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Nalanda's Woshantha Silva
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St Peter’s were home for lunch when they recorded an easy nine wicket win over Joseph Vaz Wennappuwa in their Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter concluded at Bambalapitiya yesterday. This was the fourth win for the season for St. Peters.The second days play saw Joseph Vaz resuming their second innings from their overnight score of 64 for 6 lasting only just over an hour and being bowled out for 134.
This left the Peterites a simple target of 43 runs for victory which they needed just 4.5 overs.
Wesley fought back to come out on top on day two against St Sebastian’s in their drawn match concluded at De Zoysa Stadium in Moratuwa. Wesley was guided by the ninth wicket pair of Migara Wickramasinghe and Basith Muzammil who put on a 138 runs stand helping Wesley recover from their overnight score of 104 for 8 to 249 in reply to the Sebs score of 201.
Nalanda batted the whole of day two and succeeded in holding S. Thomas’ to a draw in the match concluded at Mt Lavinia. Nalanda after being bundled out for 113 in the first inning put in stiff resistance the second time as they made a formidable score of 382 thanks to a knock of 132 by Woshantha Silva and a half ton by Ishan Rangana.Pasindu Madushan’s 100 wicket haul for the season was the highlight of the drawn inter-school match between Ananda and St Joseph’s concluded at Darley Road yesterday. The Ananda skipper reached the milestone in his 18th match as he ended with 101 wickets with the five wickets he took in the match.
At Bambalapitiya: St. Peter’s beat Joseph Vaz by nine wickets
Joseph Vaz 84 (Primash Obri 30: Julian de Zylwa 4/22, Ali Khan 2/17, Udaka Galhena 2/19) and (64/6 o’night) 134 (Mahesh Fernando 37, Prabashwara Perera 30: Julian de Zylwa 4 /32, Dushan Hemantha 3/34, Ali Khan 2/24)
St. Peter’s 176 (Shehan Fernando 39, Shasheen Fernando 31, Janith Liyanage 28: Ransi Deepankara 8/58, Mateesha Vibodha 2/21) and 43 for 1 (Sasheen Fernando 18 n.o.)
At Mt Lavinia: Match drawn
S. Thomas’ 216 (Ramith Gunaratne 46, Dhanush Peiris 35, Thilaksha Sumanasiri 24, Rishane Mathangaweera 20 n.o.: Nikila Weerasinghe 3/43, Koshan Dhanushka 3/74, Malinda Vimukthi 2/17)
Nalanda (107/9 o’night) 113 (Vihan Wickramaarachchi 21, Pramud Hettiwatte 32 n.o.: Madushan Ravichandrakumar 5/21, Chamod Pathirana 3/33) and 382 (Woshantha Silva 132, Ishan Rangana 81, Koshan Dhanushka 41, Lahiru Jayakody 39, Lahiru Wijeratne 36: Thilaksha Sumanasiri 4/52, Chamod Pathirana 2/48)
At Darley Road: Match drawn
St. Joseph’s 257 for 9 decl (Supeshala Jayatilleke 56, Sachin Hewawasam 54, Yashan Samarasinghe 38, Sadeera Samarawickrama 36, Vidusha Jayasinghe 22, Priyamal Perera 22, Pethum Madusanka 15: Pasindu Madushan 3/55, Venura Ashan 3/88) and 197 for 6 decl (Sadeera Samarawickrama 104, Vidusha Jayasinghe 33, Sachin Hewawasam 26: Tiran Wijesuriya 3/46, Pasindu Madushan 2/59)
Ananda (150/4 o’night) 182 (Geshan Wimaladarma 80, Sisuru Samarasinghe 23, Thushara Samarakoon 22: Priyamal Perera 5/49, Yashan Samarasinghe 2/23) and 107 for 4 (Thushara Samarakoon 43, Geshan Wimaladarma 25)
At Moratuwa: Match drawn
St. Sebastian’s 201 (Anuk Fernando 51, Sangeeth Cooray 32, Avishka Fernando 18: Tharindu Karunaratne 3/47, Ashen Fonseka 2/31) and 221 for 6 (Anushka Perera 80, Luke Jayadeva 64: Basith Muzammil 4/28)
Wesley (104/8 o’night) 249 (Migara Wickramasinghe 73, Basith Muzammil 68, Ashen Fonseka 32, Ashail Kariyawasam 24, Sadeem Thawfeeq 18: Sanitha de Mel 5/59, Amila Aponso 4/79)
St. Patrick’s wins ‘Battle of Golds’
St. Patrick’s College beat against Jaffna College Vaddukoddai by 9 wickets to win the 95th Battle of the Gold Big Match which ended at St. Patrick’s College Ground in Jaffna yesterday.
St. Patrick’s 226 all out in 68.5 overs (R. Jackson 36, Rishanth Tudor 36, V. Kugabala 32, A. Norbert 43; R. Nilaxshan 3/55, N. Kajendran 3/55, L. Lingaraj 2/18) and 65 for 1 in 17 overs
Jaffna College 115 all out in 46 overs (T. Nimalendra 21, S. Mathushan 28, N. Kajendran 27n.o; L. Livington 4/12) and (following on) 178 all out in 53 overs (S. Mathushan 94, N Kajendran 23) |
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