Thomians crush Dharmasoka MV by eight wickets
Ravindu Kodituwakku who top scored for Thomians in both innings in action. Pic by Anuradha Bandara
S.Thomas’s crushed Dharmasoka MV Ambalangoda by eight wickets in their Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter concluded at Mt Lavinia yesterday.
The second day’s proceedings saw the match lasting only 49.2 overs which came to an end just after the lunch break. Dharmasoka MV resuming their second innings from their overnight score of 42 for 2 put in another pathetic batting performance after being bundled out for 91 in the first inning.
The bowling trio of Dulith Gunaratne, Ravindu Kodituwakku and Pavith Ratnayake combined with effect and shared nine wickets between them to bowl out the Sokians for another low score of 97.
S. Thomas’ in pursuit of a simple run chase of 43 runs raced to the target in the 12th over to record their first outright win of the ongoing Under 19 cricket tournament.
A knock of 118 in 151 balls inclusive of 19 boundaries by Dulaj Ranatunga and two other useful contributions coming from Dinanjaya Premaratne and Dilshan Kollure helped Maliyadeva to make a bold reply against St Joseph’s on day two in the match played at Kurunegala.
Maliyadeva in reply to St Joseph’s score of 300 for 9 declared resuming from their overnight score of 62 for 1 scored 338 for 5. They were guided by a fourth wicket partnership of 148 runs between Dulaj Ranatunga and Dilshan Kollure supported by a 68 from Dinanjaya Premaratne.
St Peter’s after being restricted to a score of 139 on day one fought back to bowl out Nalanda who was struggling on 118 for 7 for a score of 133 to gain a slender first inning lead in the match played at Bambalapitiya.
St.Peter's batsman Santush Gunatilleke in action. Pic by Anuradha Bandara
St Benedict’s had the edge over Zahira in the match played at Kotahena with the two sides’ making an identical score of 136 the Benedictines was steered by the bowling duo Kaveesha Jayatilleke who ended with a five wicket haul and Maheesh Theekshana who combined to bowl out the Zahirians for a low score of 124 leaving the Bens a target of 125 runs in two session of play.
| Results: At Mt Lavinia – S. Thomas’ won by eight wickets Dharmasoka MV Ambalangoda 91 (Kaveesh Kumara 41: Dellon Peiris 4 for 20, Pavith Ratnayake 4 for 36) and (42/2 overnight) 97 (Harshajith Rushan 26, Dinuka Dilshan 24: Dulith Gunaratne 3 for 12, Ravindu Kodituwakku 3 for 17, Pavith Ratnayake 3 for 39) S. Thomas’ 146 (Ravindu Kodituwakku 72, Ishen Perera 36, Dellon Peiris 20: Kavindu Nadeeshan 6 for 35, Ushan Imantha 3 for 35) and 43 for 2 (Ravindu Kodituwakku 27 n.o.) At Kurunegala St. Joseph’s 300 for 9 declared (Revan Kelly 91, Dineth Maduarwala 40, Shevon Fonseka 34, Pahan Perera 26, Thashan Perera 22, Jehan Daniel 20, Dineth Jayakody 31 n.o.: Bryan Chandrasena 3 for 24, Kaveen Bandara 2 for 22, Sanjeewan Priyadharshana 2 for 70, Damitha Silva 2 for 114) Maliyadeva (62/1 overnight) 338 for 5 (Dulaj Ranatunga 118, Dinanjaya Premaratne 68, Dilshan Kollure 48: Dineth Jayakody 2 for 50, Nipun Sumanasinghe 2 for 76) At Bambalapitiya St. Peter’s 139 (Santhush Gunatilleke 48, Manelka de Silva 38, Anishka Perera 23: Kalana Perera 5 for 44, Umeshka Dilshan 4 for 29) and 150 for 7 (Santhush Gunatilleke 39, Anishka Perera 28, Shalith Fernando 26: Suhanga Wijewardena 2 for 20, Lakshitha Rasanjana 2 for 32) Nalanda (118/7 overnight) 133 (Suhanga Wijewardena 47, Lakshitha Rasanjana 27: Sachin Silva 4 for 21, Manelka de Silva 2 for 20) At Kotahena Zahira 136 (Sajith Sameera 39, Mohamed Najid 29: Kaveesh Jayatilleke 4 for 34, Maheesh Theekshana 4 for 29) and 124 (Sajith Sameera 42, Mohamed Zacky 25: Kaveesh Jayatilleke 5 for 37, Maheesh Theekshana 3 for 34) St. Benedict’s (102/5 overnight) 136 (Sanilka Nirmal 28, Ashen Silva 26: Sajith Sameera 3 for 19, Mohamed Hami 2 for 23, Mohamed Najath 2 for 30) |