Thoras drown Cambrians by the sea
Prince of Wales succumbed to their second successive defeat in the ongoing Under 19 inter-school cricket season when they were comprehensively beaten by S. Thomas’ by ten wickets in the match concluded at Mt Lavinia yesterday.
This win over Prince of Wales for the Thomians came after approximately three decades.
The writing on the wall when play ended on day one when the Cambrians were badly placed at 53 for 6 in reply to the Thomians modest score of 228.
The second days play saw the Cambrians going down meekly once again being wrecked by the right arm pace and left arm spin combination of Sahan Wijesinghe and Ravindu Tillekeratne.
Dushan Nirmana Perera of Isipathana drives one to the fence - Pic by Ranjith Perera
They were able to add only another 21 runs to their overnight score as they were bowled out for a meager 74. Sahan ended with impressive figures of 5 for 40 and Ravindu ended up with 3 for 11.
Thanks to a gutsy knock of 76 coming off the bat of Ashen Mendis, the Cambrians who were made to follow on with a deficit of 154 runs managed to avert it, but were able to muster a score of only 181.
S. Thomas’ left with a simple run chase of 28 runs with plenty of overs left, saw the opening pair of Thilaksha Sumanasiri and Tharindu Ratnayake needing just 3.1 overs to reach the target.
The opening day’s play saw the Mount lads taking first lease of the wicket spearheaded by skipper Madushan Ravichandrakumar who made a knock of 71 inclusive of eight boundaries and a six make a modest score of 228.
St. Peter’s had to be satisfied with a first inning win over St Aloysius Galle in the match concluded at the FTZ ground in Katunayake yesterday. Vinu ended with impressive figures of 6 for 45 as St. Aloysius resuming from their overnight score of 78 for 7 made exactly100. This was in reply to the Peterites score of 141.
Despite a fine bowling by De Mazenod skipper and left arm spinner Shaluka Deemantha who ended with impressive figures of 7 for 49 it could not prevent his side from conceding a first inning win to Ananda in the match played at Kandana.
Ananda resuming from their overnight score of 126 for 6 went on make 171 with overnight batsman Sahan Arachchige who was unbeaten on 26 doing the bulk of the scoring to make a top score of 66.
De Mazenod in their turn was let down by their batsmen and were made to struggle for their runs as Kasun Perera’s five wicket haul saw them being bundled out for a paltry 84.
Half tons by Pramod Maduwantha and Dushan Nirmana who together put on a 113 runs stand for the eighth wicket was the highlight of the match between St. Benedict’s and Isipathana played at Kotahena which ended in a draw.
At Horana the match between Taxila MMV Horana and Anuradhapura Central got off to a late start at 12.30 p.m. on day one with Taxila batting first ending the day on 113 for 6. The match will be continued today.
At Mt Lavinia
S. Thomas’ 228 (Madushan Ravichandrakumar 71, Lahiru Opatha 41, Tharindu Ratnayake 38, Thilaksha Sumanasiri 22: Sachith
Prince of Wales batsman Sachith Pushpakumara sees his bails flying as he is bowled around the legs by the Thomian skipper Madushan Ravichandrakumar. - Pic by Amila Gamage
Pushpakumara 5 for 53, Shanuka Dulaj 2 for 36, Thilan Nimesh 2 for 52) and 31 for no loss (Thilaksha Sumanasiri 20 n.o.)
Prince of Wales (53/6 overnight) 74 (Suchira Fernando 22: Sahan Wijesinghe 5 for 20, Ravindu Tillekeratne 3 for 11) and 181 (Ashen Mendis 76, Gayan Chamara 18: Ravindu Tillekaratne 3 for 39, Thilaksha Malshan 2 for 20, Madushan Ravichandrakumar 2 for 62)
At Katunayake
St. Peter’s 141 (Janith Liyanage 40, Vinod Thimodhya 39, Sanjeewa Madushan 21, Chemila Obeysekera 17: Janitha Nilahuwage 5 for 40, Ashen Bandara 2 for 14, Chathuranga Kumara 2 for 17) and 140 for 9 declared (Chandula Jayaweera 43, Chemila Obeysekera 35 n.o.: Chathuranga Kumara 3 for 3 for 31, Chathuranga Jeyaraj 2 for 21)
St. Aloysius Galle (78/7 overnight) 100 (Hashan Madusanka 18: Vinu Mohotti 6 for 45, Sahan Nanayakkara 2 for 12) and 63 for 7 (Sahan Nanayakkara 4 for 9)
At Kandana
Ananda (126/6 overnight) 171 (Sahan Arachchige 66, Thamalaka Athulathmudali 39, Pasindu Isira 20, Sahan Arachchige 26 n.o.: Shaluka Deemantha Silva 7 for 49, Vimukthi Jayawardena 2 for 24) and 198 for 4 (Pasindu Isira 42, Sahan Arachchige 63 n.o.)
De Mazenod 84 (Akash Senaratne 25, Malshan Fernando 24: Kasun Perera 5 for 20, Dilanka Sandaken 3 for 31)
At Kotahena
Isipathana (125/7 overnight) 228 (Pramod Maduwantha 85, Dushan Nirmana 80, Sachin Jayasuriya 26: Sithum Wijesinghe 3 for 37, Geethika Jayatilleke 3 for 39, Thulina Dilshan 2 for 24, Yohan Soysa 2 for 59)
St. Benedict’s 71 for 5 (Mahel Jayalath 19, Thulina Dilshan 17: Chameera Dissanayake 2 for 7)
At Horana
Taxila MMV Horana 113 for 7 (Vinod Kavinda 22, Vishwa Kaushalya 19, Chalana Dilshan 54 n.o.: Sandeep Nisansala 4 for 22) vs Anuradhapura Central
Rain mars Sylvestrian dance
St. Sylvester’s College were denied a first ever win over hometown rivals St. Anthony’s College by a combination of rain interruptions and bad light, and had to settle for a moral victory at Katugastota yesterday. Middle-order batsman Damithra Panditharatne played a sterling defensive innings to help thwart the Sylvestrians.
Left-arm spinner Nimesha Mendis was the wrecker with a match bag of 12 for 43 (19.2-11-17-7 and 20-11-26-5). Yet, even he found the task of finishing off the Antonians too difficult. Sumedha Dissanaike and Hansamal Perera made 39 runs apiece while opener Mohamed Rifaz top scored with 45. The Antonians have lost one game and been under severe pressure in the other three.
St. Anthony’s 112 all out in 56.2 overs (N. Gunasinghe 29, D. Panditharatne 31, D. Bandara 11, N. Mendis 7 for 17) and 52 for 7 wickets in 39.4 overs (N. Gunasinghe 13, D. Panditharatne 17n.o, N. Mendis 5 for 26)
St. Sylvester’s 200 for 7 wickets in 55 overs declared (M. Rifaz 45, H. Perera 39, S. Dissanaike 39, P. Tennakoon 30, N. Mendis 14n.o, D. Bandara 3 for 39) – AK