Petes crush Wattala Antonians by an innings
View(s):By M. Shamil Amit
St. Peter’s outclassed hapless St. Anthony’s Wattala by an innings and 131 runs in the Under-19 inter-school cricket encounter concluded at Bambalapitiya yesterday.
Zahira spinner Sajith Sameera claimed three scalps but Bandaranayake MV were in total control at Maradana - Pic by Amila Gamage
The writing on the wall was almost there for the Antonians when play ended on day one as they were struggling on 32 for 5 in reply to the home team’s score of 339 for 6 declared.
St Anthony’s after being wrecked by Santhush Gunatilleke who had a four wicket haul on day one had to face another tormentor in Chathura Obeysekera who also ended with a four wicket haul and were bowled out for 114.
The Antonians made to follow-on and left with a daunting task of erasing a deficit of 239 runs was made to struggle for their runs again. Gunatilleke had a repeat performance — this time along with Manelka de Silva, they bundled out the Antonians for a paltry 96.
St. Anne’s Kurunegala pulled off a stunning outright win by 125 runs over fancied De Mazenod in the Under 19 match concluded at Kurunegala yesterday.
The heroes of the Annites were Wanitha Wanninayake and Pubudu Ganegama who put in match winning performances for them. The Annites were nowhere near to victory when play ended on day one as the Mazedonians were sitting pretty having already gained a first inning lead.
Wanitha put in a fine batting performance when he cracked a 103 to help St. Anne’s to end with a score of 247. Later Pubudu who ended with a four wicket haul in the Mazenodian’s first inning ran through their batting with a six wicket haul to bundle De Mazenod in pursuit of 197 runs for victory for just 71 runs. Pubudu ended with a match bag of 10 for 86 runs.
In another shocking outcome saw Bandaranayake MMV Gampaha recorded a close 23 runs win over the much fancied Zahira in the match which ended at Maradana yesterday.
Exchanges were even when play began in the afternoon session of day two with Zahira clawing their way back after being bundled out for 65 in the first inning in reply to their opponents score of 201.
The second day’s proceedings saw Zahira bowlers led by Sajith Sameera along with Aravinth Rajendran and Madhi Namiz combining to bowl out Bandaranayake MMV for a low score of 113.
Zahira left with a target of 250 runs for victory despite a knock of 108 by Sajith Sameera and a half ton by Mohamed Shanaz failed to achieve it as Sisitha Madanayake and Arosha Madushan shared seven wickets restricted the home team to a score o f 226.
In the other matches St. Sebastian’s, Trinity, St. Joseph’s and S de S. Jayasinghe MMV Dehiwala recorded first inning wins over Dharmaraja, Dharmapala, St. Servatius Matara and Taxila Central Horana respectively.
Results:
At Bambalapitiya: St. Peter’s beat St. Anthony’s by innings and 131 runs
St. Peter’s 339 for 6 declared (Lakshan Rodrigo 82, Manelka de Silva 71, Anishka Perera 58, Ranmith Jayasena 69 n.o.: Arinda Chathuranga 2 for 63)
St. Anthony’s (32/5 overnight) 114 (Avishka Tharindu 21, Rukshan Rodrigo 54 n.o.: Santhush Gunatilleke 4 for 4, Chathura Obeysekera 4 for 33, Mohamed Ameen 2 for 52) and 96 (Avishka Tharindu 37, Rukshan Rodrigo 15: Santhush Gunatilleke 3 for 10, Manelka de Silva 2 for 12)
At Kurunegala: St. Anne’s won by 125 runs
St. Anne’s 119 (Kavindu Ranasinghe 35, Randeera Ranasinghe 30: Dineth Fernando 4 for 18, Mithila Aravinda 4 for 36) and (30/1 overnight) 247 (Wanitha Wanniarachchi 103, Dineth Chandimal 48, Kavindu Ranasinghe 33: Deshan Fernando 5 for 76)
De Mazenod 170 for 8 declared (Krishan Sanjula 69, Navodya Fernando 39: Pubudu Ganegama 4 for 53) and 71 (Shenal Navodya 21: Pubudu Ganegama 6 for 33, Randeera Ranasinghe 3 for 26)
At Maradana: Bandaranayake MV beat Zahira by 23 runs
Bandaranayake MV Gampaha 201 (Sisitha Madanayake 73, Sasiri Adikari 60, Himath Jayaweera 21: Sajith Sameera 3 for 56, Madi Namiz 2 for 15, Mohamed Adhil 2 for 48) and 113 (Sasiri Adikari 36, Ranula Rupasinghe 20: Sajith Sameera 5 for 53, Aravinth Rajendran 2 for 13, Madhi Namiz 2 for 23)
Zahira 65 (Gayashan Hettiarachchi 3 for 2, Arosha Mahesh 2 for 8, Himeth Jayaweera 2 for 12) and 226 (Sajith Sameera 108, Mohamed Shanaz 66: Sisitha Madanayake 5 for 45, Arosha Madushan 2 for 40)
At Moratuwa: First inning win for St. Sebastian’s vs Dharmaraja
St. Sebastian’s Moratuwa 295 (Nimesh Bandara 83, Nuwanidu Fernando 49, Wisitha Abilash 45: Gihan Witharana 5 for 95, Rukmal Dissanayake 3 for 94)
Dharmaraja (58/2 overnight) 182 (Sachintha Senanayake 51, Nuwantha Herath 37, Deshan Gunasinghe 35: Praveen Jayawickrema 4 for 45, Nuwanidu Fernando 2 for 38, Tashik Perera 2 for 40) and 115 for 4 (Deshan Gunasinghe 54)
At Pannipitiya: First inning win for Trinity
Dharmapala 113 (Avishka Hasarinda 27, Mahima Weerakoon 25, Gihan Perera 16: Shanmuganathan Sanogeeth 6 for 45, Vimukthi Nethumal 2 for 9) and 168 for 8 declared (Avishka Tharindu 76, Dulaj Egodage 34: Vimukthi Nethumal 3 for 30, Shanmuganathan Sanogeeth 2 for 62)
Trinity (19/0 overnight) 127 (Shanmuganathan Sanogeeth 30, Thiyagarajan Banugopan 24: Dilshan de Silva 6 for 25, Chaminda Samarasinghe 4 for 23)
At Darley Road: First inning win for St. Joseph’s
St. Joseph’s 148 (Harin Cooray 37, Thashan Perera 26, Nipun Sumanasinghe 22: Shashika Dulshan 5 for 56) and 168 for 6 (Shevon Fonseka 24, Dineth Sanjaya 21, Jehan Daniel 75 n.o.: Thilan Prashan 3 for 42)
St. Servatius Matara (60/6 overnight) 84 (Isuru Udayanga 21: Ruchira Ekanayake 4 for 21, Harin Cooray 2 for 14, Jehan Daniel 2 for 45) and 174 for 8 (Supun Kavinda 28, Sandaru Nethmina 24, Muditha Hashan 96 n.o.: Harin Cooray 6 for 42)
At Horana: First inning win for S de S. Jayasinghe MMV
Taxila Central Horana (222/8 overnight) 242 (Ashan Lakmal 50, Geshan Gimhana 35, Ashan Sampath 27, W. Seneth 26, Geshan Gimhana 26 n.o.: Maduka Niroshan 7 for 88) and 33 for 2
S de S. Jayasinghe MMV Dehiwala 295 (Vimukthi Sandeepa 98, Kumara Peiris 78, T. Rupasinghe 45, Maduka Niroshan 32: W. Seneth 5 for 83)