Jaffna Combined impress but fail to reach qualifier
D.S. Senanayake opener T.N. Vidyasekara drives to hit a boundary against Ananda in the first semi-final
The Jaffna Combined Schools team who defeated two top teams – D.S. Senanayake College and Maliyadeva College – on Friday was unfortunate to miss out on a semi-final berth on the fourth day of the 4th Murali Harmony Cup Twenty20 Cricket Tournament held in the North. Despite failing to reach the qualifier the youngsters of Jaffna showed that there is hidden talent in the outstations, especially in the northern region.
Many upsets were recorded in the fourth edition of the much celebrated Twenty20 cricket tournament to be played among 16 first XI boy’s teams and a separate tournament for the girls, contested among eight teams. The Ladies first round matches are 15-overs per-side. There will be no semi-finals for Ladies and the top two teams from the respective groups will play in the final today morning in IODR Oval at Oddusuddan in Mullataivu. St. Peter’s won the first two tournaments while Ananda took the third edition. Shakthi Ladies Anuradhapura won in 2013 and Seenigama Ladies won in 2014. Matches are played at five venues across northern Sri Lanka in the towns of Jaffna, Oddusuddan, Mullativu, Mankulam and Killinochchi.
The tournament a brainchild of legendary bowler Muttiah Muralidaran whose charity the Foundation of Goodness is partnered by Red Dot Tours and Sri Lanka Army in conducting the tournament.
Results
Thursday:
At St Patrick’s: DSS beat Maliyadeva in Super Over
DSS 147 for 9 (20) (Thimila Vaidyasekera 61, Geethanjana Daniel 26, Dimantha Kaushalya 18, Shehzad Ameen 15: Vishwa Dissanayake 4/ 28)
Maliyadeva 147 all out (18.5) (Vishwa Dissanayake 36, Namindu Somaratne 20, Dilshan Kollure 19, Damith Perera 16: Torin Pitigala 2/21, Yureshka de Silva 2/27)
Super Over: DSS 18 for 1 beat Maliyadeva 17 for 1
At Jaffna Central: Debarawewa NS beat Upcountry Combined by 8 wickets
Upcountry Combined Schools 49 all out (15.4) (Oshan Theekshana 17: Chanuka Asinsana 4/10, Thimindu Sachintha 3/18)
Debarawewa NS 50 for 2 (9.1) (Ishara Chathuranga 16 n.o.)
At Kilinochchi: K/M Combined Schools beat St. Anthony’s Wattala by 5 wickets
St. Anthony’s Wattala 100 all out (19.1) (Sanka Lahiru 28, Ijas Haneefdeen 16: Arunothayam Anchayan 3/11, Mugunthan Nithushan 3/22, Vikneswaran Piranavan 2/20)
Kilinochchi/Mullaitivu Combined Schools 101 for 5 (17.5) (Ranganathan Vikshan 17, Ragunathan Rajeevan 42 n.o.)
At Oddusudan: P. de S. Kularatne MMV beat Mannar/Vavuniya
Combine by 19 runs
P. de S. Kularatne MMV 139 (16) (Prabath Sameera 7, Sachith Hiran 21: R. Desmikanth 3/12, S. Rushanthan 3/35, N. Sujaran 2/23)
Mannar/Vavuniya Combined Schools 120 all out (18.2) (E. Ganeswaran 30, Sekaran Banusan 21, N. Sajuran 17, R. Mathanraj 15: Nimna saranga 3/16, Prabath Sameera 3/22, Bhanuka Pramuditha 2/32)
At St Patrick’s: Monaragala Combined beat Jaffna Combined by 24 runs
Monaragala Combined Schools 117 all out (20) (Indika Nuwan 28, Viraj Ranuka 21, Dinuka Dushyantha 17: S. Thasoban 4/27, S. Piratheepan 2/19, J. Diyon 2/20, K. Kathion 2/29)
Jaffna Combined Schools 93 all out (18.3) (Y. Kirubaharan 25, S. Piratheepan 24: Supun Piyumal 3/5, Anjula Fernando 3/16, Pamudu Chathuranga 2/17)
At Jaffna Central: St. John’s Jaffna beat Trinco/Batti Combined by 17 runs
St. John’s Jaffna 96 all out (19.4)
(Jathusan Vasanthan 19, Herold Lasky 18, Ghanamirthan Arulanantham 17: R. Thenurathan 3/24, M. Sharuhan 2/11, S. Nilakshan 2/15)
