St. Peter’s cruise to fifth outright win
Dharmaraja batsman Navindu Dilshan caught at silly point by Kamesh Nirmal off Dileepa Jayalath -Pic by Ranjith Perera
St. Peter’s cruised through to their fifth outright win of the ongoing Under-19 inter-school season when they recorded a comfortable eight win over St. Benedict’s in their match concluded at Kotahena yesterday.
In fact St. Peter’s had put themselves in a strong position in the post lunch session of play on day two as they had St. Benedict’s in a spot of bother after being made to follow on.
It was Santhush Gunatilleke who made an unbeaten 133 who laid the foundation for St. Peter’s victory on day one which helped make a formidable score of 302 for 6 declared.
The second day’s play saw St. Benedict’s in reply to the Peterites score being bowled out for 167.
St. Benedict’s made to follow on with a deficit of 135 runs was on 29 for 2 just after the lunch break and later a knock of 91 by Chaminda Wijesinghe only delayed an early Peterite victory as they ended with a score of 199 runs leaving St. Peter’s a target of just 65 runs which they achieved with ease.
Prince of Wales coasted to an innings and 16 runs win over Wesley in their match which ended at Moratuwa yesterday. It was the poor batting performance by the Weslyites in the second innings. They let them down and were not unable to erase a deficit of just 104 runs. They were all out for 88 runs.
Nivantha Herath cracked a 148 and Sachintha Senanayake a 71 as the duo defied and denied Ananda an outright win in the match concluded at Ananda Mawatha.
Dharmaraja in reply to Ananda’s score of 335 for 8 declared were bowled out for 123. Made to follow on with a deficit of 212 runs, Dharmaraja ended the day making a total of 267 for 7.
Devapathiraja MMV came with a vengeance after conceding a first inning lead to St. Mary’s Chilaw as they turned the tables to record an outright win by six wickets in the match concluded at Chilaw.
Five wicket hauls by Sasindu Sathsara and skipper Raveen Yasas paved the way for their win as Devapathiraja MMV chasing 157 runs for victory needed just 19 overs to reach the target.
Meanwhile Shashthrananda MMV Dehiwala put up a record score of 729 for 9 declared which most probably would be a school record against Madampe MMV Kuleegoda in the match which began at Madampe yesterday.
Their massive score came on the back of two double tons scored by Ruwan Lakshan who made a quick fire 168 ball knock of 272 that included 25 boundaries and 13 sixes and Isuru Chamara who hit a 237 in 160 balls which had 28 boundaries and nine sixes with the pair being associated in a 210 runs stand for the fourth wicket.
- Zahira was in command against Anuradhapura Central at the end of the first day’s play in the match played at Maradana. - MSA
- At Kotahena: St Peter’s beat St. Benedict’s by 8 wickets
St. Peter’s 302 for 6 declared (Anishka Perera 58, Lakshina Rodrigo 58, Manelka de Silva 21, Santhush Gunatilleke 133 n.o.: Kaveesha Jayatilleke 2 for 60) and 65 for 2 (Lakshina Rodrigo 31 n.o., Manelka de Silva 18 n.o.)
St. Benedict’s (43/3 overnight) 167 (Maheesh Theekshana 62, Kaveesha Jayatilleke 33 n.o.: Chathura Obeysekera 5 for 41, Mohamed Ameen 3 for 45) and 199 (Chaminda Wijesinghe 91, Maheesh Theekshana 48, Dilan Chathuranga 22, Shehan Fernando 19: Sachin Silva 3 for 22, Manelka de Silva 3 for 48, Mohamed Ameen 3 for 62)
- At Moratuwa: Prince of Wales beat Wesley by innings and 16 runs
Wesley 165 (Hasitha Perera 39, Ruchika Dangalla 29, Heshan Warnasooriya 28, Thisuraka Akmeemana 21: Thilan Nimesh 5 for 47, Tharuka Fernando 3 for 32) and 88 (Hasith Perera 49: Savindu Peiris 2 for 6, Tharuka Fernando 2 for 17, Sanoj Dharshika 2 for 22, Thilan Nimesh 2 for 31)
Prince of Wales (146/6 overnight) 269 for 9 declared (Sanoj Dharshika 78, Sandun Fernando 56, Vishwa Chathuranga 34, Dilanka Maduranga 31: Ruchika Dangalla 3 for 67, Movin Subasinghe 3 for 86)
- At Ananda Mawatha: Draw
Ananda 335 for 8 declared (Kavishka Anjula 105, Asel Sigera 93, Sammu Ashan 31, Supun Waragoda 57 n.o.: Gihan Withana 5 for 141, Navidu Dilshan 2 for 35)
Dharmaraja (83/7 overnight) 123 (Sachintha Senanayake 43, Deshan Gunasinghe 40: Dileepa Jayalath 2 for 9, Sahan Suraweera 2 for 15, Sammu Ashan 2 for 26, Sammu Ashan 2 for 44) and 267 for 7 (Nivantha Herath 148, Sachintha Senanayake 71: Supun Waragoda 4 for 43)
- At Chilaw: Devapathiraja beat St. Mary’s by 6 wickets
St. Mary’s Chilaw 322 (Shehan Dilshan 107, Nilushan Jayashanka 90, Charuka Tharindu 55: Jeewaka Sheshan 3 for 78, Raveen Yasas 2 for 26, Sasindu Sathsara 2 for 57) and 104 (Ashen Dilshan 31, Vidura Sudath 30: Sasindu Sathsara 5 for 39, Raveen Yasas 5 for 48)
Devapathiraja MMV Rathgama (119/3 overnight) 270 (Avishka Chenuka 111, Raveen Yasas 38: Shenuka Fernando 3 for 22, Charuka Tharindu 3 for 29, Shehan Dilshan 2 for 57) and 157 for 4 (Avishka Chenuka 58, Raveen Yasas 28, Pawan Sandesh 40 n.o.: Chamuditha Arunasiri 2 for 41, Ashen Dilshan 2 for 68)
- At Maradana: Match on
Zahira 218 (Mohamed Samash 83, Mohamed Najath 60: Dilshan Lakshitha 3 for 24, Sithum Niluminda 2 for 20) and 40 for 4
Anuradhapura Central 58 (Chithraka Hirantha 17: Sajith Sameera 4 for 15, Hashmi Hussain 2 for 15)
- At Madampe: Match on
Shashthrananda MMV Dehiwala 729 for 9 declared (Ruwan Lakshan 272, Isuru Chamara 237, Nadeepa Lakshitha 67: Sachin Dilshan 6 for 213)
Madampe MMV Kuleegoda 35 for 1