Trinity fight back to record ninth outright win
Trinity fought back after having conceded a first inning lead to Wesley to record an outright win by three wickets in the Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter concluded at the Bloomfield ground in Reid Avenue yesterday.
The architect of Trinity’s win was their skipper and right spinner Raveen Sayer who was supported by left-arm spinner Shanmuganathan Shanogeeth which laid the foundation.
St. Anthony’s batsman Dilan Bandara in action against D.S. Senanayake at Wijerama Mawatha - Pix by Ranjith Perera
Wesley dominated to have Trinity struggling and in a spot of bother when play ended on day one having made a modest score of 166 and then sending them reeling on 55 for 5.
Trinity’s problems got much worse when play began on the second day as they lasted only 12.3 overs, being skittled out for a meager 89. This was their lowest score in the ongoing schools cricket season. Andrew Parais did the damage with an impressive bowling figure of 6 for 40.
But Trinity clawed their way back with the right and left arm spin combination of skipper Raveen Sayer who ended with figures of 5 for 19 and Shanmuganathan Shanogeeth grabbing three, the duo sent the Wesleyites reeling to a meager 76.
Trinity chasing 154 runs for victory were cruising well on 76 for 1 before they lost four quick wickets and slid to 101 for 5. But some sensible batting by the late order enabled them to reach the target in the 40th over.
Trinity has so far played 11 matches and are unbeaten and this was their seventh consecutive outright win.
S. Thomas’ had to be satisfied with a first inning win over St. Peter’s in the match concluded at Bambalapitiya. St. Peter’s after being in a perilous position against S. Thomas’ in the morning session of play on day two recovered in the post lunch session in the post lunch session.
The Peterites were struggling on 76 for 5 when play ended on day one in reply to the Thomians score of 203. Resuming from their overnight score the Petes did not last long being bowled out for the addition 17 runs for a low score of 93.
St. Peter’s made to follow on with a deficit of 111 runs was guided by a fine knock of 91 by Lakshina Rodrigo which helped them end day two on 298.
Wesley bowler Andrew Parais who took 6 for 40 against Trinity in action
Half tons by skipper Pathum Madusanka who was unfortunate to miss out on a ton and Aravinda Akurugoda enabled St. Joseph’s continuing from their overnight score of 169 for 5 to declare their innings on 256 for 9 in reply to Moratu MV’s 119 in the match played at Darley Road to record a first innings win.
An unbeaten 108 by Nisal Fransisco saw Ananda register a comfortable first inning over Prince of Wales in the match concluded at Ananda Mawatha while D.S. Senanayake got the better of St. Anthony’s Kandy in the match which ended at Wijerama Mawatha.
Sri Sumangala Panadura were 143 for 4 in reply to Tissa Central Kalutara’s score of 212 at the end of the first days play in the match played at Kalutara.
