de Mel 65, Nisal Malinga 41, Dhananjaya Fernando 58 n.o.: Ishodya Yashokara 2 for 21)
- At Karandeniya:
Sri Devananda MV Ambalangoda 158 (Kavindu Rajapakse 58, Sohan de Livera 28, Milaksha Senaratne 25: Samith Iusur 7 for 41, Dinuka Sewmina 3 for 28)
Karandeniya Central 51 for 2 (Samith Isuru 34 n.o.)