Romesh, Charuka guide S. Thomas’
Romesh Mendis cracked a ton while right-arm spinner Charuka Peiris ended with a match bag of 10 wickets as S. Thomas’ recorded a convincing victory by an innings and 14-run win against Mahinda College Galle in the Under-19 Inter-School cricket encounter concluded at Mt. Lavinia yesterday.
Mendis laid the foundation for the win with a fine 117 in 129 balls (10×4, 5×6) to help the Thomians post a formidable score of 289 runs in reply to the Mahinda’s 101. Mahinda, batting the second time and left with the task of erasing a deficit of 188 runs, fared better but spinner Charuka, who bagged four scalps in the first inning, snatched up six scalps to bowl out Mahinda for 174 runs to guide the Thomians to their third outright win from four matches.
An allround performance by Gayana Weerasinghe enabled Maliyadeva hold Royal to a draw in the match concluded at Reid Avenue while Eranga Jayakody, Kushmitha Silva and Rusiru Vilochana shone for Nalanda in the drawn match against Dharmasoka Ambalangoda at Pannala. Exchanges were even on day one in the match between St. Servatius Matara and Mahanama Colombo at Narahenpita.
| Results | |
Mahinda 101 all out (Dhanuja Induwara 53: Nathan Caldera 5/37, Charuka Peiris 4/21) and 174 all out (Hiruna Gallage 40, Dinura Kalupahana 36, Senuk Dangamuwa 29, Chandupa de Silva 20: Charuka Peiris 6/66, Nathan Caldera 2/32, Akash Fernando 2/33) S. Thomas’ 289 all out (Romesh Mendis 117, Senesh Hettiarachchi 72, Thisen Eheliyagoda 40: Tharusha Dilshan 5/71, Senuk Dangamuwa 3/48)
Royal 302 for 7 decl (Dasis Manchanayake 100, Ramiru Perera 85, Uvindu Weerasekera 60, Bulan Weeratunga 33: Gayana Weerasinghe 4/76, Charuka Herath 2/80) Maliyadeva (52/3 overnight) 201 all out (Gayana Weerasinghe 135 n.o.: Dasis Manchanayake 4/33, Sandesh Ramanayake 2/60) and 198 for 5 at close (Amesh Tennekoon 40, Jayamin Muthukumarana 25, Chandupa Abeysinghe 24, Gayana weerasinghe 61n.o.: Menaka Heyanthudawa 2/28)
Nalanda 105 all out (Kushmitha Silva 23, Rusiru Vilochana 22: Senitha Halambage 5/17, Pathum Malitha 2/19) and 309 for 9 at close (Eranga Jayakody 90, Kushmitha Silva 80, Rusiru Vilochana 65, Sajitha Vithanage 38: Chanaka Jananga 4/59, Senitha Halambage 4/100) Dharmasoka Ambalangoda (210/6 overnight) 238 all out (Senitha Halambage 97, Manasa de Silva 39, Chandupa Kavisha 27: Janula Indusara 3/12, Minod Caldera 3/71, Chanul Athukorala 2/43)
St Servatius Matara 126 all out (Kushan Wijerama 23, ChathumBimsara 23, Thisan Dewmith 21 n.o.: Duvindu Ranatunga 3/23, Dasith Gunatileke 3/36, Venuk Hettiarachchi 2/24, Omesh Udara 2/28) Mahanama 71 for 6 at stumps (Banula Algawatte 22, Anjala Bandara 33 n.o.: Tharush Damindu 3/19) |