Skipper Raninda Sooriyakumara and left arm spinner Sachin Jayawardena guided Wesley to an easy first inning win over Kalutara MV in their Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter concluded at Campbell Park yesterday.
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| Wesley’s left arm spinner Sachin Jayawardena in action at Campbell Park yesterday. -Picture by Ranjith Perera. |
Raninda had the distinction of scoring twin half tons while Sachin ended with a match bag of 9 for 68. The second day’s play saw Kalutara MV, resuming from their overnight score of 61 for 4, being bundled out for 100 in reply to Wesley’s 177.
At Kandana Rukshan Weerasinghe who made a knock of 107 which was his second successive ton helped St Benedict’s record a comfortable first inning win over De Mazenod Kandana in the match concluded at Kandana yesterday. Mazenodians resuming from their overnight score of 25 for 2 were restricted to 165 after Bens had made 257 on day one.
The encounter between S. Thomas’ and Trinity ended in a high scoring draw at Mt Lavinia yesterday. Trinity in reply to the home team’s score of 260 (resuming from their overnight score of 65 for 3) were guided by half tons from Niroshan Dickwella and Ron Chandragupta to make a score of 269.
A knock of 113 by Ananda skipper Geshan Wimaladarma was the highlight of their drawn inter-school match against St Sebastian’s which concluded at Moratuwa yesterday.
At Campbell Park – Wesley vs Kalutara MV
Wesley 177 (Raninda Sooriyakumara 95, Tharindu Karunaratne 17, Sarika Ediriweera 15 n.o.: Lahiru Subasinghe 3 for 47, Dulan Silva 3 for 52) and 176 for 5 declared (Raninda Sooriyakumara 70, Sadeem Thawfeeq 44, Ashel Kariyawasam 19: S. Withanage 3 for 18) Kalutara MV (61/4 overnight) 100 (H. James 36, S. Withanage 18, R. Silva 16: Sachin Jayawardena 4 for 21, Ashel Kariyawasam 3 for 8) and 156 for 8 (S. Withanage 35, I. Buddika 24: Sachin Jayawardena 5 for 47)
At Kandana – De Mazenod vs St. Benedict’s
St Benedict’s 257 (Rukshan Weerasinghe 107, Roy Sheran 78, Arjuna Perera 22, Waruna Fernando 16: Madushan Fernando 4 for 64, Wadeesha Jayasuriya 4 for 84) and 138 for 9 declared (Eranga Ratnayake 36, Sameera Sandamal 31, Arjuna Perera 22, Sachin Peiris 20: Wadeesha Jayasuriya 5 for 65)
De Mazenod (25/2 overnight) 165 (Madushan Fernando 51, Shanil Perera 30, Sriyan Anuruddika 22.: Shannon Patterson 2 for 10, Sachin Peiris 2 for 18, Jason Perera 2 for 18, Eranga Ratnayake 2 for 26) and 16 for 1
At Mt Lavinia – S. Thomas’ vs Trinity
S. Thomas’ 260 (Chamod Pathirana 62, Nuwan Kavinda 46, Neomal Wickramasekera 44, Asiri Wickramanayake 39, Javed Bongso 32, Umesh Fernando 20: Janishka Premasinghe 6 for 62, Tissa Bandara 2 for 48) and 66 for no loss (Asiri Wickramanayake 50 n.o.) Trinity (65/3 overnight) 269 (Niroshan Dickwella 67, Ron Chandragupta 60, Kavinda Jayasuriya 43, Alvin Fernando 22: Neomal Wickramasekera 3 for 47, Umesh Fernando 3 for 51, Madushan Ravichandrakumar 2 for 66)
At Moratuwa – St Sebastian’s vs Ananda
St Sebastian’s 204 (Oshada Fernando 90, Anuk de Alwis 33, Deshan Dias 22: Venuka Ashan 3 for 37, Isuru Samarasinghe 3 for 43, Sachithra Perera 3 for 54) and 161 for 9 declared (Anuk de Alwis 47, Luke Jayadeva 25, Sanitha de Mel 24, Marlon Fernando 23: Sachitra Perera 4 for 40, Thamalka Athulathmudali 2 for 38)
Ananda (181/9 overnight) 196 (Geshan Wimaladarma 113, Pasindu Madushan 15: Amila Aponso 3 for 39, Marlon Fernando 3 for 45, Sanitha de Mel 2 for 52) and 146 for 4 (Dhanuka Madushan 77, Rasith Jayaratne 27: Wishwa Fernando 2 for 31, Sanitha de Mel 2 for 38) .
Draw at Katugastota
Good individual performances by Anthonians Hiran Wickremasekera (105 and 4 catches), Aravinda Premaratne (7 wickets and 34 runs) and Josephian Rosco Thatil (7 for 47) highlighted the drawn Murali-Vaas Trophy match at Katugastota yesterday.
The Anthonians enjoyed a 90 run lead on the first innings on the back of the skipper’s hundred. The visitors wiped off the deficit without much trouble. Samarawickrema (80) played some pleasing lofted shots.
St. Joseph’s 134 in 46 overs (N.Jayasinghe 13, S. Samarawickrema 13, S. Hewawasam 12, P. Perera 31, F. Fernando 13; K. Ranaraja 3 for 26, D. Herath 2 for 21, T. Jayasinghe 2 for 27, A. Premaratne 2 for 24) and 201 for 7 in 65 overs (N. Jayasinghe 66, S. Samarawickrema 80; A. Premartatne 5 for 66)
St. Anthony’s 224 in 78.2 overs (H. Wickremasekera 105, A. Premaratne 36, K. Ranaraja 26, A. Bandara 20; R. Thatil 7 for 47) |
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