Trino/Batti Combined Schools 79 all out (18.2) (S. Nilakshan 18: Krishanthujan Jayakumar 3/1, Jathusan Vasanthan 3/17, Somaskaran Paramananthan 3/19)
At Kilinochchi: Ananda
beat International Schools
Combined by 7 wickets
International Schools Combined 135 for 9 (20) (Birendra de Saram 62, Bimsara Madusanka 17: Dileepa Jayalath 3/29, Dinuka Jayaratne 2/21, Kalana Perera 2/27)
Ananda 136 for 3 (17.5) (Sahan Suraweera 46, Supun Waragoda 50 n.o.: Rasanjana Mallikarachchi 2/6)
At Oddusudan: Dharmaraja beat Richmond by 3 wickets
Richmond 164 for 5 (20) (Kamindu Mendis 85, Dhananjaya Lakshan 21, Kalindu Siriwardena 18 n.o.: Lahiru Samarakoon 2/26)
Dharmaraja 169 for 7 (19.5)
(Kavishka Dissanayake 68, Kavinda Ratnayake 44, Niwantha Herath 15: K.K. Kaveen 2/25)
Friday:
At St. Patrick’s: DSS beat
Monaragala Combined by 39 runs
DSS 131 all out (18.5) (Thimila Vaidyasekera 30, Torin Pitigala 28, Shehzaad Ameen 29 n.o.: Dileepa Sandaruwan 2/20, Anjula Fernando 2/28)
Monaragala Combined Schools 94 all out (18.5) (Pasindu Neranjana 46: Geethanjana Daniel 3/13, Udith Nanayakkara 2/20)
At Jaffna Central: Trinco/Batti beat Upcountry Combined by 52 runs
Trinco/Batti 165 for 9 (20) (Somadasa Lagikumar 46, Anjana Nilipul 25, S. Nilakshan 19: Ravindra Yasas 2/16, P.V. Chanaka 2/22, N. Udara 2/35)
Upcountry Combined Schools 113 for 8 (20) (S. Nilakshan 3/17, Avishka Shehan 2/38)
At Kilinochchi: K/M Combined
beat International Schools
Combined by 3 wickets
International Combined Schools 87 all out (17.3) (Ythidu Arangala 32: Arokiyanathar Vinoshan 2/12, Arunothayam Achayam 2/12, Vikneswaran Piranavan 2/17, Mugunthan Nithhushan 2/29)
Kilinochchi/Mullaitivu Combined Schools 88 for 7 (11.4) (Paramaguru Aruna 18, Arunothayam Achayam 15: Sahan Tennakoon 3/26, Rasanjana Mallikarachchi 2/22)
At Oddusudan: P de S. Kularatne MV beat Dharmaraja by 16 runs
P de S. Kularatne MV Ambalangoda 129 all out (18.5) (Sachith Hiran 35, Sachin Avishka 34, Chalitha Chamod 19, Maleesha Harshajeewa 16: Gihan Witharana 3/25, Asmitha Rajapakse 2/22)
Dharmaraja 113 all out (18.5) (Niwantha Herath 33, Lahiru Samarakoon 24: Chalitha Chamod 3/19, Nimna Saranga 2/24)
At St Patrick’s: Jaffna Combined beat Maliyadeva by 5 wickets
Maliyadeva 146 for 9 (20) (Dulaj Ranatunga 55, Sanjaya Wanninayake 21, Dilshan Kollure 19, Vishwa Dissanayake 16: K. Kathion 3/23)
Jaffna Combined Schools 147 for 5 (19) (S. Piratheepan 21, K. Kathion 15, P. Niroshan 70 n.o.: Dilshan Kollure 2/14)
At Jaffna Central: St. John’s Jaffna beat Debarawewa NS by 11 runs
St. John’s Jaffna 122 for 7 (20) (Kapilraj Sajeentharan 25, Sinthujan Manivannan 23, S. Jesurasa 21, n.o., Krishanjuthan Jayakumar 16 n.o.: Vishwa Prabath 3/13)
Debarawewa National School 111 for 7 (20) (Sachintha Lanka 48: Niroshan Benjamin 3/23, Paramanantham Thuvarakaseelan 2/25)
At Kilinochchi: Ananda beat
St. Anthony’s Wattala by 85 runs
Ananda 167 for 6 (20) (Nipun Haggala 32, Rahal Avishka 23, Dinuka Jayaratne 17, Kaveeshka Anjula 42 n.o.: Teshan Prasanna 4/19)
St. Anthony’s Wattala 82 for 9 (20) (Ashan Rukmal 26: Dinuka Jayaratne 2/10, Achila Iranga 2/11, Sileepa Jayalath 2/12, Supun Waragoda 2/12)
At Oddusudan: Richmond
beat Mannar/Vavuniya
Combined by 64 runs
Richmond 148 all out (20) (Liyam Chamikara 53, Dhananjaya Lakshan 27: S. Jetharsan 3/26, N. Sajuran 2/25, R. Desmikanth 2/30)
Mannar/Vavuniya Combined Schools 84 all out (17.5) (K.K. Kaveen 4/10, Thilanga Udeshan 3/18)