Lakshina Rodrigo and Vinul Gunawardena cracked half tons but the late order batting failed to make any impression for St Peter’s against Royal on day one in the Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter played at Bambalapitiya. Lakshina cracked a 81 that included 11 boundaries while Vinul hit a 73 with 14 boundaries and the duo [...]

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Royal — A bold reply after Pete’s twin fifties

By M. Shamil Amit
Under 19 cricket
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St.Peter's captain Lakshan Rodrigo swings one to the boundary. Pic by Ranjith Perera

Lakshina Rodrigo and Vinul Gunawardena cracked half tons but the late order batting failed to make any impression for St Peter’s against Royal on day one in the Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter played at Bambalapitiya.

Lakshina cracked a 81 that included 11 boundaries while Vinul hit a 73 with 14 boundaries and the duo put on a valuable 127 for the fourth wicket. St Peter’s taking first lease of the wicket made a score of 235 for 9 declared.

Royal in their turn lost their first wicket before they opened scoring. But they ended the day making a bold reply thanks to an unbroken 72 run stand for the second wicket between Ronuka Jayawardena who made an unbeaten 44 and Pasindu Sooriyabandara who remained not out on 27. The match will be continued today.

Kosala Ravindu was unfortunate to miss out on a ton by five runs but his knock enabled Tissa MMV Kalutara batting first to make a formidable score of 293 against S de S. Jayasinghe MMV Dehiwala who was struggling on 109 for 8 in the match played at Kalutara.

Jaffna Central dominated proceedings on day one against Zahira MMV Akurana in the match played at Jaffna. Jaffna Central after bowling out Zahira MMV for 121 ended the day in a strong position of 153 for 6.

Malindu Maduranga shone with a quick fire ton which was his third of the season as Mahanama College Colombo prevailed with a comfortable first inning win over St Benedict’s at Kotahena yesterday.

Malindu slammed a 74 ball knock of 115 which comprised 11 boundaries and five sixes. He also put on a 128 run stand for the fifth wicket with Niduka Welikala. Mahanama batting second ended the day scoring a formidable score of 301 for 6.

An impressive match bag return of 10 for 51 by right arm pacie Ramesh Madusanka paved the way for Revatha MMV Balapitiya to record a convincing ten wicket win against St Mary’s Chilaw in the match concluded at Balapitiya yesterday.

Ramesh who ended with figures of 5 for 36 in the first inning of the Marians ended with impressive figures of 5 for 15 to bundle out St Mary’s batting in their second innings.

Rajasinghe MMV Hanwella coasted to an easy innings and 41 runs win over Sir John Kotalawala MMV Kurunegala in the match which ended at Hanwella yesterday.

The second day’s proceedings saw Rajasinghe MMV in reply to their opponents score of 116 continuing from their overnight score of 164 for 6 going on to make 209.

Sir John Kotalawala MMV batting the second time with the task of erasing a deficit of 93 runs failed to achieve it as they succumbed to the bowling trio Shavinda de Silva, Ranaweera Jayawardena and Udesh Kavinda who shared nine wickets.

Results: 

* At Bambalapitiya:

St Peter’s 235 for 9 declared (Lakshina Rodrigo 81, Vinul Gunawardena 73, Ranmith Jayasena 19: Abishek Perera 3 for 38, Manula Perera 3 for 68)

Royal 72 for 1 (Ronuka Jayawardena 44 n.o., Pasindu Sooriyabandara 27 n.o)

* At Kalutara:

Tissa MMV Kalutara 293 (Kosala Ravindu 95, Ravishka Seeman 44: Maduka Niroshan 7 for 129)

S de S. Jayasinghe MMV Dehiwala 109 for 8 (Sachin Himasha 4 for 35, Rohan Sanjaya 2 for 34)

* At Jaffna:

Zahira MMV Akurana 121 Mohamed Altaf 38, Mohamed Inshad 32: J. Iyalarasan 3 for 12)

Jaffna Central 153 for 6 (S. Kauthaman 45, U. Pirilaxman 43: Mohamed Shakib 2 for 21)

* At Kotahena:

Mahanama Colombo 227 (Malindu Maduranga 52, Heshan Hettiarachchi 43, Niduka Welikala 41, Bishan Mendis 31, Pathum Boteju 25: Maheesh Theekshana 4 for 43, Prithvi Jegarajasingham 2 for 31, Kaveesha Jayatilleke 2 for 53) and 301 for 6 (Niduka Welikala 60, Pawan Ratnayake 37, Pathum Boteju 25, Bishan Mendis 24, Malindu Maduranga 115 n.o.: Prithvi Jegarajasingham 2 for 47)

St Benedict’s (53/4 overnight) 159 (Chamindu Wijesinghe 51, Dinitha Basnayaka 16, Maheesh Theekshana 15, Shehan Fernando 29 n.o.: Hashan Sandeepa 4 for 47, Mahela de Silva 2 for 19)

* At Balapitiya: Revatha MMV by 10 wickets

St Mary’s Chilaw 134 (Shehan Dilshan 45 n.o.: Ramesh Madusanka 5 for 36, Avishka Dilshan 2 for 35) and 72 (Chamuditha Amarasiri 35 : Ramesh Madusanka 5 for 15, Tharindu Lakshan 3 for 29)

Revatha MMV Balapitiya 203 (Avishka Dilshan 77, Shihan Hansaka 52, Dimuthu Kumara 30: Roshen Madawa 4 for 28, Chamuditha Amarasiri 2 for 55, Udith Irushika 2 for 55) and 6 for 0

* At Hanwella: Rajasinghe MMV win by innings

Sir John Kotalawala MMV Kurunegala 116 (Akila Samarakoon 39, Devshan Wimalaratne 22: Udesh Kavinda 4 for 42, Kasun Heshan 3 for 42) and 52 (Shavinda de Silva 3 for 11, Ranaweera Jayawardena 3 for 17, Udesh Kavinda 3 for 17)

Rajasinghe MMV Hanwella (164/6 overnight) 209 (Kasun Heshan 62, Ranaweera Jayawardena 38, Nethsara Perera 37: Maduranga Jagoda 5 for 46, Dhanushka Adikari 4 for 40)

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