Rain robs Thomians and others
Rain hampered three Under-19 Schools Cricket Tournament games with two of them ending in tame draws and one, with an obvious result, too being forced to be call off yesterday.
Rain came in S. Thomas’ way, preventing a certain win
Despite rain hampering proceedings, S. Thomas’ College were well on course of registering an outright win against Mahinda College at Mt. Lavinia but rain emerged the eventual winner.
Put into bat, the Thomians declared their first innings at 231-7 with Sachitha Jayathilake and Dilendra Gunathilake scoring half centuries, and had Mahinda batting in tatters after forcing the visitors to follow on.
Mahinda resumed from their overnight score of 62-4 only to be bowled out for a meager total of 87 and were struggling at 85-3 before rain put a complete stop to the drama.
Mahinda needed 59 runs to salvage from an innings defeat when play ended. The only two Mahinda batsmen to resist the collective bowling attack of S. Thomas’ were Hiranjith Dulsara and Hansaka Welihinda, while others failed to rise to the occasion.
Thomian bowler Dellon Peiris picked a scalp in the second innings - Pix by Amila Gamage
The match between Royal College and Mahanama College ended in a tame draw after several rain interruptions forced the match to be called off at 2.05pm.
At the time the game ended Mahanama were 13-1 in their second innings. On Friday Mahanama batted first and were bowled out for 135 while Royal declared their first innings at 227-9 with Helitha Withanage top scoring, 45 not out.
Geesath Panditharatne, who remaining unbeaten overnight when Royal resumed at 116-4 yesterday, made 41. Ronuka Jayawardena hit 35 while Ganith Sandeepa returned to score 31 after claiming a five wicket haul.
At Campbell Place St. Peter’s College took the upper hand against Nalanda College in their match which ended in a draw. When rain stopped play St. Peter’s were 134-5 in their second innings with Hashan Wanasekara hitting a timely 58.
They took an advantage of 38 runs from the first innings after posting 159 and bowling out Nalanda for 121. Off-spinner Thanishka Weerakoon claimed a seven-wicket haul for the Peterites.
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| At Mt. Lavinia: Match ended in draw Mahinda (62-4 overnight) 87 all out in 42.4 overs (Hiranjith Dulsara 21, Hansaka Welihinda 15, Reshan Kavinda 20, Dineth Kannangara 3 for 20) and (follow on) 85 for 3 wickets in 42.1 overs at close (Hiranjith Dulsara 23, Hansaka Welihinda 34n.o, Gihan Dhanushka 15n.o.) At Reid Avenue: Match ended in draw Royal (116-4 overnight) 227 for 9 wickets declared in 63.2 overs (Ronuka Jayawardena 35, Geesath Panditharatne 41, Helitha Withanage 45n.o, Ganith Sandeepa 31, Thiran Dhanapala 20, Heshan Hettiarachchi 2 for 23, Kanishka Gimhan 2 for 28, Madushanka Bandara 2 for 36, Gihan Mudalige 2 for 28) At Campbell Place: Match ended in draw Nalanda (107-7 overnight) 121 all out in 47.2 overs (Nimnaka Ratnayake 37, Dasun Seneviratne 29, Thanishka Weerakoon 7 for 27, Vinu Mohotty 2 for 17) |