Trinity crushes Royal by innings in pre-big-match calamity
Trinity enjoyed their most outstanding success of the season when they inflicted a crushing innings and two runs win on Royal at Asgiriya yesterday. Trinity openers Nushan Weerasinghe (112) and Sanogeeth Shanmuganathan (73) set the tone for the innings with a rollicking 190 run stand for the first wicket. The punishing Dilan Jayalath capitalised on that, as he struck a forceful 84.
St.Joseph's batsman Sandaruwan Rodrigo in action - Pic by Ranjith Perera
Having run up a massive 204 run lead by lunch, the Trinitians delivered the coup de grace through their spin duo of Duvindu Tillekeratne (6 for 55) and skipper Raveen Sayer (4 for 64). Sayer had a match bag of nine wickets.Naveen Vidanapathirana made a heroic 96 ball knock of 98 (4×16, 6x 5). He put on 117 for the second wicket with Pasindu Sooriyabandara (65). The others fell like nine pins.
Royal 199 (Naveen Vidanapathirana 40, Malith Kariyawasam 42, Geesath Panditharatne 21, Helitha Vithanage 14; Raveen Sayer 5 for 55, S. Sangeeth 2 for 17) and 202 (Naveen Vidanapathirana 98, Pasindu Sooriyabandara 65; Raveen Sayer 4 for 46, Duvindu Tillekeratne 6 for 55)
Trinity 403 for 8 dec (Nushan Weerasinghe 112, Sanogeeth Shanmuganathan 73, Shavindu Amarasinghe 40, Dilan Jayalath 84, Lahine Kumara 20, Thasila Dodanwela 20; Lasith Embuldeniya 3 for 139, Himesh Ramanayake 2 for 28, Janith Sandeepa 2 for 74)
St. Joseph’s fight back
By M. Shamil Amit
St. Joseph’s fought back in the latter stages to deny a victory for Ananda in the Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter concluded at Darley Road yesterday.
Ananda was in a strong position when play stopped for lunch on day two having resumed their second innings from their overnight score of six for one and helped by useful knocks from Kamesh Nirmal 36, Sammu Ashan 31, Krishan Anjula 39 with the score on 127 for 6.
Ananda batted a major part of the second session and then declared their innings on 172 for 9. St Josephs set a target of 261 runs ended the day on 149 for 3.
DSS dominated proceedings against Dharmaraja in the drawn match which ended at DSS ground in Wijerama Mawatha yesterday. Dharmaraja was in when play stopped for lunch on the second day.
Dharmaraja in reply to the home sides’ score of 250 was struggling on 60 for 5 and resuming their innings on day two was able to add only another 22 runs being bundled out for 82.
Moratu MV helped by half tons from Shanuka Madushan and Mishan Madushka batting first made a formidable score of 315 against Royal Panadura who ended day one on 36 for 3 in the match played at Moratuwa.
Two quarter finals of the Singer Under 19 Division Two cricket tournament got underway today at Kurunegala and Ambalangoda. Sri Dharmaloka MV Kelaniya was in a strong position against P de S. Kularatne MV at Kurunegala while St Mary’s Kegalle took the upper hand against Sri Devananda MV Ambalangoda at Ambalangoda.
At Darley Road:
Ananda 157 (Supun Waragoda 53, Kalana Perera 27: Harin Cooray 3 for 41, Jehan Daniel 2 for 20, Ruchira Ekanayake 2 for 30, Sandaruwan Rodrigo 2 for 31) and (6/1 overnight) 172 for 9 declared (Kavishka Anjula 52, Kamesh Nirmal 36, Sammu Ashan 31: Malshan Rodrigo 3 for 42, Ruchira Ekanayake 3 for 54)
St. Joseph’s 68 (Thashan Perera 17: Asel Sigera 4 for 0, Kavishka Anjula 4 for 23) and 149 for 3 (Revan Kelly 67, Sandaruwan Rodrigo 59)
At Wijerama Mawatha:
DSS 250 (Thimila Vaidyasekera 75, Pasindu Adithya 50, Kaveen Bandara 41: Gihan Vithanage 4 for 64, Rukmal Dasanayake 3 for 28, Asmitha Rajapakse 3 for 38)
Dharmaraja (60/5 overnight) 82 (Gihan Vitharana 35: Yureshka de Silva 5 for 19) and 225 for 8 declared (Supun Withanachchi 70, Asmitha Rajapakse 43: Sachin Bandara 4 for 50, Osura Bulathsinhala 3 for 43)
At Moratuwa:
Moratu MV 315 (Shanuka Madushan 79, Mishan Madushka 57, Janith Sudara 32: Ishanka Ranga 5 for 86, Akila Pramodya 4 for 82)
Royal Panadura 36 for 3
At Welagedara :
P de S. Kularatne MV Ambalangoda 75 (Nipun Ransitha 33: Venura Gayashan 4 for 15, Risith Upamal 2 for 20)
Sri Dharmaloka MV Kelaniya 213 for 3 (Risith Upamal 109, Samitha Ranga 59 n.o.)
At Ambalangoda:
Sri Devananda MV 87 (Amindu Udara 23: Maas Rahim 4 for 23, Thimira Kumara 2 for 13) and 54 for 1
St. Mary’s Kegalle 239 (Gajitha Kotuwegoda 83, Sandaru Sriyashantha 42: Charith Chinthaka 4 for 54, Kavindu Chandra 4 for 61)