Savindu, Kaumal spin Cambrians to innings win
S.Thomas' batsman Trevin Iriyagama is being caught by Wesely skipper and wicket-keeper Thisuraka Akmeemana off Thenuka Perera. Pic by Ranjith Perera
The right and left arm spin combination of skipper Savindu Peiris and Kaumal Nanayakkara helped Prince of Wales coast to an innings and 11 run win over St Peter’s in the Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter concluded at Moratuwa yesterday.
The pair ended with match bags of eight wickets each as they wrecked the Peterite batting in the two innings. Kaumal ran through the Peterite batting in the first innings with a five wicket haul while Savindu wrecked their batting in the second innings with a six wicket haul to bowl them out for scores of 124 and 164 runs respectively.
In addition the Cambrians batsman frustrated the Peterite bowlers spearheaded by Sri Lanka youth player Vishwa Chathuranga who made a quick fire 96 off 125 balls with 21 boundaries and three sixes. He was involved in two fruitful partnerships– first an opening wicket stand of 87 runs with Sandun Fernando and then 86 runs for the second with Prince Fernando. Cambrians resuming from their overnight score of 282 for 5 to made 299 for 8 declared in the morning session of play on day two.
Nalanda too completed an innings and five run win against Dharmapala Pannipitiya which ended at Campbell Place. Dharmapala continued their second innings from their overnight score of 12 for 1. Needing a further 157 runs to avoid an innings defeat Dharmapala were bowled out for 164 runs.
There were two other outright wins recorded on the second day before the tea break with Maliyadeva overcoming Zahira by five wickets at Maradana and Lyceum International School Wattala recording a comfortable innings and 55 run win over Vijitha Central Dickwella at Dickwella.
Meanwhile Wesley and Ananda were on top against S. Thomas’ and Royal in the matches that were in progress at Campbell Park and Reid Avenue.
Results
At Moratuwa: Prince of Wales won by innings and 11 runs
St. Peter’s 124 (Ranmith Jayasena 26, Shivan Perera 25, Himalsha Fernando 22, Ruvin Seneviratne 22: Kaumal Nanayakkara 5 for 30, Naduka Fernando 2 for 21, Savindu Peiris 2 for 27) and 164 (Ranmith Jayasena 51, Nipunaka Fonseka 23, Shanon Fernando 22, Sachin Silva 19, Shivan Perera 30 n.o.: Savindu Peiris 6 for 63, Kaumal Nanayakkara 3 for 62)
Prince of Wales (282/5 overnight) 299 for 8 declared (Vishwa Chathuranga 125, Savindu Peiris 38, Sandun Fernando 27, Suwath Mendis 26, Prince Fernando 19, Sanoj Dharshika 26 n.o.: Mohamed Ameen 5 for 116, Ruvin Seneviratne 2 for 50)
At Campbell Place: Nalanda won by innings and 5 runs
Dharmapala Pannipitiya 70 (Amila Dayanaka 37: Kaveesh Tharusha 5 for 9, Mahima Weerakoon 3 for 29, Chamindu Wijesinghe 2 for 
and (12/1 overnight) 164 (Malith Sandakelum 53: Chamindu Wijesinghe 3 for 27, Umeshka Dilshan 2 for 16, Raveen de Silva 2 for 29, Mahima Weerakoon 2 for 32)
Nalanda 239 for 9 declared (Avishka Perera 89, Lakshitha Rasanjana 39, Kaveesha Tharusha 35, Suhanga Wijewardena 21: Chethiya Vithana 3 for 66, Dulaj Egodage 2 for 25, Chamindu Samarasinghe 2 for 66)
At Maradana: Maliyadeva won by 5 wickets
