S. Thomas’ recorded their fourth outright win in the ongoing Under 19 inter-school cricket season when they defeated St. Aloysius Galle by eight wickets at Mt Lavinia yesterday.
S. Thomas’ were sitting pretty and were in a strong position when play stopped for lunch as they had their opponents, resuming from their overnight score of 29 for no loss, struggling on 130 for 6.
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| Nalanda batsman Senura Amerasinghe in action at Bloomfield grounds,
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The win for the Thomians was initiated by left arm spinner Dilum Fernando who ended with impressive figures of 4 for 21 to bowl them out for 154. This left the Thomians a target of 112 runs to win which they reached in the 27th over.
Zahira too recorded their fourth outright win of the season which was also an eight wicket victory over Sri Sumangala Panadura at Zahira ground, Maradana.
The architect of their win was left spinner Pradeep Ananda who had a match bag of 13 for 102. Pradeep took five wickets in the first inning and followed it up with figures of 8 for 43.
The second day’s play saw Sri Sumanagala, resuming from their first inning on 125 for 8, being bowled out for the addition of of 19 runs for 144. Made to follow on with a deficit of 138 runs, they ended by making a respectable 233.
St. Joseph’s powered by a knock of 93 by Vidusha Jayasinghe and an unbeaten 63 by Supeshala Jayatileke recorded a first inning win over Maris Stella in the high scoring match concluded at Darley Road yesterday.
St. Joseph’s resuming from their overnight score of 5 for 1 made a formidable 290 for 9 in reply to Maris Stella’s 276.
At Ananda Mawatha Wesley took major honours in the match against Ananda.
Nalanda dominated the proceedings in their drawn match against St. Peter’s at the Bloomfield ground in Reid Avenue yesterday. -MSA
At Mt Lavinia
St. Aloysius 118 (Nuwan Marlon 36, Thilina Madushan 34 n.o.: Chamod Pathirana 4 for 54, Dilum Fernando 2 for 10) and (29/0 overnight) 154 (Suresh Sandakelum 57, Lakshan Anuradha 20: Dilum Fernando 4 for 21, Chamod Pathirana 3 for 34)
S. Thomas’ 160 for 6 declared (Devin Jayasinghe 27, Asiri Wickremanayake 24, Thilaksha Sumanasiri 50 n.o., Umesh Fernando 43 n.o.: Akalanka Nilanduwage 2 for 18, Nilupul Samarakoon 2 for 51) and 113 for 2 (Sachin Peiris 66 n.o., Javed Bongso 30 n.o.)
At Maradana
Zahira 282 (Imras Rafi 105, Ahamed Hamdan 61, Dilshard Hilmy 34: Subida Fernando 4 for 50, Anju Tharaka 2 for 57) and 96 for 2 (Basith Marikar 66, Dilshard Hilmy 22: Anju Tharaka 2 for 35)
Sri Sumangala Panadura (125/8 overnight) 144 (Subida Fernando 34, Thushara Thenuwara 28: Pradeep Ananda 5 for 59, Imras Rafi 4 for 22) and 233 (Aruna Dharmasena 93, Lahiru Vimukthi 27, Chamika Amarasekera 50 n.o.: Pradeep Ananda 8 for 43, Waseem Sinnen 2 for 45)
At Darley Road
Maris Stella 276 (Shehan Fernando 80, Malindu Perera 66, Shehan Dilashri 29, Prasansana Jayamanne 25: Supeshala Jayatileke 5 for 51, Krishan Dissanayake 2 for 21, Dinal Fonseka 2 for 38)
St. Joseph’s (5/1 overnight) 290 for 9 (Vidusha Jayasinghe 93, Yasahan Samarasinghe 40, Dinal Fonseka 28, Sachin Hewawasam 19, Supeshala Jayatileke 63 n.o.: Angelo Jayasinghe 3 for 77, Shehan Fernando 2 for 78)
At Reid Avenue
St. Peter’s 147 (Shasheen Fernando 57, Dushan Hemantha 25: Koshan Dhanushka 3 for 25, Kusal Dias 3 for 51, Lahiru Wijeratne 2 for 25) and 221 for 8 (Shehan Fernando 89, Jason Bultjens 49, Shasheen Fernando 25: Kusal Dias 3 for 39, Vihan Wickramaarchchi 3 for 55)
Nalanda (171/4 overnight) 287 (Ishan Rangana 95, Koshan Dhanushka 67, Nikila Weerasinghe 33, Oshantha de Silva 31, Manula Jayasekera 23: Julian de Zylwa 4 for 76, Ali Khan 2 for 62)
At Ananda Mawatha
Wesley 279 for 9 declared (Sadeem Thawfeeq 52, Sachin Jayawardena 23, Lahiru Perera 22, Ashel Kariyawasam 21, Ashen Fonseka 19, T. Ediriweera 18, Basith Muzzamil 15, Tharindu Karunaratne 51 n.o., Jonathan Kaderamanpulle 25 n.o.: Pasindu Madushan 3 for 63, Ishan Bandaranayake 3 for 68) and 79 for 2 (Lahiru Perera 26, Ashen Fonseka 21 n.o.)
Ananda (16/2 overnight) 276 (Pasindu Madushan 111, Ushan Gunatileke 53, Thushara Samarakoon 40, Geshan Wimaladharma 18, Ishan Bandaranayake 18: : Sadeem Thawfeeq 4 for 22, Ashel Kariyawasam 2 for 37, Tharindu Karunaratne 2 for 79) -MSA |
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