Shahen Meritas of Joseph Vaz College Wennappuwa in action against Prince of Wales at Moratuwa yesterday. (Picture by Ranjith Perera) |
Trinity made it a right Royal double when they defeated the Ried Avenue boys by six wickets at Asgiriya yesterday.
It was only last weekend that they had trounced the Thomians
Allrounder Rushan Jaleel (68 and 4 wickets) Suresh Wickrema (match bag of eight) and young Rajitha Jayatunge contributed lavishly to this win.
The Royalists could never come back from that first innings debacle (112 runs) even though Bhanuka Rajapakse re-established his credentials with a terrific century under pressure. Pathmanathan, too, did well for Royal.
Trinity 265 in 48.2 overs ( H. Wanniarachchi 36, R. Jaleel 68, R. Jayatunge 55, M. Sajid 23, K. Jayasuriya 21, S. Wickrema 16, D. Pathmanathan 5/85, B. Rajapakse 4-32) and 95-4 in 20.2 overs (K Atugoda 41 N.o. H. Wanniarachchi 13, R. Jaleel 16 N.o., D. Pathmanathan 3-46)
Royal 112 in 32-1 overs ( B. Rajapakse 35, K Vithanage 30, S. Wickrema 6-49, R. Jaleel 4-46) and 227 in 74-2 overs (C. Bogoda 16, B. Rajapakse 103, D. Pathmanathan 24, M. Rajaratne, 43, K. Jayasuriya 4-47, S. Wickrema 2-87, H. Wanniaarachi 2-27.
Ananda crash at Darley Road
By M. Shamil Amit
St Joseph’s inflicted the first outright on Ananda this season when they outclassed them by an innings and 77 runs in their Munchee Youth 19 inter-school encounter concluded at Darley Road yesterday.
The writing was on the wall for the Ananda after they put in a poor batting display in the first inning. In reply to the Josephians formidable score of 325 Ananda resuming from their overnight score of 36 for 1 succumbed to the tidy bowling of right arm pacie Chathuranga Kumara who finished with a match bag of 11 for 88.
St Joseph’s 325 (Jaan Jayasinghe 74, Chathuranga Kumara 74, Enrico Silva 63, Supeshala Jayatilleka 26, Sadeera Samarasekera 21: Minura Janadhi 3 for 58, Sachith Perera 2 for 57, Mateesha Rasuwan 2 for 106)
Ananda (36/1 o’night) 102 (Geshan Wimaladharma 40, Thushara Samarakoon 23: Chathuranga Kumara 5 for 49, Dinal Dambarage 2 for 49) and 146 (Minura Janadhi 37, Sachin Dewage 21, Udesh Nadiranga 20: Chathuranga Kumara 6 for 39)
Time prevents Nalanda victory
Time was against Nalanda in securing an outright win over S. Thomas’ at Campbell Place. Nalanda was just left with one over to make 23 runs reaching 11 for 1.
S. Thomas’ 167 (Chamod Pathirana 48, Ashen Fernando 31, Lalindra Peiris 23: Rangana Cooray 5 for 24, Dinuk Jayasinghe 4 for 45) and 179 (Nuwan Kavinda 50, Ashen Fernando 35, Kavindu Perera 25: Rangana Cooray 4 for 45, Gayan Medawatte 2 for 6, Koshan Dhanushka 2 for 12)
Nalanda (151/6 o’night) 324 for 9 declared (Suranga Tennekoon 73, Primesh Dassanayake 65, Nipun Karunanayake 54, Adeesha Nanayakkara 33, Prashan Wickremasinghe 25: Dinesh Walpita 3 for 36, Niluksha Fernando 3 for 102, Umesh Fernando 2 for 45) and 11 for 1 Prince of Wales crush Joseph Vaz
Prince of Wales crushed the hapless Joseph Vaz side by a massive 153 runs in their Munchee Youth 19 match concluded at Moratuwa yesterday.
Prince of Wales 178 (Shehan Jayasuriya 85, Malshan Mendis 21 n.o.: Shahen Meritas 5 for 26, Chanura Fernando 2 for 12, Sineth Kalhara 2 for 62) and (0/1o’night) 207 for 8 declared (Shehan Jayasuriya 62, Nipun Peiris 51, Malshan Mendis 21, Nuwantha Peiris 18: Shahen Meritas 7 for 75)
Joseph Vaz 115 (Ashen Raminga 23: Buddika de Alwis 7 for 21, Shehan Jayasuriya 2 for 28) and 117 (Nuwan Bandara 29, Kasun Vidura 20: Nipun Peiris 5 for 30, Thisuru de Mel 2 for 10)
Tillekeratne double insufficient
Sri Rahula Skipper Amith Tillekeratne had a brilliant double (140 and 5-42) but stubborn batting by Devananda in their second innings prevented an outright defeat at Peradeniya yesterday.
Tillekeratne, who has passed the 50 wickets and 500 runs milestone, made an attractive 140 with 16 fours. Sunimal Dissanaike 56 (4x5, 6x3) and Roshan Subasinghe 57 not out (4x6, 6x1) also batted aggressively.
Devananda well under pressure at 89-4 but half centuries from Lakshitha and De Silva helped them to stave off defeat.
Devananda 144 (N. Theekshana 28, P. Tharanga 34, S. Suranga 22, I. Shabeetha 16, A. Tillekeratne 5-42, R. Subasinghe 2-27, S. Dissanaike 2-45) and 205-4 (R. Lakshitha 72 n.o,. N. De Silva 57 n.o)
(D. Tharanga 34, J. Udayanga 22)
Sri Rahula 355- 7 decl.(P. Priyadharshana 34, S. Dilhan 25, G. Viduranga 18, A Tillekeratne 140, S. Dissanaike 56, R. Subasinghe 57 N.o. R. Lakshitha 2-79)
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