Longest 25 in Thomian history; couldn’t have been closer
Trinity batsman Himanga Suriyampola square cuts this one to the fence - Pic by Amila Gamage
Thomian proved their grit once again. This time they held on to their resolve and beat Trinity at the post to become the first recipients of the Ranil Abeynaike memorial trophy and also became the first to win the trophy outright since it was introduced in 2013.
Trinity, who led in the first innings by 45 runs, lost their nerve in the second essay.  This time they faulted against the Thomian bowling trio of Thevin Eriyagama, Dellon Peiris and Pavith Ratnayake to bundle the visitors out for a meager 76.
However the Thomians chasing a target of 122 runs in 43 overs did not have it easy. They too underwent some anxious and was struggling on 99 for 9 before Romesh Nallaperuma and Tehan Schaffter guided them to victory with an unbroken last wicket partnership of 25 runs.
Nalanda coasted to a six wicket win over Maliyadeva in their match concluded at Campbell Place while Gurukula MV Kelaniya was home for tea when they defeated St Anthony’s by six wickets at Wattala.
Josephian left hander Nipun Samarasinghe had the honour of becoming the first batsman to reach the 1000 runs mark in the ongoing Under 19 inter-school cricket season with a knock of 114 in their drawn match against St Benedict’s played at Darley Road.
Nipun’s knock which came off 141 balls comprised 16 boundaries and with support by half tons from Jehan Fernandopulle and Pahan Perera helped St Joseph’s post a score of 364 for 8 in reply to Ben’s score of 282.
Nipun now has scored 1071 runs from 18 matches inclusive of three tons and five half tons with a top score of 158 against Trinity.
An allround performance by Sudeera Weeraratne paved the way for Devapathiraja MMV Rathgama to gain an outright win by ten wickets over Kegalu Vidyalaya at Rathgama.
Nalanda bowler Lakshita Rasanjana in action - Pic by Ranjith Perera
| Results: * At Mt Lavinia: S. Thomas’ beat Trinity by 1 wicket Trinity 224 (Himanga Sooriyampola 36, Shanogeeth Shanmuganathan 35, Hasitha Boyagoda 32, T. Banugopan 27, Hasitha Jayasuriya 26, Poorna Wanasekera 23: Pavith Ratnayake 5 for 54, Dellon Peiris 2 for 40) and 76 (Thisaru Dilshan 31: Thevin Eriyagama 4 for 18, Dellon Peiris 3 for 25, Pavith Ratnayake 3 for 29) S. Thomas’ (123/3 overnight) 179 for 9 declared (Sithara Hapuhinna 76, Manthila Wijeratne 30, Dinura Gunawardena 18, Dellon Peiris 31 n.o.: Vimukthi Nethumal 5 for 53, Shanogeeth Shanmuganathan 2 for 47) and 124 for 9 (Ravindu Kodituwakku 29, Dellon Peiris 20, Pavith Ratnayake 18, Romesh Nallaperuma 35 n.o.: Vimukthi Nethumal 3 for 45, Hasitha Boyagoda 2 for 15, Shanogeeth Shanmuganathan 2 for 38) * At Campbell Place: Maliyadeva 126 (Dilshan Kollure 65, Damitha Silva 23: Lakshitha Rasanjana 4 for 13, Asel Kulatunga 3 for 17, Kalana Perera 3 for 35) and 179 (Dilshan Kollure 50, Muditha Premadasa 33: Kaveesh Madurapperuma 3 for 32, Lakshitha Rasanjana 3 for 41) Nalanda 206 (Dasun Seneviratne 66, Rusiru de Silva 27, Kalana Kathriarachichi 27, Kasun Sandaruwan 23: Damitha Silva 5 for 46, Sanjeewan Priyadharshana 3 for 57, Kaveen Bandara 2 for 35) and 103 for 4 (Malinga Amarasinghe 31, Suhanga Wijewardena 24 n.o., Kasun Sandaruwan 23 n.o.: Damitha Silva 2 for 61) * At Wattala: Gurukula MV beat St. Anthony’s by 6 wickets St. Anthony’s Wattala 103 (Rashmika Mewan 35, Arinda Pasindu 30: Sachitha Chamith 3 for 10, Udara Ravindu 3 for 10, Lasindu Arosha 3 for 25) and (99/4 overnight) 153 (Avishka Tharindu 33rtd, Kavindu Maduka 32, Rashmika Mewan 28: Sachindra Chamith 3 for 26, Naveendra Charith 3 for 36) Gurukula MV Kelaniya 143 for 7 declared (Pruthuvi Rusara 63: Thushara Madushan 2 for 29, Avishka Tharindu 2 for 30, Kavindu Maduka 2 for 32) and 114 for 4 (Udara Ravindu 47, Kemira Nayanatheru 30 n.o.: Thushara Madushan 3 for 58) * At Darley Road: Match drawn St. Benedict’s 282 (Dinitha Basnayaka 64, Shehan Fernando 51, Dilan Chathuranga 42, Chalana Sankalpa 30, Maheesh Theekshana 21: Nipun Sumanasinghe 4 for 32, Ruchira Ekanayake 2 for 35) St. Joseph’s (3/0 overnight) 364 for 8 (Nipun Sumanasinghe 114, Jehan Fernandopulle 72, Pahan Perera 59, Dineth Madurawala 49, Shewon Fonseka 23: Reshan Kavishka 3 for 84, Chalana Sankalpa 2 for 30) * At Rathgama: Devapathiraja beat Kegalu V by 10 wickets Kegalu Vidyalaya 154 (Madushan Gunasinghe 26, Kavindu Prabashana 23: Sudeera Weeraratne 6 for 67) and 110 (Methushan Kumara 32 n.o.: Pathum Madusanka 5 for 22, Sudeera Weeraratne 4 for 72) Devapathiraja Rathgama (197/6 overnight) 235 (Sudeera Weeraratne 70, Thisara Dilshan 54, Pathum Madusanka 33, Pawan Sandesh 30: Kavindu Prabashana 3 for 30, Sachith Weerasuriya 2 for 32, Madushan Gunasinghe 2 for 39) and 33 for 0 |