Abilash steers Sastralians to stunning win
An all-round performance by Abilash Dinakara helped Ananda Sastralaya Kotte to pull off a stunning and convincing 107-run win over fancied St. Joseph’s College in the Under-17 Inter-School Limited Overs Cricket encounter played at Kotte. Abilash made a top score of 54 for the Sastralians batting first to make a modest score of 184 runs and later he ended with a 7-wicket haul to bundle out the Josephians for a low score of 77 runs.
Mahinda recorded an easy 114-run win over hometown rivals St. Aloysius, Galle while Gurukula MV Kelaniya outclassed Bandaranayake MV Gampaha by 8 wickets in other matches played.
Results
- At Kotte: Ananda Sastralaya beat St. Joseph’s by 107 runs
Ananda Sastralaya Kotte 184 in 46.3 overs (Abilash Dinakara 54, Dulanja Pahasara 41: Yesith Ranasinghe 3/16, Dunith Wellalage 2/38)
St. Joseph’s 77 in 14.1 overs (Sheron Fonseka 24: Abilash Dinakara 7/25, Thenuka Kumara 2/23)
- At Galle: Mahinda beat St. Aloysius by 114 runs
Mahinda 153 in 45.3 overs (Sadev Induwara 42, Sakya Sampath 35: Sandeepa Chamod 4/24, Adithya Yapa 2/22, Dulmina Dasun 2/31)
St. Aloysius Galle 39 in 13.4 overs (Navod Paranavithana 5/5, Chethiya Gunasekera 4/11)
- At Gampaha: Gurukula beat Bandaranayake Gampaha by 8 wickets
Bandaranayake MV Gampaha 57 in 29 overs (Thiwanka Sandeepa 5/13, Thushara Madushan 4/8)
Gurukula MV Kelaniya 61 for 2 in 8.3 overs (Sithija Chamod 38: Dilshan Molligoda 2/70)
- At Kurunegala: St. Anne’s beat Maliyadeva by 7 wickets
Maliyadeva 111 in 37.1 overs (Nithila Dharmadasa 31: Pasindu Tennekoon 4/9, Mannan Muzammil 2/13)
St. Anne’s Kurunegala 112 for 3 in 28.3 overs (Rashitha Perera 30, Dilhara Deshabandu 34 n.o.)
- At Kalutara: Tissa Central beat Taxila Horana by 6 wickets
Taxila Central Horana 181 for 9 in 50 overs (Januthu Eranga 32, Thisara Sachinthaka 23, Malith Kaushika 23: Mikil Sahasmika 2/16, Avishka Devinda 2/42)
Tissa Central Kalutara 182 for 4 in 33.2 overs (Randula Dasun 52, Chami Saranga 35, Ashen Chamila 61 n.o.: Thisara Sachinthaka 3/46)
- At Piliyandala: Thurstan beat Piliyandala Central by 90 runs
Thurstan 288 for 6 in 50 overs (S. Majeeb 81, Vihanga Jayamanna 68, Ranesh Silva 26, Oshan Hansika 20, Isira Matheesha 58 n.o.: Kusal Deemantha 3/41)
Piliyandala Central 198 in 37.3 overs (Lakshitha Hansaka 64, Sithum Nimlaka 55, Thimodya Ravishka 25: Punsala Kumara 4/38, Sujana Lonech 3/22)
- At Pannipitiya: Mahanama beat Dharmapala by 10 wickets
Dharmapala Pannipitiya 96 in 34.2 overs (Pawan Ratnayake 4/15, Devindu Kakirideniya 3/15)
Mahanama Colombo 97 for no loss in 20.4 overs (Kushan Rohana 64 n.o., Shashika Walwatte 26 n.o.)
- At Wennappuwa: St. Joseph Vaz beat St. Mary’s Chilaw by 54 runs
St. Joseph Vaz Wennappuwa 198 in 42.4 overs (Hashintha Wijeratne 60, Chanuka Sandeepa 24: Madushan Pinto 4/29, Senal Appuhamy 3/40, Akin Tirosh 2/27)
St. Mary’s Chilaw 144 in 46 overs (Senal Appuhamy 55, Navindu Sathsara 25, N. Ukwatte 23: Hashintha Wijeratne 4/29, Ravindu Maduranga 2/31)