Richmond cruise to sixth outright win
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By M. Shamil Amit
Chemila Obeysekara hit 35 not out and returned to claim three scalps.
Richmond College Galle cruised to their sixth outright win of the ongoing Under 19 inter-school cricket season with a eight wicket win over St Servatius Matara in the match concluded at the Uyanwatte Stadium in Matara yesterday.
It was left arm spinner Saveen Nanayakkara who turned the game in favour of Richmond with an impressive figure of 5 for 15 when St Servatius batted the second time to bundle them out for just 81.
This was after Richmond scoring 197 with skipper Hasitha Madushan making a top score of 52 in reply to the home teams’ score of 159.
Richmond after bowling out St Servatius for 81 was left with an easy run chase of 44 runs and they reached the target in the tenth over with A.K. Tyrone making an unbeaten 27.
Sri Sumangala Panadura too recorded an easy innings and 42 runs win over Revatha MMV Balapitiya in the match concluded at Balapitiya yesterday. The foundation for the win was laid by Tharuka Nadeesha who made an unbeaten 93 helping the Sumangalians make 242 in reply to Revatha MMV’s 112. Revatha MMV batting the second time fared no better being bowled out for just 88 with Lahiru Sandeepa and Sewvinda Sulakshana doing the damage.
At Matara – Richmond beat St Servatius by 8 wickets
St Servatius 159 (Ramesh Nimantha 46, Gihan Nimsara 34, Kavindu Umesh 26: Thisara Bhanuka 4 for 26, Chamod Piyumal 3 for 17) and 81 (Gihan Nimsara 32: Saveen Nanayakkara 5 for 15, A.K. Tyrone 2 for 23)
Richmond (110/4 overnight) 197 (Hasitha Madushan 52, A.K. Tyrone 40, Prabath Nishantha 31, Chamod Piyumal 30: Chalanaka Weerasinghe 3 for 27, Sanjika Ridma 2 for 27, Ruchira Jayasinghe 2 for 34) and 44 for 2 (A.K. Tyrone 27 n.o.)
At Balapitiya – Sri Sumangala beat
Revatha MMV by innings and 42 runs
Revatha MMV 112 (Gayan Asanka 27, Navoda Jayamal 19, Poorna Sithum 16: Sewvinda Sulakshana 3 for 33, Udesh Sandamal 2 for 25, Lahiru Sandeepa 2 for 28) and 88 (Dilshan de Zoysa 16, Poorna Sithum 16 n.o.: Lahiru Sandeepa 4 for 30, Sewvinda Sulakshana 3 for 12)
Sri Sumangala Panadura 242 (Geeth Sanjaya 20, Udesh Sandamal 29, Tharuka Nadeesha 93 n.o.: Navoda Jayamal 3 for 8, Geeshan Muthumal 2 for 59)
Kushil Perera who made 31 for Ananda was trapped lbw by Cambrian Shanuka Dulaj. - Pix by Ranjith Perera
At Ananda Mawatha – First inning win for Ananda
Ananda 263 for 5 declared (Pasindu Isira 99, Dhanushka Madushan 62, Kushil Perera 31, Thushara Samarakoon 32 n.o.: Shanuka Dulaj 2 for 72) and 254 for 7 (Dhanushka Madushan 93, Ravin Dhananjaya 50, Pasindu Isira 38, Thushara Samarakoon 32: Kusal Mendis 3 for 36, Sachith Pushpakumara 2 for 45, Shanuka Dulaj 2 for 53)
Prince of Wales (98/1 overnight) 247 (Kusal Mendis 114, Ashan Mendis 40, Navindu Janeesha 20: Sammu Ashan 7 for 76)
At Bambalapitiya – Match drawn
St Peter’s 242 (Jason Buultjens 66, Kavinda Tissera 50, Janith Liyanage 31, Chemila Obeysekera 35 n.o.: Madushan Ravichandrakumar 5 for 49, Aktab Abdul Cader 2 for 30) and 214 for 7 declared (Janith Liyanage 112, Shasheen Fernando 44, Dushan Hemantha 30 n.o.: Aktab Abdul Cader 3 for 56, Devin Jayasinghe 2 for 43)
S. Thomas’ (104/4 overnight) 228 for 9 declared (Thilaksha Sumanasiri 61, Madushan Ravichandrakumar 59, Javed Bongso 31, Devin Jayasinghe 20: Chemila Obeysekera 3 for 58, Julian de Zylva 2 for 40) and 131 for 3 (Nipuna Gamage 57 n.o., Thilaksha Sumanasiri 52 n.o.)
