Rishma rescues Joes; Richmond escape defeat
View(s):Rishma Amarasinghe rescued St. Joseph’s College with an unbeaten ton to enable a comfortable first innings win over Richmond College in the Under-19 Inter-School cricket encounter concluded at Katunayake yesterday.
St. Joseph’s, in reply to Richmond’s 159, resumed from their overnight score of 44 for 2 and fell into deep trouble after losing three quick wickets. They were struggling on 88 for 5 before Rishma rescued them with an unbeaten 102 off 131 balls inclusive of seven boundaries and three sixes, while sharing two valuable partnerships as St. Joseph’s declared at 285 for 8.
In contrast, Richmond escaped an innings defeat, while attempting to erase the deficit of 126 runs, as they were in dire straits before managing to save the game by ending the day on 113 for 9.
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Richmond 159 all out and 113 for 9 at close (Yuri Koththigoda 45n.o., Thamindu Pradeeptha 29; Damian de Silva 6/47, Nushan Perera 2/31)
Dharmasoka Ambalangoda 315 all out and 153 for 5 decl (Suhas de Silva 45, Kaveesha Matheesh 31; Kaveesha Perera 3/34)
Ananda Sastralaya Matugama 118 all out and 61 for 3 at close
St. Thomas’ Kotte 173 all out and 139 all out (Dinuja Jayasinghe 30, Nethmika Dias 23; Yasith Sasmitha 4/48, Chalaka Perera 3/29)
Lyceum Wattala 128 all out (Danidu Dulshan 57, Sadeesha Silva 29; Dinendra Rashen 4/65, Pramod Chamika 2/7, Sayura Akash 2/25) and 34 for 0 at stumps (Danidu Dilshan 28n.o.) |