Pasan guides Ananda
Impressive bowling figures of 5 for 23 by Pasan Ranasinghe laid the foundation for Ananda to record a convincing eight wicket win against Zahira in the All-Island Inter-School Under-15 Division I cricket encounter played at Ananda Mawatha.
Ananda after bowling out Zahira for a low score of 109 reached the target in the 24th over.
Zahira 109 all out (44.1) (Mohamed Abid 30: Pasan Ranasinghe 5/23)
Ananda 110 for 2 (23.2) (Kanishka Ranthilakage 42, Aveen Jayasundara 21 n.o.)
PoW overcome Thurstan
Prince of Wales overcame Thurstan by 29 runs in the Under 15 encounter played at Moratuwa. Prince of Wales succeeded to defend their low score of 138 as they bowled out Thurstan for 109.
Prince of Wales 138 all out (46.2) (Naduka Fernando 22, Malindu Chanaka 19: Sasanga Perera 3/24, Thamash Weeratunge 2/30)
Thurstan 109 all out (27.4) (Naduka Fernando 4/32, Dinuk Dias 2/13)
Devapathiraja MMV by 39 runs
Devapathiraja MMV Rathgama defeated St. Thomas’ Matara by 39 runs in the Under 15 match played at Rathgama. Devapathiraja MMV taking first lease of the wicket made 189 and then bowled out the Thomians to a score of 150.
Devapathiraja MMV Rathgama 189 all out (50) (Thisara Dilshan 33, Puneetha Anjana 32, Naveen Lakshan 31, Tharaka Lakmal 16: Sanchitha Gimhan 3/40, Shihan Subashitha 3/41, Minindu Sulakshana 2/22)
St. Thomas’ Matara 150 all out (33.2) (Sanchitha Gimhan 36, Visura Prabod 30: Lakshan Thilina 3/21, Naveen Lakshan 3/36, Pethum Madusanka 2/13)
Dharmapala down St. Anthony’s
Dharmapala Kottawa beat St. Anthony’s Wattala by 59 runs in the match played at Wattala.
Dharmapala Kottawa 150 all out (48.5) (Shevon Somasundara 31, Kaveesha Madurapperuma 27, Thisara Devapriya 24: Supun Jayashanka 2/7, Indeera Deshanjana 2/25)
St. Anthony’s Wattala 91 all out (32.4) (Vishal Silva 19: Mihiranga Madushan 3/15, Kaveesha Madurapperuma 2/12)
Supun, Chamindu steer Maliyadeva
A half ton by Supun Sumanarathna and a five wicket haul by Chamindu Jayasinghe enabled Maliyadeva to record an easy 72 runs win over St Sylvester’s in the match played at Kurunegala.
Maliyadeva 206 all out (49.2) (Supun Sumanarathna 53, Vishwa Wijesekera 25, Shaluka Atapattu 22, Chamindu Jayasinghe 25 n.o.: M.S. Ahamed 3/20, G. Nissanka 2/35)
St. Sylvester’s 134 all out (39.2) (M. Pavithran 36, C. Jayakody 33, M.S. Ahamed 22: Chamindu Jayasinghe 5/32, Supun Sumanarathna 2/24)
Two-wicket win for Holy Cross
Holy Cross Kalutara beat St. John’s Panadura by two wickets in a low scoring match played at Panadura.
St. John’s Panadura 116 for 9 (36) (Wathsala Vithmal 34, Jayashantha Perera 28, Sanju Madumal 19: Dineth Gayashan 4/14, Mark Deepana 4/22)
Holy Cross Kalutara 118 for 8 (35.1) (Sachin Dilhara 20, Sasanka Nirmal 19, Pankaja Kaushan 17, Vihanga Indushan 17 n.o.: Thamindu Nivaratne 2/16, Jayashanka Perera 2/20) – M. Shamil Ami
Leshan and Manisha guide Isipathana to second consecutive win
Half tons by Leshan Amarasinghe and Manisha Rupasinghe helped Isipathana College register their second consecutive win in the first round of the all island schools under 15 division one cricket tournament by defeating St Mary’s College Chilaw by six wickets. The match which was reduced to 47 overs per side and was played at the St Mary’s College ground in Chilaw.
Electing to bat first, St. Mary’s scored 155 for the loss of seven wickets with Lahiru Thilan top scored with 37 while Ashen Imesh captured three wickets.
The Isipathana batsmen scored 157 for the loss of four wickets in less than half the number of allotted overs to register a six-wicket win. Leshan Amarasinghe was unbeaten on 54 scored off 60 balls with eight boundaries and a six while Manisha Rupasinghe scored a quick-fire 53 off 36 balls with six boundaries and three sixes. – PDdeS
St. Mary’s Chilaw 155/7 in 47 overs (Varderaja Sadeep 29, Lahiru Thilan 37, Nipun Chameera 31)
Isipathana 157/4 in 23 overs (Leshan Amarasinghe 54 not out, Manisha Rupasinghe 53)
Thomians trounce Marians
St. Thomas’ College Matale trounced St. Mary’s College Kegalle by 8 wickets in their All-Island Inter-School Under-15 Division I cricket match played at Matale. Put into bat first the Kegalle Marians were restricted to 70 runs in 24.1 overs with right-arm pacer C.T. Rajapakse doing the damage. He claimed top figures of 6 for 23.
Matale Thomians in their run chase, with Sumudu Bandara leading the way with an unbeaten 41, reached the target in the eighth over for the loss of two wickets.
St. Mary’s Kegalle 70 all out (24.1) (D.L. Pathirana 22, T.M. Wijesinghe 13, C.T. Rajapakse 6/23, N. Ekanayake 2/13, Awandya 2/10)
St. Thomas’ Matale 72 for 2 (8) (Sumudu Bandara 41 n.o., B.L. Tharindu 15n.o.)
Samarasinghe and Werallagama help Antonians record easy win
Two good performances by G.A. Samarasinghe (5/17) and M. Werallagama (48) helped St. Anthony’s College Katugastota to post an 8-wicket win over St. Thomas’ College Matale in their All-Island Inter-School Under-15 Division I cricket match played earlier last week. Having dismissed St. Thomas’ for 94 runs the Antonians knocked off the required runs in the 14th over with eight wickets in hand.
St. Thomas’ Matale 94 all out (26.3) (N. Ekanayake 16, C.T. Rajapakse 16, G.A. Samarasinghe 5/17)
St. Anthony’s Katugastota 96 for 2 (14) (M. Werallagama 48, N. Rukshan 27, S. Aravinda 2/16) – LDC