Zahira 84 (Dilsara Saminda 33: Maduranga Naveen 3 for r30, Dulaj Ranatunga 2 for 0) and (86/5 overnight) 183 (Yasith Nirmala 40, Aravinth Rajendran 38, Ridmika Nimesh 21: Pasindu Tennekoon 3 for 26, Nisanjaya Hettiarachchi 2 for 25, Dulaj Ranatunga 2 for 70)
Maliyadeva 152 (Sanjeewan Priyadharshana 48, Dulaj Ranatunga 21: Ridmika Nimesh 3 for 24, Aravinth Rajendra 3 for 37) and 116 for 5 (Dulaj Ranatunga 22, Kaveen Bandara 38 n.o.: Ridmika Nimesh 3 for 42)
At Dickwella: Lyceum IS won by innings and 55 runs
Lyceum IS Wattala 289 (Imantha Fernando 56, B. Yasaswin 40, Shabiq Ifthary 33, Jeevithan Mageshwaran 31, D. Ranatunga 25, K. Jayawardena 21: H. Wijeratne 5 for 54)
Vijitha Central Dickwella (60/5 overnight) 78 (M. Wijerama 20: B. Vaas 4 for 1, I. Fernando 2 for 20) and 156 (Rusik weerasinghe 53, Kavindu Theekshan 31, Kavindu Ramsara 23: I. Fernando 6 for 70, Pasindu Fernando 2 for 11)
At Campbell Park:
Wesley 276 (Thisuraka Akmeemana 91, Shenal Dangalla 61, Sakuntha Liyanage 34, Hasitha Geesara 23, Mohamed Ubaidulla 20: Shannon Fernando 7 for 66, Dilmin Ratnayake 2 for 45)
S. Thomas’ (54/2 overnight) 214 for 8 (Maleesha Rupasinghe 47, Dellon Peiris 35, Diluth Gunaratne 25, Shalin de Mel 19, Kishan Munasinghe 18: Sarinda Bakmeewewa 2 for 31, Mohamed Ubaidulla 2 for 48)
At Reid Avenue:
Royal Colombo 212 (Pasindu Sooriyabandara 69, Thevindu Senaratne 45, Gayan Dissanayake 33: Daminda Rishan 4 for 27, Asel Sigera 3 for 59) and 70 for 1 (Kammil Mishara 30 n.o., Gayan Dissanayake 2e0 n.o.)
Ananda (164/5 overnight) 286 for 9 declared (Kamesh Nirmal 59, Kavindu Gimhana 56, Lahiru Hiranya 50, Dushan Hettige 36, Kanishka Ranthilakage 25: Gayan Dissanayake 3 for 27, Kanil Mishara 2 for 22, Nimal Wijesekera 2 for 61)
At Padukka:
Mahinda Rajapakse NS Homagama 129 (Chalana Hansa 28, Dulaj Bimsara 25, Shasheen Nadeera 23: Ravindu Iresh 5 for 32, Thanuja Irosha 2 for 10) and (43/2 overnight) 198 (Dulaj Bimsara 50, Chalana Hansa 32, Shasheen Nadeera 28, Movin Dileep 25: Thanuja Irosha 4 for 54, Pasindu Iresh 2 for 33, Suneth Niroshan 2 for 33)
Malabe Boys School 79 (Dilshan Dhananjaya 31: Kavindu Kaveesha 4 for 16, Thiran Isuru 2 for 17, Lakshitha Shiran 2 for 17) and 45 for 2
At Kurunegala:
St. Anne’s Kurunegala 187 for 6 (Randeera Ranasinghe 115, Dhananjaya Bandara 47: Dimuthu Kumara 3 for 26) vs Revatha MMV Balapitiya
At Matara:
Rahula Matara 175 for 4 (Sachith Manuranga 114 n.o.) vs P de S. Kularatne MV Ambalangoda
At Raddoluwa
Karunaratne Buddhist College Ragama 282 for 7 (Abisheka Vimukthi 78, Kavindu Amantha 41, Ruvin Sankalpa 22, Viraj Vihanga 54 n.o.: Lakshan Ruwantha 5 for 99) vs Sri Prangnananda MMV Raddoluwa
At Matugama:
Ananda Sastralaya Matugama 122 for 8 (K. Sahan 20, Milan Kaviranga 31 n.o.: Ravindu Rasanka 4 for 24, Risitha Sankalpa 2 for 23, Damith Chathuranga 2 for 26) vs Veluwana MV Colombo
At Udammita:
Thakshila MV Gampaha 157 for 7 (Pushpika Kaushalya 56, Ravishka Jayakody 25: Hashan Randika 6 for 52) vs Dr. Kulasinghe MV Udammita
At Padukka:
St. John’s Nugegoda 266 for 4 (Selva Kumar 46, Dewmina Prabashwara 34, Nuraj Prasanga 22, Mithila Poornajith 105 n.o.: Udesh Chathuranga 2 for 74) vs Madampa Central Kuleegoda
At Wattala:
Vipulananda MV Dematagoda 21 (Hansaja Bandara 3 for 8, Nisal Hettiarachchi 2 for 1, Lakindu Rajaratne 2 for 1, Yasiru Chathumal 2 for 5)
Lyceum IS Nugegoda 68 for 0 (Vihanga Ambepitiya 43 n.o., Gamitha Pawan 24 n.o.)