Nimesha Gunasinghe shone with a knock of 106 with 11 boundaries and a six in the drawn Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter between S. Thomas’ and St Anthony’s Katugastota concluded at Mt Lavinia yesterday. Nimesha who was involved in a 94 runs stand for the second wicket with Viraj Deepal who made a 48 helped [...]

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Nimesha shines in drawn game at Mt Lavinia

By M. Shamil Amit
Under 19 Cricket
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Nimesha Gunasinghe shone with a knock of 106 with 11 boundaries and a six in the drawn Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter between S. Thomas’ and St Anthony’s Katugastota concluded at Mt Lavinia yesterday.

Nimesha Gunasinghe of St. Anthony’s in action yesterday. - Pics by Ranjith Perera

Nimesha who was involved in a 94 runs stand for the second wicket with Viraj Deepal who made a 48 helped St Anthony’s resuming on their overnight score of 134 for 2 make a formidable score of 253. This was in reply to the Thomians score of 227 which came on the back of half tons coming from Thilaksha Sumanasiri and skipper Madushan Ravichandrakumar. S. Thomas’ batting the second time was bowled out for 138 with Kavinda Maduranga who ended with top figures of 5 for 17 doing the damage.

Royal and Richmond figured in a draw in their match concluded at Reid Avenue yesterday. The highlights of the match were the half tons made by Anushka Aluthgamage and Heshan Ramanayake for Royal and Charith Akalanka and A.K. Tyrone for Richmond.

Royal made two sporty declarations with the first being 273 for 6 in the first inning and 137 for 6 in the second innings. Richmond who made a 190 in the first inning set a target of 222 runs in 34 overs took up the challenge and ended with a score of 175 for 5.

The match between Mahinda and Prince of Wales played at Galle ended in a first inning win for Mahinda. Prince of Wales taking first lease of the made 177 and Mahinda in reply scored 188. The highlight of the match was an unbeaten 106 made by Prince of Wales skipper Kusal Mendis which comprised ten boundaries and three sixes.

Ishara Kuruwita grabbed match haul of nine wickets at Ananda Mawatha.

S de S. Jayasinghe MMV’s right arm spinner Ishara Kuruwita impressed with a match bag of 9 for 44 in their drawn inter-school match against Ananda concluded at Ananda Mawatha yesterday. Ishara followed up his 5 for 18 in the first inning with another fine figures of 4 for 26 in the second innings. The performance of the newcomers to the top division from Dehiwela was impressive as they managed to restrict the strong Ananda side to a score of 155

At Reid Avenue Royal 273 for 6 declared (Anushka Aluthgamage 63, Heshan Ramanayake 53, Sampath de Silva 41: Waruna Deshapriya 2 for 20, A.K. Tyrone 2 for 69) and 137 for 6 declared (Milan Abeysekera 49, Anushka Aluthgamage 44: A.K. Tyrone 4 for 50, Saveen Nanayakkara 2 for 37)

Richmond 190 (Sithara Gimhan 38, Charitha Akalanka 38, Prabath Nishantha 19, Hasitha Madushan 17: Poorna Aluthge 4 for 46, Devin Pathmanathan 3 for 44) and 175 for 5 (Charith Akalanka 54, Saveen Nanayakkara 20, A.K. Tyrone 61 n.o., Wanidu Hasaraka 16 n.o.)

At Mt Lavinia S. Thomas’ 227 (Thilaksha Sumanasiri 85, Madushan Ravichandrakumar 50, Nipuna Gamage 36, Javed Bongso 21: Prasad Premaratne 4 for 49, Sachin Bulathsinhala 3 for 47) and 138 (Nipuna Gamage 46, Usman Ishak 34 n.o.: Kavinda Maduranga 5 for 17, Sachin Bulathsinhala 2 for 54)

St Anthony’s (134/2 overnight) 253 (Nimesha Gunasinghe 106, Viraj Deepal 48, Kavinda Pulukkuttiarachchi 30: Madushan Ravichandrakumar 5 for 92, Thilaksha Sumanasiri 3 for 3 for 36) and 12 for no loss

At Galle Prince of Wales 177 (Krishan Aponso 66, Jayanga Peiris 36: Malsha Lakshan 4 for 32, Chalana de Silva 3 for 58, Malith Mahela 2 for 29) and 184 for 4 declared (Suchira Fernando 25, Shanuka Dulaj 23, Kusal Mendis 103 n.o., Krishan Aponso 23 n.o.: Dulaj Udayanga 2 for 54)
Mahinda 188 (Dulaj Udayanga 46, Malith Mahela 35, Nilanka Laksiri 33 n.o.: Devaka Dabare 3 for 57, Thilan Nimesh 3 for 65) and 118 for 4 (Chalana de Silva 24, Nirwantha Theekshala 54 n.o.: Thilan Nimesh 3 for 59)
At Ananda Mawatha
Ananda 159 (Pasindu Isuru 55, Dhanuka Madushan 38, Dasun Wijesinghe 22: Ishara Kuruwita 5 for 18, Mahesh Peiris 2 for 29) and 205 (Dasun Wijesinghe 37, Kushil Perera 36, Venuka Ashan 35, Isuru Gunasekera 22: Ishara Kuruwita 4 for 26, Gayan Hewanayake 4 for 26, Mahesh Peiris 2 for 56) S de S Jayasinghe MMV Dehiwela 145 (Hashan Hewanayake 74: Isuru Gunasekera 3 for 16, Venuka Ashan 2 for 6, Ishan Bandaranayake 2 for 40, Thamalaka Athulathmudali 2 for 46) and 84 for 8 (Ishara Kuruwita 24, Asantha Wijeratne 16 n.o.: Thamalaka Athulathmudali 3 for 25, Venuka Ashan 2 for 5, Ishan Bandaranayake 2 for 6)

Nimesha Mendis saves day for St. Sylvester’s
The Rajans just failed to tip the Sylvestrians over the brink and thus had to be content with a draw in their Inter-School match at Pallekele.
When time was called by the Umpires, who were subjected to a lot of pressure, the Rajans were just six runs short of a win. The target was a gettable 39 in 16 minutes.
A top score of 61 from opener Ramesh Ranasinghe and thirties from Deneth Lanka and Kavindu Thimud helped the Rajans to a score of 203. Sylvestrian spinners Sumedha Dissanayake and Nimesha Mendis accounted for nine wickets.The Sylvestrians were rolled over for 102 and, following on, for 140. Spinners Deneth Lanka and Aravinda Vithanarachchi caused the collapse.
Ultimately, it was Nimesha Mendis’ defiant unbeaten 12 that saved the day for St. Sylvester’s.
Dharmaraja 203 in 70.4 overs (L. Wijesiri 23. R. Ranasinghe 61, K. Thimud 37, D. Lanka 37; N. Mendis 3 for 56, S. Dissanaike 27-8-59-6) and 33 for 1 in three overs (Hansamal Perera 58, D. Malalasena 12; R. Lahine 2 for 17, D. Lanka 4 for 24; Vithanachchi 3 for 30) and 140 in 63 overs (A. Dissanaike 32, H. Perera 20, S. Dissanaike 12, D. Malalasekera 26, N. Mendis 12 n.o; D. Lanka 3 for 50, A. Vithanarachchi 3 for 29) – A.K.

 

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