Theekshana spins St. Benedict’s to victory
Josephian batsman Sachithra Mahindasinghe falls short of his crease as Royal wicketkeeper Shehan Herath gets him out easily - Pic by Ranjith Perera
Sri Lanka youth player and right-arm spinner Maheesh Theeskshana ended with a match figures of 11 for 87 runs to lead St. Benedict’s to a comfortable innings and 43-run win over Maliyadeva in the Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter concluded at Kurunegala yesterday.
The second day’s play saw Maliyadeva, in reply to St. Benedict’s score of 291 for 9 declared were bowled out cheaply. Resuming from their overnight score of 37 for 1, the home team could muster as little as 129 runs in their first innings as Maheesh Theekshana and Malinda Perera ran through the innings sharing seven wickets between them.
Maliyadeva made to follow on with a deficit of 162 runs, found Theekshana too hot to handle as he and Malinda ran through the innings. Theekshana picked up seven second innings wickets while Malinda took the remaining three to bowl hosts out for 119 runs.
Meanwhile St. Peter’s batsman Santhush Gunatileke continued his batting prowess when he cracked his third successive ton within seven days.
Santhush who made an unbeaten 252 against Ananda last weekend, followed it up with a knock of 103 against Lumbini MV on Wednesday before hitting an imposing 123 against St .Sebastian’s.
In another match Josephian Salinda Seneviratne was the cynosure of all eyes as he finished with a match bag of nine for 110 in their U-19 school cricket encounter against Royal College ended in a draw at Darly Road.
Salinda who picked up six wickets in Royal’s first innings for 63 runs, added three more in the second innings for 27 runs to leave Royalist’s reeling at 51 for 4 at stumps.
In response to Royal’s first innings score of 240 for 9 declared, hosts ended their innings on the same score for the loss of eight wickets. Dineth Jayakody (74) and Sheran Fonseka (53) shared 65 runs for the third wicket to propel Josephians score. Jayakody’s hit 11 boundaries and two sixes in his imposing half century while his partner had nine hits to the ropes.
Royal’s first innings score was decorated with two half tons made by Bhagya Dissanayake (88) and Pasindu Sooriyabandara (63) on day one of their traditional encounter.
Kalutara MV was home for tea thanks to Avishka Lakshan who ended with a match bag of 9 for 79 paving the way for his side to outclass home town rivals Holy Cross Kalutara by six wickets in the match concluded at Kalutara yesterday.
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St. Benedict’s 291 for 9 declared (Shehan Fernando 123, Brian Oswin 44, Kavindu Perera 21, Malinda Perera 22 n.o.: Vidath Batepola 4 for 58, Kaveen Bandara 2 for 64)
Royal 240 for 9 declared and 98 for 4 (Pasindu Sooriyabandara 47 n.o., Kavindu Pathiratayne 42 n.o.: Salinda Seneviratne 3 for 45)
St. Peter’s 333 for 5 declared (Santhush Gunatileke 123, Ranmith Jayasena 88, Bhanuka de Silva 41, Dinith Anjula 23: Kalana Sandeep 2 for 57) and 99 for 3 (Dinith Anjula 67 n.o.)
Nalanda 309 (Lakshitha Rasanjana 141, Moksha Sankalpa 55, Mahima Weerakoon 36, Ranidu de Silva 27: Muditha Lakshan 3 for 98, Chamath Yatawara 2 for 98) and 124 for 0 (Avishka Perera 81 n.o., Ranidu de Silva 43 n.o.)
Ananda (288/8 overnight) 354 (Moditha Ranatunga 84, Kalana Wijesiri 75, Janidu Jayawardena 43, Sudeepa Angulugaha 40, Ramesh Nirmal 38, Lakshitha Amarasekera 28, Daminda Reshan 25: Thenuka Perera 5 for 114, Sahil Dias 3 for 45)
Dharmapala Pannipitiya 200 and 120 for 8 declared (Amila Dayanaka 48, Naveen Madusanka 36: Kavindu Ranasinghe 4 for 30)
Holy Cross Kalutara 73 (Kuluna Lourds 37: Avishka Lakshan 5 for 13, Vishmika Kositha 3 for 20) and 160 (Sithum Sanjana 68, Dilhara Nanayakkara 30, Kuluna Lourds 23: Avishka Lakshan 4 for 66)
St. John’s Jaffna 167 and (82/4 overnight) 317 for 5 declared (A. Abishek 69, A. Sukethan 23, T. Dinoshan 118 n.o., M. Abinash 58 n.o.: Savith Basnayake 3 for 118, Thevin Amarasinghe 2 for 33)
Maliyadeva Model School Kurunegala 218 and 222 for 8 declared (Oshan Munasinghe 72, Praveen Tennekoon 46, Milinda Jayasinghe 23: Channa Dissanayake 3 for 57, Yasiru Shivantha 2 for 46)
Wadduwa Central 161and 158 (Dhanuja Rukshan 33, Shehan Kavinda 27, Amila Thuruwan 21, Dasith Niwantha 40 n.o.: Ulindu Prabashwara 5 for 44, Yasiru Dilhara 3 for 27, Lakshan Kavinda 2 for 34)
Prince of Wales 335 for 4 declared (Suwath Mendis 84, Prince Fernando 54, Vinuja Ranpul 51, Tharindu Amarasinghe 42, Dinura Fernando 55 n.o., Devaka Peiris 44 n.o.: Sandev Mevan 2 for 80)
Dharmasoka MV Ambalangoda 120 (Aroshan de Soysa 42, Sanula Gunaratne 22, Chamindu Dilshan 27 n.o.: S. Aravindh 3 for 8, Mohamed Dilhan 3 for 37, Imtiaz Slasa 2 for 31)
Siri Piyaratana MMV Padukka 246 (Saveen Ratnasiri 47, Rajitha Hashan 47, Kavinda Eshwara 27, Rasindu Hansaka 24, Heshan Fernando 22: Thimira Chandika 6 for 85, Ovin Bopage 2 for 26)
St. Joseph’s Wattala 120 (Dallas Keith 36, Isuru Udara 20:Kavindu Mihiranga 4 for 35, Isuru Avinda 3 for 27)
Karrunaratne Buddhist School Ragama 161 (Viraj Vihanga 63, Kavindu Amantha 43, Umeda Madushan 35: Chanaka Sameera 3 for 39, Kavindu Maduranga 3 for 41, Nimesh Prabashana 2 for 35) and 55 for 6 (Viraj Vihanga 26 n.o.: Kavindu Maduranga 4 for 26)
Lyceum IS Wattala 250 (Mithush Lahman 91, Yugath Prematileke 42, Duleepa Geethanjana 39, Chandra Yasasvi 35: Imeshaka Perera 5 for 57)
Shashtrananda MV Dehiwala 102 (Ayesh Gimhana 45: Shavindu de Silva 5 for 23, Malsha Tharupathy 3 for 10) |