Dunith spins Joes to sixth outright win
Isiwara Disanayake drives
Left-arm spinner Dunith Wellalage continued to torment his opponents as he ended with another match bag of 11 wickets to guide St. Joseph’s to an easy 84-run over St. Anthony’s in the Under-19 inter-school cricket encounter concluded at Darley Road yesterday.
Dunith who ended with a four wicket haul in the Antonians first innings, followed it up by taking seven scalps in the second innings to record their sixth outright win of the season.
Meanwhile Muditha Premadasa made an unbeaten knock of 183 runs for Maliyadeva to help them make a score of 262 runs against St. Servatius Matara who ended day one on 43 for 0 in the match played at Kurunegala.
Results:
- At Darley Road: Joes beat Anthonians by 84 runs
St. Joseph’s 209 and 188 for 0 declared (Johanne de Zilva 119 n.o., Sheran Fonseka 61 n.o.)
St. Anthony’s Katugastota (53/3 overnight) 144 (Mohamed Kamil 43, Praveen Ramiah 24: Dunith Wellalage 4 for 19, Johanne de Zilva 2/33, Lakshan Gamage 2/37) and 169 (Mohamed Kamil 39, Prabashwara Wanninayake 34, Krishantha Bandara 32 n.o.: Dunith Wellalage 7/52, Shalinda Seneviratne 2/61)
- At Kadirana: Isipathana take first innings honours
Isipathana 272 for 9 declared (Leshan Amarasinghe 106, Yasiru Kasthuriarachchi 67, Thevindu Dickwella 37, Mandeepa Gunasekera 27: Ashen Fernando 3/59, Thilina Perera 3/75)
Maris Stella (47/7 overnight) 107 (Tharindu Maduwantha 32 n.o.: Savindu Uthsara 3 for 6, Dinath Dissanayake 3 for 37) and 206 for 8 (Kaveen Fernando 61, Thilina Perera 50, Pasindu Perera 22, P. Chamindu 21 n.o.: Yasiru Kasthuriarachchi 4/44, Sithuka Gunawardena 2/48)
- At SSC: Tame draw between Royal and Petes
Royal Colombo 132 and 227 (Isiwara Dissanayake 110, Dasis Manchanayake 35, Kawshan Kulasuriya 22, Thevindu Senaratne 21: Trishen Wickramasinghe 3/42, RuvinSeneviratne 2/36, Wanuja Kumara 2/39, Danal Hemananda 2/43)
St. Peter’s (105/5 overnight) 162 (Shannon Fernando 55, Nipunaka Fonseka 25, Ruvin Seneviratne 24: Kavindu Pathiratne 4/52, Gishan Balasuriya 2/18, Manula Perera 2/21)
- At Horana: Match drawn
Taxila Central Horana 119 and 266 (Eranga Jayakody 82, Chamindu Ranvinu 37, Sasanka Adeepa 35, Seneth Vinvinu 23, Deshan Dilmith 21: Thuruwan Perera 3/32, Ashan Dilhara 2/46)
St. John’s Panadura (223/4 overnight) 303 (Lakshina Sasindu 128, Reshan Malith 45, Ashan Dilhara 33, Chamod Aponso 24, Madushan Prasanna 22 n.o.: Thisara Sachinthana 5/73, Seneth Vinvinu 3/74) and 42 for 3 (Reshan Malith 32: Vidushan Yasintha 2/17)
- At Dickwella: Vijitha Central won by 45 runs
Vijjitha Central Dickwella 160 and (71/2 overnight) 188 (Sachin Chanuka 83, Lochana Wickramasinghe 28: Thumuditha Opanayake 5/53, Chanuka Dhananjaya 2/43)
St. Aloysius Ratnapura 119 and 184 (Vihara Danandith 32, Roshan Madusanka 29, Geeth de Silva 26, Thumuditha Opanayake 22: K. Chandupa 3/46, M. Wanigaratna 2/21, Kushan Malinda 2/36, Menushal Dinu 2/43)
- Matches in Progress:
- At Kurunegala:
Maliyadeva Kurunegala 262 (Nikila Dharmadasa 21, Muditha Premadasa 183 n.o.: K. Indumina 2/16, Madushan de Silva 2/21)
St Servatius Matara 43 for 0
- At Moratuwa:
Prince of Wales 214 (Tharindu Amarasinghe 54, Vinuja Ranpul 69 n.o.: Pasindu Tennekoon 7/48)
St Anne’s Kurunegala 93 for 4 (Kavindu Ekanayake 36, Kavindu Ranasinghe 25)
- At Moratuwa:
St. Benedict’s 195 (Sanoj Perera 62, Shehan Fernando 61, Yohan Soysa 25: Shashika Perera 4/40, Induwara de Alwis 2/17, Kalana Sandeep 2/30)
St. Sebastian’s 119 for 1 (Nishitha Abilash 48, Dunith Jayatunga 41 n.o., Sukitha Prasanna 27 n.o.)
- At Matara:
Devapathiraja MMV Rathgama 137 (Irushka Thimira 22, Kalpa Chethiya 26 n.o.: Manjula Dulneth 5/46, Ovin Bopage 4/48)
Rahula Matara 139 for 3 (Binara Sanketh 82, Bhagya Ediriweera 38 n.o.)
- At Padukka:
Christ King Ja Ela 133 (Shashan Rashmika 33: Omesh Udara 6/29, Kavinda Ishwara 3/45)
Siri Piyaratana MMV Padukka 184 for 3 (Yasiru Dineth 51, Rasinndu Hansaka 38rtd, Madushan Peiris 37 n.o., Manindu Shamal 22 n.o.)
- At Wattala:
Mahinda Rajapaksa NS Homagama 350 for 8 declared (Sangeeth Shihara 203, Dineth Hasanjana 37, Sanka Yashodana 24, Rakindu Nimsara 23 n.o.: Sachira Dilankawala 3/67, Lakindu Sachin 2/18, Duvindu Silva 2/58)
Lyceum IS Nugegoda 70 for 0 (Hasindu Chamika 38 n.o., Danuk Gunasinghe 26 n.o.)
- At Ukuwela:
Sri Chandrajothi MV Yakkala 401 for 9 declared (Suchitha Denuwan 132, Dileepa Sankalpa 85, Reeshan Sanjeewa 80: D. Maduwantha 3/74, S. Ranaweera 2/100)
Science College Matale 119 (M. Weerasekera 62: Samitha Rukshan 3/4, Sachintha Tharaka 2/10, Charith Viduranga 2/22)
- At Ja Ela:
St Jude’s Kurana 269 (R. Ashen 30, Senesh Kuweju 25, Sai Ameerthan 132 n.o.: Chamalka Manudara 5/88)
Kadangamuwa MV Mirigama 17 for 1