Lahiru, Raveen steer Trinity to fourth outright victory
Right arm pace and spin combination of Lahiru Kumara and skipper Raven Sayer shared ten wickets thus helping Trinity crush Dharmapala by an innings and 51 runs in their Under-19 inter-school cricket encounter concluded at Kadirana yesterday.
Lahiru who ended with impressive figures of 6 for 28 and Raveen 4 for 13 wrecked Dharmapala batting the second time. Dharmapala were all out for 41 in just 14.2 overs.
Openers Kasun Abeyratne and Isuru Fernando partnered to guide Thurstan pull off a stunning 6-wicket win over Richmond in the match ended at the Surrey Village ground in Maggona.
Zahira left-arm spinner Ishan Samsudeen claimed a match bag of nine wickets vs Bandaranayake MV - Pic by Ranjith Perera
The duo gave the Thurstanites in pursuit of 171 runs for victory in 49 overs a flying start when they put on a match winning stand of 94 runs which paved for them to reach the target with seven balls to spare.
In fact Richmond suffered an outright defeat after a lapse of more than two years. They were the champion school cricket side on the last two seasons. Zahira recorded their first outright win of the season when they defeated Bandaranayake MV Gampaha by 101 runs in the match concluded at Maradana.
St. John’s Jaffna coasted to their fourth outright win with a 6-wicket win over Christ King College Ja-ela in Jaffna. The Johnians had put themselves in a strong position on day one and they continued their dominance on the second day. Christ King resuming on their overnight score of 78 for 9, was able to add only another five runs being bowled out for 83 in reply to the home teams’ 196.
In the other matches that were played St. Peter’s, St. Joseph’s, S. Thomas’ and Kegalu MV recorded first innings wins over Ananda, St. Sebastain’s Moratuwa, St. Benedict’s and Asoka MV Colombo respectively.
At Kadirana: Trinity beat Dharmapala by an innings and 51 runs
Dharmapala Pannipitiya 94 (Duvindu Tillekeratne 3 for 19, Raveen Sayer 2 for 27) and 41 (Lahiru Kumara 6 for 28, Raveen Sayer 4 for 13)
Trinity 186 (Arjuna Jayasinghe 97, Lahiru Sudesh 17: Sasindu Vinod 3 for 34, Ashan Abeykoon 3 for 45, Pasindu Krishan 3 for 80)
At Maggona: Thurstan beat Richmond by 6 wickets
Richmond 149 (Saveen Nanayakkara 37, Dhananjaya Lakshan 31, Sithara Gimhan 26, Charith Asalanka 22: Shenal Wijesinghe 3 for 42, Dilan Madusanka 2 for 18, Charana Nanayakkara 2 for 26) and 209 for 9 declared (Charith Asalanka 74, Kamindu Mendis 46, Sithara Gimhana 37, Chamod Piyumal 31: Thimira Jayasinghe 8 for 51)
Thurstan (188/9 overnight) 188 (Thimira Jayasinghe 56, Kasun Abeyratne 33, Rusiru Munasinghe 32: Bhanuka Madupriya 3 for 53, Chamod Piyumal 2 for 22, Charith Asalanka 2 for 25) and 175 for 4 (Kasun Abeyratne 62, Isuru Fernando 37, Charana Nanayakkara 30, Thimira Jayasinghe 24: Wanindu Hasaranga 2 for 26, Charith Asalanka 2 for 31)
At Maradana: Zahira beat Bandaranayake MV by 101 runs
Zahira 206 (Shehan Weerasinghe 62, Mohamed Najath 33, Ramzan Rafaideen 33, Arshad Imamudeen 23: Anjula Senanayake 4 for 29, Wageesha Wanniarachchi 2 for 35, Rathsara Withana 2 for 75) and 184 for 8 declared (Arshad Imamudeen 73, Shehan Weerasinghe 29, Mohamed Anas 24: Himath Jayaweera 4 for 46, Bhathiya Hettiarachchi 2 for 21)
