Mateesha hits century in wickets - Ananda complete 10th outright win

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By M. Shamil Amit

Ananda skipper Dinesh Chandimal is about to whip the bails off Dharmaraja batsman Rahula Ekanayake to give his strike bowler Matheesha de Silva his 100th wicket for this season, while Matheesha de Silva is see in action yesterday. (Pix by Ranjith Perera)

Ananda left arm spinner Mateesha Perera became the first schoolboy cricketer to take 100 wickets in the ongoing Under 19 inter-school cricket season. He reached the magical 100 in the post lunch session on day two of their match against Dharmarajah at Ananda Mawatha yesterday.

In the process Mateesha finished with a match bag of 9 for 100 to take his tally to 102 wickets as Ananda pulled off a five wicket win to notch up their tenth outright victory for the season.
Dharmarajah 164 (Buwaneka Ekanayake 62, Sanjaya Kalubowila 25: Mateesha Perera 6 for 46, Sachitra Perera 2 for 30) and 131 (Theekshana Welagedera 22, Sanjaya Kalubowila 18, Ramesh Bandara 16, Prasad de Silva 33 n.o.: Ruvindu Shamen 3 for 52, Mateesha Perera 3 for 54, Ruchira Herath 2 for 7)

Ananda (122/5 o’night) 233 (Deshan Wimaladharma 41, Dinesh Chandimal 38, Madumal Jayaratne 29, Sachin Dewage 28, Mateesha Perera 22: Prasad de Silva 4 for 54, Ramesh Bandara 2 for 40) and 64 for 5 (Dinesh Chandimal 21, Praboda Seneviratne 18: Prasad de Silva 3 for 23)

Nalanda record third win
Nalanda defeated St Sylvester’s by an innings and 86 runs in the match concluded at the Bloomfield ground at Reid Avenue yesterday to record their third outright of the season.

St Sylvester’s 90 (Saman Embilimeegama 20: Nipun Karunanayake 5 for 18, Gayan Medawatte 2 for 21, Adeesha Nanayakkara 2 for 31) and 77 (Mohamed Safraz 42: Nipun Karunanayake 4 for 15, Dinuk Jayasinghe 2 for 14, Sineth Gunawardena 2 for 24)

Nalanda 253 for 8 declared (Adeesha Nanayakkara 70, Prashan Wickremasinghe 57, Chethan de Silva 38: Chanaka Colombage 3 for 95, Nuwan Nilantha 2 for 52) Bhanuka reaches 1000 runs in style
Royal’s prolific batsman Bhanuka Rajapakse cracked a 64 with 11 boundaries to reach his 1000 runs for the season in style in their drawn Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter against Wesley concluded at Reid Avenue yesterday.

Wesley 198 (Ravindu Sooriyakumara 37, Pasan Samarasekera 35, Dulanjana Wijesinghe 22, Tharindu Karunaratne 39 n.o.: Manisha Tantrigoda 4 for 51) and 155 for 8 (Malinda Pelige 53, Ravindu Sooriyalumara 41, Pasan Samarasekera 26: Manisha Tantrigoda 4 for 44, Haroon Mowjood 3 for 46)
Royal 280 for 5 declared (Kusal Perera 69, Bhanuka Rajapakse 64, Kithruwan Withanage 51, Sahan Hettiaratchi 23, Ramith Rambukwella 16, Haroon Mowjood 45 n.o.: Dulanjana Wijesinghe 3 for 9)

DSS dominate
DSS dominated the proceedings against Dharmapala in their Under 19 encounter concluded at Pannipitiya which ended in a tame draw. DSS resuming from their overnight score of 166 for 4 went on to make a massive 372 for 7 before declaring to Dharmapala’s 164.

Dharmapala 246 (Gihan Hondamudalige 48, Chanuka Mapatuna 42, Dilrukshan Jayasundara 41, Hasitha Nirmal 34: Malshan Munasinghe 5 for 74, Charith Jayampathi 2 for 21, Navin Kavikara 2 for 41) and 214 for 7 (Tharindu Gamlath 21, Rasitha Gamage 61 n.o., Hasitha Nirmal 35 n.o.: Malshan Munasinghe 3 for 51)

DSS (166/4 o’night) 372 for 7 declared (Nadun Pathirana 84, Chamara Kariyawasam 48, Nipun Mudalige 37, Charith Satharasinghe 34, Thivanka Anuruddha 26, Navin Kavikara 61 n.o., Charith Jayampathi 22 n.o.: Dilrukshan Jayasundara 3 for 91)

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