Wesley vs St. Anthony’s drawn at Katugastota
View(s):By Aubrey Kuruppu
As expected, the Anthonians batted better second time around to stall Wesley’s victory bid in their drawn match at Katugastota. After Jason de Silva and Shenal Dangalla had led the way with a 100 plus opening stand, Chamod Athulathmudali came up with a punishing 61.
Thurstan's Nipun Lakshan claimed a match-bag of seven wickets - Pic by Ranjith Perera
Left-arm seamer/spinner, Sandaruwan Dharmaratne produced another good effort to bag his second seven-wicket haul with two matches.St. Anthony’s 182 and 214 for 7 (Mohammed Alfer 15, Nipun Ashok 20, Mohammed Ansar 23, Thiekshana Gunasinghe 14, Sunera Jayasinghe 47, Virajitha Jayasinghe 28 n.o; Kavinda Dissanayake 4 for 69)
Wesley 282 (Thilina Perera 35, Chamod Athulathmudali 61, Jason de Silva 61, Shenal Dangalla 39; Sandaruwan Dharmaratne 7 for 127, Virajitha Jayasinghe 3 for 66)
Results:
At Jaffna: St. Joseph’s won by innings and 191 runs
St. Joseph’s 386 for 5 declared (Jehan Daniel 70, Revan Kelly 69, Nipun Samarasinghe 68, Dineth Maduarwala 101 n.o., Pahan Perera 37 n.o.: G. Ratheeshan 2 for 88, N. Monick 2 for 110)
St. Patrick’s Jaffna (65/6 overnight) 83 (J. Anujan 15: Harin Cooray 5 for 13, Jehan Daniel 2 for 19) and 112 (P. Bertrick 29: Harin Cooray 6 for 18, Pahan Perera 2 for 1, Havin Perera 2 for 40)
At Pannipitiya: Thurstan won by 10 wickets
Dharmapala 118 (Mahima Weerakoon 39, Gimhan Perera 25: Nipuna Lakshan 5 for 33, Thushal Madusanka 2 for 24) and 166 (Mahima Weerakoon 38, Avishka Hasarinda 32: Sawan Prabash 3 for 18, Thusal Madusanka 3 for 35, Nipun Lakshan 2 for 46, Naveen Gunawardena 2 for 46)
Thurstan (205/2 overnight) 270 for 5 declared (Sawan Prabash 58, Charana Nanayakkara 47, Kasun Abeyratne 41, Prageesha Mendis 100 n.o.: Dilshan de Silva 2 for 94) and 18 for no loss
At Panagoda: Ananda record first innings win vs Mahinda
Mahinda Galle 131 (Kavindu Ediriweera 35, K.K Kevin 33 n.o.: Asel Sigera 3 for 16, Dileepa Jayalath 3 for 21, Supun Waragoda 2 for 22) and 133 for 7 (Vinura Hiranjith 42, K.K. Kevin 52 n.o.: Sammu Ashan 4 for 61)
Ananda (131/5 overnight) 241 for 9 declared (Kavishka Anjula 39, Kavidnu Gimhana 36, Sahan Suraweera 32, Kamesh Nirmal 27, Supun Waragoda 51 n.o.: Prageeth Malintha 3 for 35, K.K. Kevin 2 for 54)
At Katuneriya: St. Sebastian’s record 1st innings win vs Sri Devananda
Sri Devananda College Ambalangoda 231 (Chathura Milan 67, Kushan Randika 31: Sheshan Udara 3 for 28, Ravindu Dilshan 2 for 23) and 163 for 8 (Samith Madushan 31, Kavindu Sohan 48 n.o.: Dishan Pramod 3 for 34)
St. Sebastian’s Katuneriya (72/2 overnight) 232 (Sudara Priyamantha 49, Rishan Kavinda 38: Charith Rukshan 5 for 68)