Joes ride on Nipun’s ‘ton’ at Darley Road
View(s):Under-19 Cricket
By M. Shamil Amit
Nipun Sumanasinghe, Cameron Guruge and Jehan Fernandopulle shone for St. Joseph’s domination against Trinity in their traditional Under-19 Inter-School drawn cricket encounter concluded at Darley Road yesterday.
Nipun cracked 158 in 183 balls. The inning included 19 boundaries and a six. Cameron and Jehan made knocks of 70 and 67 respectively. Nipun in the process was associated in two valuable partnerships. First was 183 runs for the second wicket with Cameron and the other of 140 runs for the fourth wicket with Jehan. St. Joseph’s in reply to Trinity’s score of 264 scored 357 for 6 declared.
Wesley batsman Hasith Perera is caught behind off S. Thomas' spinner Dineth Kannangara
S. Thomas’ recorded a comfortable first innings win over Wesley in their match concluded at Mt. Lavinia. The second day’s play saw Wesley continuing from their overnight score of 24 for 1 being bowled out for 190. This was in reply to the Thomian score of 306 which came on the back of an unbeaten 97 by Romesh Nallaperuma and a half ton by Dinura Gunawardena.
Half tons by Kavindu Gimhana, Dushan Hettige, Kavishka Anjula and Sahan Suraweera paved the way for Ananda to register a first inning win against Royal in the match which ended at Ananda Mawatha.
Ananda in reply to Royal’s 221 overnight score of 83 for 0 went on to make a score of 285 for 7 declared. DSS prevailed with a first innings win over St. Aloysius Galle in their match played at Pannipitiya. DSS after making a score of 306 bowled out St Aloysius for 169.
In the other matches that were played saw St Peter’s, De Mazenod and St. Patrick’s Jaffna securing first inning wins over Prince of Wales, Bandaranayake MV Gampaha and Ibbagamuwa Central.
Results
At Darley Road: Match drawn
Trinity 264 (Shanogeeth Shanmuganathan 62, Trevon Percival 55, Banu Gopan 32, Kalana de Zoysa 24, Osanda Herath 23, Hasintha Jayasuriya 20, Bhathiya Dissanayake 20: Ruchira Ekanayake 4 for 52, Harin Cooray 4 for 77) and 180 for 4 (Chanuka Bandara 72, Bhatiya Dissanayake 35, Shanogeeth Shanmuganathan 29, Avishka Senadeera 20 n.o.: Dineth Madurawala 2 for 75)
St. Joseph’s (124/1 overnight) 357 for 6 declared (Nipun Sumanasinghe 158, Cameron Guruge 70, Jehan Fernandopulle 67, Shewon Fonseka 23: Vimukthi Nethmal 4 for 128)
At Mt. Lavinia: First innings win for S. Thomas’
S. Thomas’ 306 (Dinura Gunawardena 63, Sithara Hapuvinna 43, Dellon Peiris 33, Ravindu Kodituwakku 23, Romesh Nallaperuma 97 n.o.: Sakuntha Liyanage 4 for 93, Ruchika Dangalla 2 for 55, Movin Subasinghe 2 for 72) and 102 for 1 (Dinura Gunawardena 46, Bhagya Dissanayake 51 n.o.)
