St. Anthony’s shot out for 35 as Joes cruise to victory
View(s):By M. Shamil Amit
The Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter between St. Joseph’s and St. Anthony’s Katugastota played at Darley Road ended in a dramatic eight wicket win for the Josephians which was also their second outright win for the season yesterday.
An outright win for either of the team was not on the card after the first day’s play got off only at 1.35pm with the Antonians ended the day on 129 for 8. The second day’s play saw St. Anthony’s resuming on their overnight score adding a further eight runs being bowled out for 137.
Josephian opener Dylan Fernandopulle, who made 35, cuts this one to the fence. - Pic. Amila Gamage
St. Joseph’s in reply making steady progress went into lunch on 103 for 4 and then going for quick runs they succeeded in only losing wickets at regular and ultimately declared their innings on 143 for 9.
It’s from here on that the game took a dramatic turn as St. Anthony’s batting the second time found spinners Moditha Weerasinghe and Aravinda Akurugoda too hot to handle.
Wickets began falling like nine pins which ended in the Antonians succumbing to their lowest ever score of 35 against the Josephians with Moditha and Aravinda sharing eight wickets between them.
According to sources the previous lowest score of the Antonians against the Joes was 40 in 1909. However St. Joseph’s left with a simple chase of 30 reached the target in the seventh over to take the Muralitharan-Vaas trophy.
At Bambalapitiya St. Peter’s registered an easy first inning win over Joseph Vaz while in the Ranil Abeynaike encounter between S. Thomas’ and Trinity ended in a tame draw.
At Darley Road: St. Joseph’s beat St. Anthony’s
St. Anthony’s (129/8 overnight) 137 (Viraj Deepal 35, Nimesha Gunasinghe 24, Sachin Bulathsinhala 22, Pavithra Nanayakkara 17: Moditha Weerasinghe 5 for 29, Piyumal Perera 3 for 10) and 35 (Aravinda Akurugoda 4 for 1, Moditha Weerasinghe 4 for 5, Fabian Fernando 2 for 15)
St. Joseph’s 143 for 9 declared (Sadeera Samarawickrama 46, Dylan Fernandopulle 35, Pathum Madusanka 26: Kavinda Udapola 4 for 17, Uditha Mahindaratne 2 for 22, Sachin Bulathsinhala 2 for 37) and 32 for 2 (Sadeera Samarawickrama 18 n.o.)
At Bambalapitiya: St. Peter’s draw vs Joseph Vaz
St. Peter’s 286 (Janith Liyanage 77, Shasheen Fernando 67, Dushan Hemantha 46, Jason Buultjens 27, Julian de Zylva 19, Chemila Obeysekera 23 n.o.: Kasun Vidura 3 for 57, Asanka Ratnayake 2 for 66) 254 for 9 (Lahiru Milantha 71, Jason Buultjens 32, Janith Liyanage 27, Chemila Obeysekera 25, Dushan Hemantha 23, Julian de Zylva 20: Asanka Ratnayake 3 for 33, Kasun Vidura 3 for 52, Ravindu Dilshan 2 for 46)
Joseph Vaz (118/4 overnight) 190 (Kasun Vidura 69, Primas Obris 26, Sewwinda Silva 52 n.o.: Krishan Fernando 3 for 37, Chemila Obeysekera 2 for 14, Sahan Nanayakkara 2 for 22, Julian de Zylva 2 for 43)
At Mt Lavinia: S. Thomas’ draw vs Trinity
S. Thomas’ 107 (Thilaksha Sumanasiri 42, Javed Bongso 22: Lakshan Jayasinghe 3 for 17, Charith Sudharaka 2 for 23, Raveen Sayer 2 for 32) and 116 for 3 (Javed Bongso 61 n.o., Thilaksha Sumanasiri 50 n.o.: Lakshan Jayasinghe 2 for 28)
Trinity (30/1 overnight) 241 for 6 declared (Dinuk Wickramanayake 93, Ron Chandragupta 73, Lakshitha Dassanayake 37: Madushan Ravichandrakumar 2 for 30, Thilaksha Sumanasiri 2 for 71
At Ananda Mawatha: Ananda vs St. Servatius
Ananda spinner Sammu Ashan who bagged a fifer in action at Ananda Mawatha yesterday. -Pic Ranjith Perera
St. Servatius Matara 163 (Gihan Nimsara 42, Dilshan Madusanka 41, Romesh Nimantha 26 n.o.: Sammu Ashan 5 for 53, Isuru Gunasekera 3 for 59, Dushmantha Dissanayake 2 for 39)
Ananda 139 for 6 (Thushara Samarakoon 51, Lakkala Jayasekera 33: Sanjika Ridma 5 for 38)
At Wattala: St. Anthony’s Wattala vs Piliyandala Central
Piliyandala Central 144 (Shenal Deelaka 41, Gimhana Nimsara 28, Geeth Perera 26, Thanoj Perera 18: Samsun Muneer 3 for 30, Sanal Udawatte 2 for 18, Rukmal Perera 2 for 33, Charith Buddika 2 for 36)
St. Anthony’s Wattala 130 for 3 (Yakub Sachin 48, Prasad Daniel 35, Eshan Shehara 19, Charith Buddika 20 n.o.: Mahela Harischandra 2 for 43)
At Ambepussa: St. Anne’s vs St. Mary’s St. Anne’s Kurunegala 221 (Chathuranga Perera 60, L. Jayaratne 57, Vikum Dharshana 43, Shehan Cooray 30: Dhanushka Sandaruwan 7 for 68, Chamika Senaratne 3 for 56)
St. Mary’s Kegalle 28 for 3 (Chathura Perera 2 for 3)
At Raddoluwa: Sri Pangnananda vs St. Sebastian’s
Sri Pagnananda MV Raddoluwa 96 (Pasindu Madawa 19, J. Fernando 19: Pasindu Lakshan 5 for 11, Roshan Krishmantha 5 for 51) and 20 for 1
St. Sebastian’s Katuneriya 123 (Nisal Geeth 34, Yomal Fernando 20, Roshan Krishmantha 19: Sujith Pushpakumara 3 for 9, K. Tharindu 3 for 24)
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