Raveen steers Devapathiraja into quarters
View(s):Raveen Yasas scored 60 runs and captured four wickets to help Devapathiraja College Rathgama advance to the quarterfinal round of the Under-15 Division II Inter-Schools Tournament by defeating St. Aloysius’ College Ratnapura by one run.
The pre-quarterfinal match was played at the public grounds in Rathgama. Devapathiraja 189 all out in 49.5 overs (Raveen Yasas 60, Avishka Chenuka 41, Gayan Pushpakumara 20, Sasindu
Sathsara 16, Prasanka Laksitha 12, Navindu Munasinghe 2/15, Dilen Harischandra 2/34, Uditha Wijesinghe 2/34)
St. Aloysius 188 all out in 49.3 overs (Rajitha Nirmal 70, Chamith Dilshan 34, Dilen Harischandra 13, Navod
Ariyawansha 12, Minindu Gunarathne 11, Navindu Munasinghe 10, Raveen Yasas 4/20, Ashen Kanchaka 3/24, Nilanka Rukshitha 2/47)
St. Servatius crush President’s Maharagama
St. Servatius College Matara crushed President’s College Maharagama by 209 runs in their Under-15 Division I second round cricket match played at the Jayasuriya grounds in Matara.
After being asked to bat first, St. Servatius lost five wickets for 77 runs in the 15th over until Janith de Silva and Thilan Kumara came to the rescue. Janith made a brilliant 67 off 107 balls with six boundaries and Thilan hit 57 off 68 balls with eight boundaries while putting on 129 runs for the sixth wicket. The home team scored 286 runs for the loss of nine wickets in their fifty overs. Sasindu Virandha captured three wickets while Gimhan Dilanka and Nipun Devinda captured two wickets each.
Sandeep Chamara and Chamil Dhananjaya together with Gihan Dilruk and Ashen Kuruppu restricted the visitors to a paltry 77 runs in 34.1 overs. Vishwa Binoth, the only batsman to reach double figures, scored 22 runs off 46 balls with four boundaries.
St. Servatius 286 for 9 wickets in 50 overs (Janith de Silva 67, Thilan Kumara 57, Sandeep Chamara 20, Lakitha Rupasinghe 20, Sasindu Viranda 3/39, Nipun Devinda 2/48, Gimhan Jayalath 2/55)
President’s Maharagama 77 all out in 34.1 overs (Vishwa Binoth 22, Sandeep Chamara 4/16, Ashen Kuruppu 2/5)
– Text and pic by P.D. de Silva