Bandaranayke MV Gampaha (159/7 overnight) 206 (Rathsara Withana 91, Vinoj Madurapperuma 43, Anjula Senanayake 19, Bhathiya Hettiarachchi 16: Ishan Samsudeen 5 for 55, Shehan Weerasinghe 2 for 43, Ramzan Rafaideen 2 for 56) and 83 (Sasiri Adikari 24, Rathsara Withana 18: Tuan Safran 4 for 2, Ishan Samsudeen 4 for 26)
At Jaffna: St. John’s beat Christ King by 6 wickets
St. John’s Jaffna 196 (Paramananthan Thuvarakaseelan 40, Manivannan Sinthuran 37, Rajasiripriya Pirishankar 35, Vasanthan Jathusan 22, Sebamalaipillai Jeni Flemin 19, Arulanantham Ghanamirthan 15: Hasith Perera 6 for 24) and 82 for 4 (Arulanantham Ghanamirthan 30, Paramananthan Thuvarakaseelan 24: Ruchira de Silva 2 for 8, S. Sandaruwan 2 for 28)
Christ King Ja-Ela (78/9 overnight) 83 (Ruchira de Silva 21: Paramananthan Thuvarakaseelan 4 for 5, Jeyakumar Kishanthujan 3 for 11, Kanagaratnam Kapilraj 2 for 30) and 131 for 6 (Tharindu Perera 94, Hasith Perera 19: Arulanantham Ghanamirthan 5 for 63, Amarasena Herold Lasky 2 for 10, Jeyakumar Kishanthujan 2 for 43)
At Katunayake: Match drawn
St. Peter’s 209 (Didulana Medis 75, Sachin Dalpadado 47, Asanka Malka 21 n.o.: Kasun Perera 3 for 29, Sahan Arachchige 2 for 16, Dilanka Sandakan 2 for 30) and 135 for 8 declared (Didulana Medis 38, Lakshina Rodrigo 25: Dilanka Sandaken 4 for 41, Sammu Ashan 2 for 49)
Ananda (88/4 overnight) 145 (Sahan Arachchige 35, Sammu Ashan 29: Taneesha Weerakoon 3 for 29, Vinu Mohotti 3 for 37, Randel Seneviratne 2 for 20) and 34 for 4 (Taneesha Weerakoon 2 for 20)
At Moratuwa: Match drawn
St. Joseph’s 223 (Jehan Daniel 80, Kevin Cortling 51, Nipun Sumanasinghe 40, Shevon Fonseka 32: Kusal Lakthilina 5 for 53, Lahiru Heshan 2 for 46) and 166 for 3 (Sandaruwan Rodrigo 70, Pathum Madusanka 47, Kevin Cortling 23 n.o., Nipun Sumanasinghe 16 n.o.)
St. Sebastian’s (101/3 overnight) 201 (Praveen Perera 71, Asheer Warnakulasuriya 42, Visal Senanayake 17, Lahiru Heshan 15: Jehan Daniel 4 for 51, Harindra Perera 2 for 28, Harin Cooray 2 for 32)
At Kotahena: Match drawn
S. Thomas’ 203 (Nipuna Gamage 36, Chenutha Wickramasinghe 28, Yohan Mendis 26, Sachitha Jayatilleke 44 n.o.: Geethal Fernando 4 for 40, Geethika Jayatilleke 3 for 49, Ravindu Nivunhella 2 for 66) and 153 for 3 (Chenutha Wickramasinghe 54, Ravindu Sasanka 23, Helakamal Nanayakkara 59 n.o.: Geethika Jayatilleke 2 for 38)
St. Benedict’s (34/2 overnight) 182 (Thulina Dilshan 54, Navod Abeysinghe 50: Shenal de Silva 3 for 20, Sachitha Jayatilleke 3 for 41, Tharindu Ratnayake 2 for 44)
At Kegalle: Match drawn
Kegalu Vidyalaya 248 (Lahiru Heshan 70, Keshan Weragoda 51, Madushan Gunasinghe 45: Malinda Dissanayake 5 for 91, Dulitha Menikmal 4 for 54) and 159 for 6 declared (Madushan Munasinghe 41, Ruwintha Kumara 26, Menaka Manujaya 53 n.o.: Dilshan Ponnamperuma 3 for 18, Malinda Dissanayake 2 for 36)
Asoka MV Colombo (73/3 overnight) 169 (Sahas Akmina 30, Malinda Dissanayake 29, Dilshan Ponnamperuma 24, Pramod Perera 17: Lahiru Perera 4 for 50, Tharuka Wijetunge 2 for 20, Kosala Bandara 2 for 22) and 115 for 4 (Pramod Perera 57, Deelaka Chandrasekera 47)