At Reid Avenue: Trinity beat Wesley by 3 wickets
Wesley 166 (Reshana Seneviratne 38, Umesh Kasthuriarachchi 23 Andrew Parais 19, Shenal Dangalle 19 n.o.: Duvindu Tillekeratne 4 for 43, Raveen Sayer 3 for 59) and 76 (Helitha Bambarenda 23, Jason de Silva 18 n.o.: Raveen Sayer 5 for 19, Shanmuganathan Shanogeeth 3 for 29, Duvindu Tilekeratne 2 for 21)
Trinity (55/5 overnight) 89 (Hasitha Boyagoda 35, Madawa Munaweera 23: Andrew Parais 6 for 40, Helitha Bambarebedda 3 for 
and 155 for 7 (Arjuna Jayasinghe 47, Kaveen Hiniduma 44, Shanmuganathan Shanogeeth 19: Reshana Seneviratne 4 for 55, Charith de Silva 2 for 29)
At Bambalapitiya: S. Thomas’ draw with St. Peter’s
S. Thomas’ 203 (Helakamal Nanayakkara 63, Tharindu Ratnayake 45: Taneesha Weerakoon 3 for 57, Manelka de Silva 2 for 33)
St. Peter’s (76/5 overnight) 93 (Chandula Jayamanne 23: Dulanjana Silva 3 for 8, Kanishka Perera 3 for 23) and 298 (Lakshina Rodrigo 91, Hashan Wanasekera 48, Sanjula Madushan 44, Sachin Dalapdu 42: Helakamal Nanayakkara 3 for 38)
At Darley Road: Moratu V draw against St. Joseph’s
Moratu MV 119 (Kalpana Fernando 28, Devinda Fernando 26, Nishan Fernando 24: Malshan Rodrigo3 for 28, Jehan Daniel 2 for 37) and 210 for 7 (Thilan Kavishka 31, Shanuka Madushan 100 n.o.: Hashindra Perera 4 for 69, Aravinda Akurugoda 2 for 44)
St. Joseph’s (169/5 overnight) 256 for 9 declared (Pathum Madusanka 88, Aravinda Akurugoda 51, Hashindra Perera 30, Shevon Fonseka 22, Revan Kelly 19: Nipun Randika 5 for 87, Devinda Fernando 3 for 36)
At Ananda Mawatha: Prince of Wales’ draw with Ananda
Prince of Wales’ (140/8 overnight) 155 (Jayanga Peiris 41,Sandun Zoysa 25, Kasun Harshana 20, Vishwa Chathuranga 20: Dileepa Jayalath 3 for 23, Dilanka Sandaken 3 for 43) and 72 for 4 (Vishwa Chathuranga 42: Dilanka Pathirana 2 for 22)
Ananda 257 for 8 declared (Nisal Francisco 108 n.o.: Jayanga Peiris 3 for 73)
At Wijerama Mw: St. Anthony’s draw against DSS
St. Anthony’s Kandy 162 (Dilan Bandara 89, Kavindu Bandara 20: Harith Maduwantha 2 for 7, Ravindra Silva 2 for 19)
DSS 199 (Shifran Muthalip 53: Dilanka Wijetunge 7 for 74, Nimesh Wanasinghe 3 for 29)
At Kalutara:
Tissa Central Kalutara 212 (Dimuthu de Silva 39, Himasha Sachin 39, Sanka Silva 27: Lahiru Vimukthi 3 for 49, Saumal Nanayakkara 2 for 26, Sewinda Sulakshana 2 for 81)
Sri Sumangala Panadura 143 for 4 (Samith Yasantha 34, Kushan Akalanka 29, Harith Lakshan 24, Lahiru Vimukthi 28 n.o., Nipuna Deshan 20 n.o.: Himasha Sachin 3 for 35)
| Nalanda struggle for salvationBy Aubrey Kuruppu The Rajans made an imposing 294, taking a lead of 128 and then forced the Nalanda batsmen to struggle for survival. When the game ended, they had barely wiped out the lead, but had lost six wickets in doing so. The match was played at Lake View. Overnight batsmen Kavinda Ratnayake made a pleasing half century. Skipper Tharusha Weragoda emerged from the shadows to contribute substantially. Pacie Lahiru Samarakoon who had a good game with the ball (six wickets) swung his bat lustily to make 39. Pacie Ayantha de Silva was the main threat to the Rajans. He was rewarded with four wickets. Solid contributions from Hasitha Raveen (45), Roshan Kumara (34) and Lakshitha Rasanjana (35 n.o.) helped save Nalanda’s pride. Left arm leggie Venuka Galahitiyawa had a match-bag of 2ix for 92. Nalanda166 in 49 overs (Dasun Seneviratne 60, Senura Perera 26, Dilan Suraweera 23; Lahiru Samarakoon 5 for 46, Venuka Galhitiyawa 3 for 39) and 141 for 5 in 43 overs (Hasitha Raveen 45, Roshan Kumara 34, Lakshita Rasanjana 35 n.o; Venuka Galhitiyawa 3 for 53) |