Mineth, Maheesha bag eight scalps
Mineth Fernando of Maris Stella Negombo and Maheesha Sithum of St. Sebastian’s Katuneriya ended with eight-wicket hauls to steer their respective sides to convincing innings win against Parakrama MV Bandarawatta and Bandaranayake MV Gampaha in the Under-13 inter-school cricket encounters played at Kirindiwela and Katuneriya.
Mineth in the process ended with an impressive match bag figures of 10 for 9 runs to guide Maris Stella to an innings and 122 runs win while Mineth put in a allround performance and was supported by Malinda Daham who took seven wickets to steer St. Sebastian’s to a 61-run innings victory.
In three other outright wins saw Sri Jayawardenapura MV Kotte overcome Nalanda Boys School Minuwangoda by an innings and 79 runs, St. Benedict’s coasted to a comfortable innings and 144-run win against Basilica College Ragama and Thurstan recorded an innings and 16-run win over Taxila Central Gampaha.
Results:
At Kirindiwela: Maris Stella beat Parakrama MV by innings and 122 runs
Maris Stella 208 for 3 declared (Hasmika Silva 67, Senura Sulochana 30, Mineth Fernando 26, Ranmith Bandara 51n.o.: Gagana Kawmina 2/56)
Parakrama MV, Bandarawatta 39 (Mineth Fernando 8/7) and 47 (Ranmith Bandara 5/17, Mineth Fernando 2/2, Ashen Silva 2/16)
At Katuneriya: St. Sebastian’s beat Bandaranayake Gampaha by innings and 61 runs
Bandaranayake MV, Gampaha 23 (Maheesha Sithum 8/1, Vihanga Theekshana 2/4) and 38 (Malindu Daham 7/13, Shavinda Chamod 2/10)
St. Sebastian’s Katuneriya 122 for 3 declared (Maheesha Sithum 40, Vihanga Theekshana 37n.o.)
At Kotte: Sri Jayawardenapura MV beat Nalanda BS by innings and 79 runs
Nalanda Boys School, Minuwangoda 43 (Sumira Risijaya 26: Vihanga Weerasinghe 5/4, Dineth Prabashwara 5/7) and 31 (Dineth Prabashwara 6/7, Leshan Perera 2/7, Vihanga Weerasinghe 2/9)
Sri Jayawardenapura MV Kotte 153 for 4 decalred (Sachin Shehan 69, Tharusha Perera 39: Kavindu Madusanka 2/21)
At Kotahena: St. Benedict’s beat Basilica by innings and 144 runs
St. Benedict’s 200 for 3 declared (Mario Fernando 83, Maleesha Krishan 70n.o.)
Basilica, Ragama 45 (Mevan Dissanayake 5/6, Methmika Fernando 2/3) and 11 (Mevan Dissanayake 6/2, Anthony Olagama 2/1)
At Thurstan: Thurstan beat Taxila by innings and 16 runs
Taxila Central Gampaha 38 (Rachintha de Silva 5/13, Chareen Jeewandara 3/4, Thaleesha Nanayakkara 2/5) and 63 (Shanuka Hettiarachchi 18: Menuka Manikgama 4/10, Kaushalla Balasuriya 2/11)
Thurstan 111 for 5 declared (Gagana Perera 57n.o.: Sathsidu Anush 4/15)
At Bambalapitiya: First innings win for St. Peter’s
Lumbini MV 70 (Pasindu Maheesha 28: Chandupa Thanapathi 3/9, Shavindu Silva 2/2, Vishwa Dias 2/14) and 82 for 6 (Yashod Kavindu 20: E. Ransilige 3/3)
St. Peter’s 107 for 5 declared (E. Ransilige 32, Nethon David 22, Enosh Peterson 27n.o.: Senuka Weeraratne 2/16)
At Wijerama Mawatha: First inning win for DSS
DSS 124 (Dilash Kumaranayake 45, Thakya Warunshan 33, Chanul Athale 24: Devin Perera 6/33, Dileepa Perera 2/21, Senira Wijegunasinghe 2/23)
Sri Sumangala Panadura 122 (Tharusha Dhananjaya 34, Akila Wedamulla 27: Dilash Kumaranayake 4/27, Chanul Athale 2/22)
At Kathaluwa: First innings win for Mahinda
Tissa Central Kalutara 103 (Nadun Asela 35: Sheniru Damsith 5/16, Shenuka Dangamuwa 3/30)
Mahinda 200 for 7 (Nikil Jayaweera 92, Thanuja Dedunu 54n.o.: Pasindu Ramesh 2/23)
At Moratuwa: First innings win for Moratu MV
Moratu MV 128 (Isuru Nidarshana 54: Saveen Kodagoda 5/18, Iman Ansari 3/44, Eran de Silva 2/43) and 69 for 2 (Isuru Nidarshana 39, Deneth Sithumina 22n.o.: Iman Ansari 2/34)
St. Thomas’ Prep 120 (Nuran Fernando 33, Saveen Kodagoda 25, Iman Ansai 23:.Vihanga Nethsara 3/13, Vihanga Akash 3/25)
At Maradana: First innings win for Pilyandala Central
Zahira 48 (Senuka Nithwara 6/13, Malsha Pramod 2/2) and 85 for 8 (Mohamed Zaheen 23: Malsha Pramod 4/43)
Piliyandala Central 150 for 3 (Ramesh Lakshitha 38, Tharusha Dilhara 37: Mohamed Akeel 3/38)