Left-arm pacie Kalana rips through Zahira
St. Peter's spinner Sachin Silva celebrates a wicket - Pix by Priyantha Wickramaarchchi
S. Thomas’ left-arm pacie Kalana Perera ripped through Zahira’s batting as he ended with an impressive seven-wicket haul to bundle out the home team for a paltry 97 in the morning session of play on day two in the Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter played at Zahira ground in Maradana.
Zahira resuming from their overnight score of 42 for 5 succumbed to Kalana’s bowling as he ended with impressive bowling figures of 7 for 30.
The opening day’s play saw S. Thomas’ taking the first lease of the wicket helped by a knock of 65 by Dellon Peiris making a modest score of 244.
Zahira made to follow on with a deficit of 147 runs to avoid an innings defeat were struggling on 63 for 5, needing another 84 runs to save the match and avoid S. Thomas’ from recording an early win.
St. Peter’s were in a strong position against Wesley when play stopped for lunch on the second day in the match played at Bambalapitiya. The morning session of play saw Sachin Silva’s five-wicket haul sending the Wesleyites resuming from their overnight score of 58 for 3 reeling to a score of 134.
St. Joseph Vaz Wennappuwa has already taken a first-innings lead against Nalanda on day two in the match played at Katuneriya. St. Joseph Vaz in reply to Nalanda’s score of 156 resuming from their overnight score of 131 for 3 went on to make 204.
Christ King College Tudella were in a strong position against Loyala College Kochchikade when play stopped for lunch in the match played at Tudella.
Thomian paceman Kalana Perera took seven scalps
Scores
- At Maradana: STC wins
S. Thomas’ 244 (Dellon Peiris 65, Kishan Munasinghe 44, Maneesha Rupasinghe 37, Shalin de Mel 24: Mohamed Adil 5 for 66, Mohamed Rifath 3 for 50)
Zahira (42/5 overnight) 97 (Ridmika Nimesh 23, Mohamed Shamaz 20: Kalana Perera 7 for 30) and 63 for 5 (Thevin Riyagama 2 for 5)
- At Bambalapitiya:
St. Peter’s 250 (Mohamed Ameen 41, Salith Fernando 36, Lashen Rodrigo 23, Sachin Silva 80 n.o.: Senal Dangalla 3 for 56, Movin Subasinghe 3 for 56)
Wesley (58/3 overnight) 134 (Movin Subasinghe 31, Sahil Dias 25, Senal Dangalla 20: Sachin Silva 5 for 51, Nirosh Arshana 2 for 11, Mohamed Ameen 2 for 35) and 5 for 1
- At Katuneriya:
Nalanda 156 (Suhanga Wijewardena 59: Nipun Dhananjaya 3 for 39, Akash Kanishka 2 for 22, Dineth Fernando 2 for 40) and 7 for 2
St. Joseph Vaz Wennappuwa (131/3 overnight) 204 (Nipun Dhananjaya 64, Thilan Pradeeptha 45: Lakshitha Rasanjana 4 for 59)
- At Tudella:
Christ King Tudella 312 (Lahiru Peiris 108, Malith Navanjana 51, Ravindu Colombogamage 44, Dhananjaya Fernando 24: Vinulaka Pasindu 4 for 22, Sayuru Jayakody 2 for 31, Tharusha Saparamadu 2 for 47) and 177 for 5 (Dhananjaya Fernando 52, Malith Navanjana 35, Udan Colombagamage 31, Lahiru Peiris 27, Sandaruwan Silva 23)
Loyala Kochchikade (123/8 overnight) 140 (Senal Chanuka 45: Sandaruwan Silva 5 for 58)
First Day’s Scores:
- At Kuliyapitiya:
St. Pathrick’s Jaffna 100 (Ivon Roshanthan 22: Kushan Dharmapala 6 for 41)
Kuliyapitiya Central 2 for 0
- At Kotte:
Nalanda Boys School Minuwangoda 55 for 5 (Gimhan Jayakody 42) vs St. Thomas’ Kotte