Nuwan Dharshana continued his batting form when he cracked an unbeaten 116 inclusive of four boundaries and two sixes following his knock of 90 last week in the drawn Under 19 inter-school cricket match between S. Thomas’ and Dharmapala concluded at Mt Lavinia yesterday.
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| A Dharmapala batsman defends stoutly against the tight Thomian attack at
Mt. Lavinia, yesterday. (Pic Ranjith Perera) |
Nuwan was supported by Anuja Fernando who made an unbeaten knock of 69. The pair associated in an unbroken stand of 169 for the fourth wicket helping the home side resume from their overnight score of 121 for 3 to declare their innings on a strong 275 for 3.
Earlier on day one Thomian left arm leg-spinner Neomal Wickremasekera struck again following his five wicket haul against Mahinda with another four wicket haul.
Neomal’s figures of 4 for 31 helped the Thomians despite a half ton from Rasitha Gamage to bowl out Dharmapala for a low score of 146. The Palians batting the second time ended the day on 179 for 7.
Dharmapala 146 (Rasitha Gamage 50, Nipuna Pavithra 23, Chanuka Mapatuna 22: Neomal
Wickremasekera 4 for 31, Maudshan Ravichandrakumara 2 for 45) and 179 for 7 (Hasitha Nirmal 33, Chanuka Mapatuna 33, Gihan Hondamunige 22, Tharindu Liyanage 20, Rasitha Gamage 32 n.o.: Chamod Pathirana 3 for 32, Neomal Wickremasekera 2 for 46)
S. Thomas’ (121/3 o’night) 275 for 3 declared (Kavindu Perera 47, Ashen Fernando 22, Nuwan Dharshana 116 n.o., Anuja Fernando 69 n.o.: Hasitha Wickremasinghe 3 for 71)
Match drawn at Maradana
The Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter between Ananda and Mahinda concluded at Ananda Mawatha yesterday ended in a tame draw. The highlight of the match was the eight wicket haul by Mahinda’s right arm pacie Tharaka Gamage in the Ananda second inning.
Ananda 246 (Udesh Nadiranga 68, Madumal Jayaratne 40, Pasindu Maudshan 26, Geshan Wimaladharma 25, Mateesha Perera 23: Udara Jayasanka 3 for 51, Chalana de Silva 2 for 51, Kaushalya Gajasinghe 2 for 61) and 72 for 9 (Pasindu Maudshan 17: Tharaka Gamage 8 for 36)
Mahinda (22/3 o’night) 165 (Nimesh Thraikawala 65, Pramod Gajasinghe 39 n.o.: Sachitra Perera 4 for 42, Minura Janadhi 2 for 6, Mateesha Perera 2 for 43)
Exchanges even at Katunayake
Exchanges were even in the drawn Under 19 encounter between Mahanama and Thurstan concluded at the FTZ ground in Katunayake yesterday.
Thurstan after bowling out Mahanama for 161 made 202 losing their last five wickets for only 25 runs in the morning session. Mahanama batting the second time fared better to make 272 with Hashan Perera making another knock of 51 following his 62 in the first inning.
Mahanama 161 (Hashan Perera 62, Sajith Ruberu 32, Chathura Wanniarachchi 30 n.o.: Sachintha Wijesinghe 4 for 25, Sachith Dias 2 for 21, Shehan Kamileen 2 for 30) and 272 (Randika Welikannage 66, Sajith Ruberu 60, Hashan Perera 51: Sachith Dias 3 for 47, Sachintha Wijesinghe 3 for 62, Shehan Kamileen 3 for 75)
Thurstan (177/5 o’night) 202 (Sajeewa Salgado 51, Prabodha Arthavidu 37, Shehan Kamileen 45, Supun Navaratne 28, Isura Madurapperuma 19: Aravinda Silva 4 for 51) and 81 for 3 (Udara Munasinghe 49, Shehan Kamileen 24)
Vidyartha impress against Trinity
Faced with a massive score of 369, Vidyartha made an impressive showing by getting as far as 274 in their drawn inter-school match against Trinity at Asgiriya.
Kasun Wijekoon (142 with 18 fours) took the batting honours with a splendid knock. His liaison with opener Tiranthan Dissanaike brought fourth 184 runs for the third wicket. Of spinner Wickrema apart, the rest of the bowling looked thin.
On the first day, Trinity opener Niroshan Dikwella came up with a massive unbeaten 158. He enjoyed a partnership of 176 for the seventh wicket with Kavinda Jyasuriya who missed out on ‘three-figure glory’.
Trinity 360 for 8 dec in 68 overs (N. Dickqwella 158 n.o, S. Wickrema 49, J. Jayasuriya 94; D. Rupasena 6 for 19) and 78 for 7 in 19 overs (M. Dickwella 37, T. Wanniarachchi 17; K. Wijekoon 3 for 3, S. Abeyratne 2 for 41)
Vidyartha 274 in 102.4 overs (K. Wijekoon 142 in 102.4 overs (K. Wijekoon 142, T. Dissanaike 52, S. Abeyratne 47; S. Wickrema 5 for 61, A. Jayasundera 2 for 27) -
Last ball win for St. Thomas’ Matale
Having conceded a 77 run lead on the first innings, St. Thomas’ Matale came back strongly to beat Sri Rahula Katugastota by 63 runs in the last ball of the match which was played on their home grounds at Matale.
The two captains Ravindra Kellepotha and Amith Tillekeratne, both spinners, bowled well to finish with match bags of 10 for 114 and 9 for 91 respectively.
Aided by a little bit of luck, Lahine Madusanka scored a brisk 93 (4X10, 6X3) to put his team on the victory path.
For Sri Rahula, Nimesha Wanasundera made an elegant 56 while off spinner Sunimal Dissanaike claimed another five wicket haul.
St. Thomas’ 135 in 33.4 overs (D. Wickremaarachchi 20, C. Jayatilleke 20, I. Wijetunga 16; S. S. Dissanaike 5 for 39, A. Tillekeratne 4 for 19) and 243 in 54.4 overs (I. Wijetunga 17, L. Madusanka 93, U. Munasinghe 32; A. Tillekeratne 5 for 72, R. Subasinghe 3 for 40)
Sri Rahula 212 in 72 overs (A. Tillekaratne 37, S. Dissanaike 25, N. Wanasundera 56, R. Ratnayake 35 n.o; R. Kellepotha 6 for 91) and 103 in 28 overs (S. Dissanaike 28, N. Wanasundera 16, A. Tiollekeratne 12, S. Dilhan 14, R. Ratnayake 19; R. Razik 3 for 47, L. Madusanka 3 for 16, R. Kellepotha 4 for 32)
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