Spinners guide Mahanama to crushing win
Mahanama Colombo began the school cricket season on a winning note when they recorded a crushing ten wicket win over fancied St. Anthony’s Katugastota in their Under-19 inter-school cricket encounter concluded at the FTZ ground in Katunayake yesterday.
It was the spinners who guided Mahanama to victory with the right and left arm spin combination of Dulanjana Seneviratne and Dinuka Karunananda who, together shared eight wickets between them in the first innings and later right-arm spinner Gihan Sanjeewa doing the finishing touches along with Karunananda.
The opening day’s play saw Seneviratne who ended with impressive figures of 5 for 15 and Karunananda who supported with figures of 3 for 12 running through the Antonian batting to bundle them out for a paltry score of 60 and Mahanama ending the day on 91 for 3.
Mahanama resuming from their overnight score lost their remaining seven wickets for the addition of 62 runs to end the innings at 153. Right arm off-spinner Nimesha Gunasinghe ended with top figures of 4 for 25 for the Antonians.
St. Anthony’s batting the second time with a deficit of 93 runs again lost wickets at regular intervals as they found spinner Sanjeewa too hot to handle.
Despite a fighting of 67 coming from Mohamed Aflaar the others failed to make any impression as Sanjeewa who ended with match winning figures of 6 for 22 and another three-wicket haul by Karunananda saw them being bowled out for 115
Mahanama chasing 22 runs for victory with plenty of time left was not in a hurry as they reached the target in 7.2 overs.
At Maradana, Zahira after being badly placed on 124 for 7 thanks to a knock of 64 by Tuan Safran recovered to end their innings with a respectable score of 189 against President’s College Rajagiriya in the match which began yesterday.
But President’s Rajagiriya in their turn made a bold reply of 154 for the loss of six wickets with Kanishka Perera making a top score of 49 and useful knocks coming from Wasika Boteju and Viraj Hettiarachchi. The match will be continued today.
At Katunayake
St. Anthony’s 60 (Dulanjana Seneviratne 5 for 15, Dinuka Karunananda 3 for 12) and 115 (Mohamed Aflaar 67, Nimesha Gunasinghe 21: Gihan Sanjeewa 6 for 22, Dinuka Karunananda 3 for 35)
Mahanama (91/3 overnight) 153 (Gihan Sanjeewa 31, Subuddhi Kaushalya 28, Thanula Wickramasinghe 22, Dilshan Rohana 15: Nimesha Gunasinghe 4 for 25, Dilan Bandara 3 for 40) and 23 for no loss at close (Sahan Peiris 13 n.o.)
At Maradana
Zahira 189 (Tuan Safran 64, Shehan Weerasinghe 39, Nishki Ahamed 16: Chandeepa Wimalaweera 3 for 42, Malsha Jayawardena 2 for 19, Muditha Mihiranga 2 for 21, Mohamed Halan 2 for 52)
President’s Rajagiriya 154 for 6 at stumps (Kanishka Perera 49, Wasika Boteju 39, Viraj Hettiarachchi 25, Mohamed Halan 16: Mohamed Insaf 2 for 29, Nishki Ahamed 2 for 39)
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