Trinity take home inaugural Mahela & Sanga Trophy
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Trinity spinner Kavishka Senadeera claimed a match bag of 11 wickets - Pic by Ranjith Perera
Trinity College snatched a thrilling 47-run victory over Nalanda College in thier Under-19 Inter-School Cricket encounter to claim the Mahela & Sanga Challenge Trophy at the Campbell Place yesterday.
Chasing 174 runs for victory, Nalanda were bowled out for 127 in their second innings, with right-arm spinner Kavishka Senadeera doing the bulk of the damage.
Senadeera completed a match bag of 11 wickets after claiming 5 for 52 and 6 for 31 in both innings.
Trinity were restricted for 145 runs in their second innings yesterday and were bowled out for 165 in the opening day after being put into bat as both teams shared honours on Day One.
On resumption yesterday from 123 for 7, Nalanda could not make any headway and were bundled out for 136, after adding just 13 runs to their overnight total.
The two schools are playing the match in honour of two top cricketers who represented the Sri Lanka national team with tremendous success — Mahela Jayawardena and Kumara Sangakkara.
St. Joseph’s College coasted to an eight wicket win over St .Sylvester’s College at Darley Road while Wesley got the better of St. Anne’s Kurunegala by nine wickets at Campbell Park.
Holy Cross Kalutara defeated Anuradhapura Central by eight wickets at Kalutara to record an outright win.
Results | |
Trinity 165 and 145 (Chanuka Kumarasinghe 32, Agbo Amarasinghe 26, Abishek Anandakumar 21: Kaveesh Madurapperuma 4 for 39, Lakshitha Rasanjana 4 for 71)
St. Sylvester’s 123 and 144 (Usindu Nissanka 44, Avindu Herath 25: Shalinda Seneviratne 4 for 44, Johanne de Silva 3 for 20)
St. Anne’s Kurunegala 96 and 115 (Muiz Rafeel 31, Mannan Muzammil 23 n.o.: Thenuka Perera 3 for 23, Rahul Gunasekera 3 for 24, Movin Subasinghe 2 for 37)
Mahanama Colombo 126 and 151 for 6 (Vinuka Rubasinghe 56, Pawantha Weerasinghe 49, Dushan Prabashwara 27)
Maliyadeva 128 and 199 (Supun Samararatne 90, Muditha Premadasa 32, Nisanjana Hettiarachchi 28: Pasindu Ushetti 5 for 54, Priyashan Silva 3 for 35)
DSS 193 and 85 for 3 (Teron Shenal 41 n.o.)
Sri Devananda MV Ambalangoda 267 and 119 for 2 (Sohan de Livera 67 n.o., Sheron Shehan 23 n.o.: Ushan Deemantha 2 for 14)
P de S. Kularatne MV Ambalangoda 154 and 135 (Tharindu Harshana 39, Lakila Tehan 36: Janith Maduhansa 4 for 46, Samith Wijenayake 3 for 56, Shehan Lakshan 2 for 125)
Anuradhapura Central 70 and (109/5 overnight) 129 (Duneth Devinda 28, Rusith Dilshan 21, Pankaja Nethusha 21, Chamod Induwara 20: Sasanka Nirmal 6 for 51, Mark Depana 2 for 10, Dilhara Nanayakkara 2 for 35)
Shashthrananda MV Dehiwala 390 for 8 declared (Isuru Chamara 100, Ayesh Gimhana 85, NimeshKavindu 39, Nadeepa Lakshitha 36, Haritha Neranjan 24: Sachitha Madubashana 4 for 59, Hasun Senadeera 2 for 128)
Mahinda Rajapakse NS Homagama 400 for 9 declared and 221 for 5 declared (Minusha Jayasiri 39, Movin Akalanka 34, Milanga Tuduhena 64 n.o.: Sandeepa Mendis 3 for 39, Sandaruwan Costa 2 for 88) |