Magnificient hundreds from consistent Dinuk Wickremanayake (150 not out 23 fours, 3 sixes, 195 balls) and Akila Jayasundera (131, 18 fours, 1 six, 184 balls) enabled Trinity to go past the Josephian total of 286 and claim first innings honours in their drawn match at the Asgiriya Stadium.
Trinity slid to 58 for 6 early on daytwo, before the Wickremanayake - Jayasundera duo joined forces in a mammoth seventh wicket stand of 266. Wickremanake, who is having the time of his life, cut and drove superbly, while Jayasundera was his usual aggressive self.
Supeshala Jayatilleke, the under 19 left arm spinner, toiled long and hard to take 4 for 41. On the first day, Jayatilleke who made a hundred, combined with Pethum Madusanka in a hundred and fifty five run stand for the 9th wicket.
Bad light forced play to be stopped at 4.29 pm.
St. Joseph’s 286 in 83 overs (S. Samarawickrema 49, S. Jayatilleke 108, P. Madusanka 74 n.o; J. Premasinghe 4 for 95, H. Wanniarachchi 3 for 21)
Trinity (overnight 57 for 3) 384 for 8 dec in 89 overs. (N. Dikwella 38, D. Wickremanayake 150 n.o, A. Jayasundera 131,A. Fernando 24; S. Jayatilleke 4 for 141, A. Fernando 3 for 38).
Draw at Kurunegala
The Sylvestrians who enjoyed a 39 run lead over St. Anne’s on the first innings, had their opponents at 95 for 5 but failed to finish them off. As a result, the match played at Kurunegala ended in a draw.
Annite Anil Jayaratne (57) top scored in the match, while team-mate Madusan Wickremasinghe also passed fifty. Paceman Rohan Dias (5 for 42) bowled best for the home team.
Vice captain Waruna Wijesinghe did well for the Sylvestrians, while spinners Sumedha Dissanaike (five) bowled best.
St. Anne’s 111 in 51 overs (R.Vaz 28. K. Amith 15; I. Samarananda 4 for 27, S. Dissanaike 3 for 15) and 224 in 93 overs (A, Jayaratne 57, M. Wickremage 51, R. Vaz 24; M. Wijesinghe 2 for 54,I. Samarananda 2 for 53, S. Dissanaaike 2 for 49)
St. Sylvester’s 150 in 44 overs (F. Ahmed 23, M. Wijesinghe 49, H. Perera 19; R. Dias 5 for 42, S. Perera 3 for 40) and 70 for 3 in 22 overs (F. Ahmed 17, M. Madushan 17, H. Perera 20).
Sri Rahula on top
A superb spell of bowling by Sri Rahula’s off spinner and skipper Rajitha Ranatunga (6.5-1-14-8) and a brilliant all-round performance by left arm spinner Roshan Subasinghe (6 for 24 and 79) helped them to beat Nugawela Central by an innings and 50 runs in their Under 19 tournament match at Katugastota.
Sri Rahula was superior in batting and bowling, but the Nugawela lads fielded well.
The match was over after 20 minutes on day two.
Nugawela Central 93 in 30.3 overs (G. Buddika 11, W. Sirimanne 12, E.K. Dhananjaya 16, A.N. Bandara 16, N. Dunumadalawa 2 for 7, R. Subasinghe 6 for 24) and 70 in 21.5 overs (G.M. Nilanka 14, R. Dharmadasa 12; R. Ranatunga 8 for 14, H. Wickremasinghe 2 for 18)
Sri Rahula 213 in 52 overs ( R. Subasinghe 79, S. Asela 18, Rangana 26, R. Ranatunga 19, Tennekoon 19, C. Jayasuriya 19 n.o, N. Dunumadalawa 28; H.A. Premadasa 3 for 38, M.K. Ratnayake 3 for 48). |
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