Stevon, Matheesha guide Colombo South to second win
Galle captain Arosh Sithumina smashed the first century of the tournament
Stevon Peiris and Matheesha Aponso came to the rescue of Colombo South to guide them to a thrilling 1-wicket win with three balls to spare over Kandy in the SLC U-17 Youth League Limited Overs encounter played at the Galle International Stadium yesterday.
Colombo South U17s, chasing a modest target of 198 runs, fell into deep trouble as they lost the top five wickets when the score on just 47 in the tenth over, and further struggled on 95-8 at the halfway stage.
They were rescued by Stevon, who made a patient knock of 78 runs in 107 balls inclusive of 10 boundaries, and Matheesha, who remained unbeaten on 44. The pair shared a valuable stand of 76 runs for the ninth wicket to help Colombo South reach the target with three balls to spare, their second successive win of the tournament.
A quickfire 92-ball knock of 102, inclusive of 10 boundaries and seven towering sixes by skipper and man in-form Arosh Sithumina, laid the foundation that helped Galle record a 15-run win on DLS Method against Dambulla in another match played at the Balagalla Stadium in Galle. Arosh’s knock saw Galle post 221 after electing to bat. In their run chase, Dambulla was on 169-9 when play was stopped due to bad light, ensuring a win for Galle.
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Kandy U17s 197 all out (49.1) (Sanithu Gunatileke 44, Yenula Hewavitharana 25, Piyumaka Karunaratne 24, Chanul Kodituwakku 19, Manuth Mindiya 18, Praveen Gamage 16; Senandu Sooriyaarachchi 3/32, Rusindu Silva 3/32, Gimhan Mendis 2/30) Colombo South U17s 198 for 9 (49.3) (Steven Peiris 78, Matheesha Aponsu 46n.o., Rehan Peiris 20, Hirun Matheesha 16; Dilmith Vinosh 3/30, Chanul Kodituwakku 2/27, Sanjana Sachindra 2/48)
Galle U17s 221 all out (42.3) (Arosh Sithumina 102, Puljith Wathsuka 44, Vimukthi Herath 20; Chamod Prabasha 3/31, Murali Thison 3/45, Dihan Munasinghe 2/29) Dambulla U17s 169 for 9 (35) (Himash Panditharatne 81, Dihan Munasinghe 16n.o.; Raveen Sachintha 2/37)
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