Wesley (24/1 overnight) 190 (Thilina Perera 64, Jason de Silva 51, Shamod Athulathmudali 24: Dinura Gunawardena 4 for 29, Kalana Perera 4 for 32)
At Ananda Mawatha: First innings win for Ananda
Royal 221 (Kavindu Madarasinghe 93, Helitha Vithanage 46: Duleepa Jayalath 4 for 70, Asel Sigera 3 for 38) and 154 for 5 (Helitha Vithanage 28, Kavindu Madarasinghe 51 n.o.: Dileepa Jayalath 2 for 33, Asel Sigera 2 for 57)
Ananda (83/0 overnight) 285 for 7 declared (Kavindu Gimhana 73, Dushan Hettige 64, Kavishka Anjula 63, Sahan Suraweera 56: Himesh Ramanayake 3 for 71)
At Pannipitiya: First innings win for DSS
DSS 306 (Pasindu Chanaka 70, Teron Baskaran 40, Shashika Gamage 36, Methsith Jayamanne 35, Dasun Dimasha 28, Muditha Lakshan 41 n.o.: Shanuka Nikeshala 5 for 82, Kavishka Dilshan 3 for 72)
St. Aloysius Galle (15/0 overnight) 169 (Ravindu Sanjana 31, Chathura Prabath 23: Muditha Lakshan 4 for 51, Vihan Gunasekera 3 for 32, Torin Pitigala 2 for 31) and 139 for 8 (Navindu Nirmal 53 n.o.: Muditha Lakshan 5 for 76)
At Bambalapitiya: First innings win for St. Peter’s
Prince of Wales 230 for 9 declared (Avindu Fernando 51, Savindu Peiris 49, Sandun Fernando 42: Mohamed Ameen 6 for 79) and 102 for 5 (Prince Fernando 40: Mohamed Ameen 2 for 41, Chathura Obeysekera 2 for 43)
St. Peter’s (22/1 overnight) 249 for 8 declared (Vinul Gunawardena 65, Santhush Gunatilleke 59, Shivan Perera 40, Ranmith Jayasena 29, Chathura Obeysekera 22: Kaumal Nanayakkara 4 for 66, Sanjaya Fernando 2 for 43)
At Kandana: First innings win for De Mazenod
Bandaranayake MV Gampaha 263 (Sisitha Madanayake 58, Himath Jayaweera 37, Arosha Madushan 108 n.o.: Roshitha Seneviratne 4 for 62, Mithila Geeth 3 for 37) and 51 for 4 (Janidu Jayawardena 16 n.o., Sisitha Madanayake 16 n.o.: Ashen Fernando 3 for 12)
De Mazenod (34/0 overnight) 297 (Roshitha Seneviratne 62, Dineth Fernando 56, Dilruk Anthony 44, Praveen Fonseka 35, Avishka Indrajith 32, Irosh de Silva 21: Sasiri Adikari 5 for 35, Himath Jayaweera 3 for 70, Janidu Jayawardena 2 for 71)
At Jaffna: First innings win for St. Patrick’s
St. Patrick’s Jaffna 293 for 6 declared (R. Biyestrik 75, M. Mithushan 57, P. Daiel 33, G. Thadeeshan 51 n.o.: Yasiru Jayaratne 5 for 112)
Ibbagamuwa Central (25/4 overnight) 48 for 7 (G. Thadeeshan 4 for 17, M. Mithushan 3 for 10)
At Matara:
Vidyartha 45 (Sahan Danwaththa 15: Akila Thiwanka 6 for 16) and 20 for 1
St. Thomas’ Matara 200 for 8 declared (Nipun Achalanka 46, Raminda Pravinath 32, Sandun Chaminda 28)
At Akurana:
Zahira Akurana 294 (Mohamed Wumir 89, Mohamed Shakib 62, Shivakumar Subakumar 55, Mohamed Altaf 41: P. Atapattu 4 for 36, S. Weerasinghe 3 for 56, W. Abeysundara 2 for 26)
Saranath MV Kuliyapitiya 11 for 0
At Padukka:
St. John’s Nugegoda 73 (Hirusha Sandeepa 22, Mithila Poornajith 16: Ayesh Gimhana 6 for 24, Kavindu Madusanka 4 for 49)
Shashthrananda MMV Dehiwala 202 for 5 (Isuru Chamara 33, Ayesh Gimhana 81 n.o.: A. Malinda 2 for 20, Mithila Poornajith 2 for 52)
At Matugama:
Piliyandala Central 256 (Chamod Sandaru 85, Gimhana Dhanushka 3, Ruchika Adikari 32: T. Sanjula 3 for 40, D. Pramod 3 for 52
Ananda Shastralaya Matugama 19 for 3
Rajans bat the whole day
Put into bat by Mahinda, the Dharmaraja batsmen occupied the crease for 74 overs and finished on 180 for 5. Only 74 overs were bowled, as the previous day’s rain prior to the game had affected the playing strip.
Nivantha Herath, one of the consistent batsmen for the Rajans remained on 56. Left hander Dulaj Bandara’s 46 was the next highest. Skipper Deshan Gunasinghe’s innings was cut shot on 28. Ashen Kandambi and Kavindu Ediriweera picked up two wickets each. The match continues at Lake View today. – AK
Dharmaraja 188 for 5 at close in 74 overs (Deshan Gunasinghe 28, Nivantha Herath 58 n.o., Dulaj Bandara 46, Udantha Amarakoon 19; Ashen Kandambi 2 for 21, Kavindu Ediriweera 2 for 53)