S. Thomas’ in crushing innings win over St. John’s
Dilmin Rathnayaka claimed a five-for - Pic by Priyantha Wickramaarachchi
S. Thomas’ recorded a crushing innings and 50-run win over St. John’s Jaffna in the Under-19 Inter-School cricket encounter concluded at Mt. Lavinia yesterday.
Thomians who scored 250 for the loss of eight wickets in response to Johnians first innings score of 98, ripped through the Johnians inning once again bowling them out for a paltry 102 to stamp their class.
St. John’s batting the second time, with a first innings deficit of 152 runs found the Thomian right arm spinners Dilmin Ratnayake and Umayanga Suwaris who together shared seven wickets between them, too hot to handle and succumbed for another low score.
There were three other outright wins recorded yesterday. Jaffna Central pulled off a massive 500 run win over Skandavarodaya College Jaffna thanks to a fine bowling performance by right arm spinner T. Vidushan. He ended with an impressive match bag figures of 14 for just 18 runs.
Dudley Senanayake Central Tholangamuwa and Loyala College Negombo coasted to ten wicket wins against Kegalu Vidyalaya and Sri Pangnananda MV Raddolouwa played at Kegalle and Raddoluwa.
Results:
- At Mt Lavinia: S. Thomas’ beat St. John’s Jaffna by innings and 50 runs
St. John’s Jaffna 98 (Amthon Abishek 38, Theiventhiran Dinoshan 21: Yasiru Rodrigo 6/22, Dilmin Ratnayake 2/12) and 102 (T. Dinoshan 24, N. Soumyan 28: Dilmini Ratnayake 5/53, Umayanga Suwaris 2/0)
S. Thomas’ 250 for 7 declared (Deon Fernando 76, Umayanga Suwaris 41, Kishan Munasinghe 15, Ryan Fernando 15, Yasiru Rodrigo 34 n.o., Thevin Eriyagama 33 n.o.: A. Saraan 3/73, Y. Vithushan 2/91)
- At Jaffna: Jaffna Central beat Skandavarodaya by 500 runs
Jaffna Central 364 for 8 declared (K. Iyalarathan 117, V. Viyashan 78, M. Gawthian 57, N. Vithushan 46, A. Rajendran 25: A. Kajadeepan 3/56, A. Dansraj 2/51, N. Danuraj 2/52, N. Thirojan 2/75) and 250 for 6 declared (A. Kajan 122, V. Viyashan 42, K. Sansayan 31, M. Rashmilenten 26: A. Thirudan 3/48, N. Thirojan 2/67)
Skandavarodaya College Jaffna (67/8 overnight) 69 (Amitha Sarandan 30: T. Vidushan 6 for 10, K. Iyalarathan 3 for 11) and 45 (T. Vidushan 8 for 
- At Kegalle: Dudley Senanayake Central beat Kegalu Vidyalaya by 10 wickets
Kegalu Vidyalaya 94 (Chanuka Wijesinghe 2/10, Imesh Priyadharshana 2/26) and 111 (Sasindu Basnayake 29: Nimesh Priyadharshana 3/15, Kavishka Jayalath 2/5, Chanaka Wijesinghe 2/24, Uditha Kumara 2/30)
Dudley Senanayake Central Tholangamuwa (143/9 overnight) 171 (Uvindu Kaushalya 38, Akash Liyanage 38, Maduranga Dissanayake 20, Kavishka Jayalath 20 n.o.: Malaka Kavishka 5/47, Sanuda Bandara 3/26) and 35 for 0 (Maduranga Dissanayake 23 n.o.)
- At Raddoluwa: Loyola College beat
Sri Pangnananda by 10 wickets
Sri Pangnananda MV Raddolouwa 104 (Thaveesha Shehara 27, Umayanga Shashen 24: Lalindra Fernando 4/42, Sanjana Jansa 3/21) and 154 (Kavindu Maduranga 29: Samindu Nonis 4/44, Laleendra Fernando 4/47)
Loyola College Negombo (105/4 overnight) 214 (Hansaja Vishwajith 111, Sudeera de Soysa 28: Yasintha Shenal 4/32, Iresh Nawanjana 2/33) and 46 for 0 (Shameen Nonis 24 n.o., Nadeesha Rajakaruna 20 n.o.)
- At Pannipitiya: First innings win for Dharmapala
Dharmapala Pannipitiya 132 (Navindu Naveen 39: Sakindu Wijeratne 2/24, Brian Karunanayake 2/25, Matheesha Weerasinghe 2/30) and 141 (Nadeesha Bandara 32, Navindu Naveen 28, Lakshitha Purasinghe 25: Sakindu Wijeratne 4/22, Gayana Weerasinghe 4/26, Brian Karunanayake 2/37)
Maliyadeva Kurunegala (48/7 overnight) 98 (Chaluka Atapattu 23: Dinith Nelumdeniya 6/31, Vihanga Gunaratne 2/24) and 83 for 8 (Dinith Nelumdeniya 5/39, Thisara Sishara 2/21)
- At Wattala: Match drawn
St. Anthony’s Wattala (291/6 overnight) 323 for 8 declared (Dinuk Vishan 102, Kanishka Gimhan 91, Abdul Rahman 45, Avishka Tharindu 28, Gihan Shashmika 25: Dumindu Bandara 2/38, Dimuthu Damishka 2/52)
Kingswood 98 for 4 (Dimidiya Polkotuwa 30 n.o., Mahasen Ranasinghe 26 n.o.: Kaveesha Dulanjana 2/52)
- At Katugastota: Match drawn
St. Anthony’s Katugastota 266/7 overnight declared (Chamindu Jayasinghe 67, Dayan Pankaja 46, Lasitha Warallagama 33, Asitha Wanninayake 24, Brabash Shashin 23, B. Ebert 22, Sasith Hirudika 24n.o.: S. Sakirthan 3/68, Nimnaka Adikari 2/45)
Wesley 172 for 8 (Sahil Dias 26, Anudith Wickramasinghe 24, Rahul Gunasekera 20: Nimnaka Jayatileke 5/60)
- At Maradana: Match in progress
Zahira 77 (Mohamed Dilhan 23: Menusha Perera 4/6, Achintha Fernando 2/4, Kavindu Maduranga 2/7) and 13 for 2
St. Joseph Vaz Wennappuwa 157 (Nipun Dhananjaya 41, Menusha Perera 40: Ishad Raheem 3/13, Rizwan Rahim 2/16, Imtiaz Slaza 2/20)