Dilan shines in drawn game at Reid Avenue
A fighting and unbeaten knock of 61 inclusive of six boundaries and a six by Dilan Thabrew helped St. Benedict’s from jaws of defeat and denied Royal a victory in their Under-19 Inter-School cricket encounter concluded at Reid Avenue yesterday.
Royal made a formidable score of 286 for 7 on day one while in response St. Benedict’s were bowled out for a low score of 141 runs. Made to follow on with task of erasing a deficit 145 runs, St. Benedict’s were reeling at 45 for 5 before Thabrew came to rescue side with a fighting knock which enabling to hold on and end the day at 134 for 8.
In another traditional match between St. Joseph’s and Ananda played at Ananda Mawatha, the hosts piled up 259 for the loss of 7 wickets with half tons coming from Lakshitha Kularatne and Nethma Karunaratne. Batting first St. Joseph’s declared their innings from their overnight total of 251 for 7.
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Royal 286 for 7 (66) decl (Sineth Jayawardena 106, Sadisha Rajapakse 72, Uvindu Weerasekera 26, Dasis Manchanayake 21, Venusha Akash 30n.o.: Ashen de Soyza 5/55) St. Benedict’s 141 all out (60.5) (Shenel Samaratunga 33, Vihara Attanayake 33, Dilan Thabrew 23, Chamath Chathurya 17: Dan Poddiwlea 5/19, Sadesh Ramanayake 3/20) and (follow on) 134 for 8 (51) at close( (Ashen de Soyza 20, Pasan Suwahas 16, DilanThabrew 61n.o.: Sadisha Rajapakse 3/31, Ramiru Perera 2/20)
St. Joseph’s 251 for 7 (57) decl (Hiran Jayasundara 61, Muditha Lakshan 59, Naren Muralidaran 30, Hirun Matheesha 64n.o.: Tehan Perera 2/50) Ananda 259 for 7 (62) at close (Lakshitha Kularatne 58, Nethma Karunaratne 57, Hansaja Jayasinghe 39, Ayesh Sashimal 29, Nushal Dharmaratne 22, Iruth Gimashan 17, Yehan Gunasinghe 17n.o.: Naren Muralidaran 2/28) |