At Wennappuwa – First inning win for Joseph Vaz
Joseph Vaz 175 (Rukshan Fernando 49, Yomal Perera 45, Tharindu Ratnayake 37: Nimesha Mendis 6 for 52) and 108 for 4 declared (Kasun Vidura 61, Rukshan Fernando 18: Manuja Perera 4 for 53)
St Sylvester’s (55/4 overnight) 105 (Hansamal Perera 16: Ransi Perera 4 for 21, Shehan Madusanka 2 for 7, Primas Obris 2 for 39) and 80 for 2 (Indunil Samarananda 43 n.o., Hansamal Perera 16 n.o.)
At Pannipitiya – Firstinning win for Gurukula MV
Gurukula MV Kelaniya 166 (Lisula Lakshan 82, Nalin Perera 32: Kushan Jayalath 5 for 28, Tharindu Dhanushka 2 for 23) and 238 (Hashan Dumindu 88, Kasun Madusanka 38, Roshan Anuruddha 27, Janith Pramod 23, Nipuma Maduka 20: Himasha Liyanage 5 for 53, Sahan Perera 2 for 21)
Dharmapala (104/4 overnight) 161(Ashan Jayasanka 39, Himasha Liyanage 36, Prashan Ratnayake 36: Namal Pethum 4 for 47, Hashan Duminda 3 for 27, Lahiru Chamara 2 for 23)
At Galle – First inning win for Mahinda
Mahinda 201 (Chalana de Silva 61, Indeera Gallage 35, Nilanga Laksiri 24, Nirwantha Theekshala 22: Praneeth Satharasinghe 3 for 21, Gihan Sanjeewa 3 for 38, Subuddi Kaushalya 2 for 38) and 140 (Nirwantha Theekshala 44, Eranga Sangeeth 20, Malith Mahela 30 n.o.: Dulanjana Seneviratne 5 for 31, Praneeth Satharasinghe 2 for 61)
Mahanama (86/4 overnight) 184 (Kalindu Lakshan 52, Tharanga Madusanka 33, Pawan Devinda 28, Gihan Sanjeewa 24, Dulanjana Seneviratne 22: Thamith Kalhara 5 for 34, Chalana de Silva 4 for 49) and 31 for no loss (Pawan Devinda 28 n.o.)
Shenal Deelaka of Piliyandala Central made 48 vs Veluwana
At Piliyandala – First inningwin for Veluwana MV
Veluwana MV 209 (Tharindu Suraj 42, Rishitha Dias 37, Samith Dilruk 31, Hasarel Ampitiyage 16, Sachin Godamanne 15, Chamila Fonseka 26 n.o.: Tharanga Weeraratne 4 for 57, Mahela Harischandra 4 for 83) and 159 for 5 declared (Samith Dilruk 58, Rasith Dias 44, Sachin Godamanne 29: Tharanga Weeraratne 4 for 27)
Piliyandala MMV (102/5 overnight) 137 (Shenal Deelaka 48, Chathura Silva 26: Buddika Thambiliyagodage 3 for 26, Samindu Deshapriya 2 for 8, Tharaka de Silva 2 for 20) and 65 for 3 (Shenal Deelaka 17, Gimhana Dhanushka 16 n.o.)
At Katugastota: Win eludes St. Benedicts
St. Benedict’s came out on top in their match against St. Anthony’s at Katugastota, even though a win eluded them.
A match haul of 8 for 84 by left armer Yohan Soysa and a neat half-century by Sameera Sandamal were the key performances for the visitors.
Anthonian skipper Sachin Bulathsingala compiled his second fifty in consecutive matches. Off spinner Nimesha Gunasinghe failed with the bat but turned up trumps with the ball.
This match was played for the Llovelyn Rayan – Charlie Joseph Memorial Trophy and it was drawn for the twenty fifth time since its inception.
St. Anthony’s 114 (P. Nanyakkara 17, C. Praveen 21, D. Panditharatne 21, M. Affer 17, B. Wijetunga 13 n.o; Y. Soysa 4 for 42, A. Ratnasinghe 2 for 22) and 134 for 8 (S. Bulathsingala 58, D. Panditharatne 24, C. Praveen 17; Y. Soysa 4 for 42)
St. Benedict’s 192 (S. Sandamal 50, J. Karunatilleke 35, T. Silva 27, M. Jayalal 25; N. Gunasinghe 5 for 40, S. Bulathsingala 2 for 40, C. Praveen 2 for 29) – AK
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