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Under 19 cricket
Mahinda dominate drawn game |
By M. Shamil Amit |
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| Mahinda College Galle batsman Kaushalya Gajasinghe dominating the Ananda bowling at Ananda Mawatha yesterday. ( Pic by Ranjith Perera). |
Mahinda dominated their drawn Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter against Ananda concluded at Ananda Mawatha yesterday. A knock of 106 with nine boundaries and two sixes by Romesh Buddhika supported by a half ton from Kaushalya Gajasinghe was the highlight of the Mahinda innings.
Ananda 169 in 52.5 overs (Dinesh Chandimal 57, Prabodha Seneviratne 38, Sachin Udara 19, Milroy Janadhi 17: Romesh Buddhika 3 for 21, Nivrantha de Silva 3 for 33) and 204 for 1 in 44 overs (Udesh Nadiranga 47, Prabodha Seneviratne 87 n.o., Dinesh Chandimal 65 n.o.)
Mahinda (102/5 o’night) 253 in 100 overs (Romesh Buddhika 106, Kaushalya Gajasinghe 58, Nisala Gamage 21, and Denuwan Rajakaruna 18: Mateesha Perera 6 for 70, Sachintha Perera 3 for 33) Aldrin and Chamara shine at Kandana
A 123 run stand between Aldrin Kerner (82) and Chamara Kariyawasam (55) was the highlight of the drawn Under 19 match between De Mazenod and S. Thomas’ which ended at Kandana yesterday.
De Mazenod 208 (Yohan Sakvithi 116, Tharindu Costa 24: Chamal Fonseka 4 for 51, Dinesh Walpita 3 for 64) and 104 for 9 in 30 overs (Supun Gayasen 21, Ashen Kaluarachchi 18, Yohan Sakvithi 17: Chamal Fonseka 7 for 19)
S. Thomas’ (49/1 o’night) 225 for 7 declared in 77 overs (Aldrin Kerner 82, Chulaka Kumarasinghe 55, Fahim Saleem 21: Shamal Dinusha 2 for 17, Denon Adrian 2 for 37) DSS made to struggle
DSS were made to struggle for their runs by St Aloysius at the Galle Stadium yesterday as they opted to settle for a draw in the Under 19 encounter against St Aloysius.
St Aloysius 306 for 6 declared in 92.3 overs (Dasun Abeywardena 78, Achela Ponnamperuma 53 and Chathuranga de Silva 50, Samith Shiroman 51 n.o.: Nadun Pathirana 4 for 63)
DSS (5/1 o’night) 188 in 76.1 overs (Thivanka Anuradha 44, Nadun Pathirana 36, Malshan Gunasinghe 30, 26, Malith Wickremasinghe 20, Thusith de Silva 17: Chathuranga de Silva 4 for 56, Pulasthi Gunaratne 4 for 64, Dasun Abeywardena 2 for 12) and 125 for 3 in 39 overs (Harendra Udugamvithana 33, Nadun Pathirana 60 n.o.: Chathuranga de Silva 2 for 39)Antonians bag
second winBy Aubrey Kuruppu
The Antonians scored their second win this season in as many matches by defeating Vidyartha by an innings and 33 runs in just 40 minutes after lunch at Katugastota yesterday.
Shot out for 92 in their first innings, in a comeback of sorts restricted the home team for 206.
Vidyartha 92 in 47 overs (C. Wijekone 27, L. Herath 26, T. Bandara 3 for 11, S. Palihakkara 3 for 12, K. Ekanayake 2 for 31) and 81 in 49.5 overs (T. Dissanayake 40, A. Reyal 6 for 16)
St. Anthony’s 206 in 44.2 overs (H. Wickremaratne 66, D. Kumarasinghe 22, M. Perera 64, S. Weerakone 4 for 41, T. Rupasena 2 for 29 and S. Abeysinghe 2 for 34) |
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