Abhishek spins Richmond to victory
Royal skipper Sineth Jayawardena sweeps during his knock of 71 - Pic by M.A. Pushpakumara
A match bag of 10 for 79 by right-arm spinner Sharon Abhishek helped Richmond College coast to an easy innings and 10-run win over De Mazenod College in their Under-19 Inter-School cricket encounter concluded at Kandana yesterday.
Royal College recorded an easy first innings win over Ananda College in their match ended at the SSC ground. The highlights of the match were the three centuries scored by Rehan Peiris and Ramiru Perera of Royal and Kanchana de Livera of Ananda.
Kaveesha Piyumal of St. Anthony’s College, Katugastota ended with an impressive haul of nine wickets in an innings and ended with a match bag of 14 wickets, but it could not prevent S. Thomas’ College from recording a close first innings win at Katugastota.
Wesley College’s Brendon Fernando slammed an unbeaten 163 with seven boundaries and two sixes to end the first day on 318 for 5 against Maliyadeva College in the game began at Kurunegala.
| RESULTS | |
| At Kandana: Richmond beat De Mazenod by innings and 10 runs Richmond 250 all out (Thamindu Pradeeptha 76, Seneth Sisan 38, Sharon Abishek 34, S. Jayaweera 29, Chehan Subasinghe 16: Sharith Sudeena 5/73, Kavindu Kaushalya 2/27, Savinu Chanthuka 2/73) De Mazenod (43/3 o’night) 107 all out (Dinash Jelon 39, Thathsuka Indeepa 18, Uvindu Perera 15: Sharon Abishek 6/16, Sihath Ramanayake 2/22) and 133 all out (Sharith Sudeena 38, Uvindu Perera 34, Nicalo Sharon 28: Sharon Abhishek 4/63, Malsha Tharupathi 3/36, Kaveesha At SSC: First innings win for Royal vs Ananda Royal 299 for 6 decl (Rehan Peiris 103, Ramiru Perera 100 n.o., Isula Geeganage 29, Yasindu Dissanayake 28, Anush Polonowita 23: Ashinsa Nainayake 3/69) and 194 for 8 at close (Sineth Jayawardena 71, Yasindu Dissanayake 29, Bulan Weeratunga 21n.o.: Ruvishan Perera 3/35, Ayesh Shashimal 2/33) Ananda (65/1 o’night) 239 all out (Kanchana de Livera 147, Iruth Gimshan 25, Ayesh Shashimal 18: Ramiru Perera 4/41, Sineth Jayawardena 3/48, Nethwin Dharmaratne 2/47) At Kandy: First innings win for S. Thomas’ vs St. Anthony’s S. Thomas’ 136 all out (Thisen Eheliyagoda 42, Sadev Soysa 21, Avinash Fernando 18, Mithila Charles 17: Kaveesha Piyumal 5/40, Thisara Ekanayake 5/45) and 163 all out (Mithila Charles 46, Mahith Perera 41, Sadev Soysa 23: Kaveesha Piyumal 9/63) St. Anthony’s Katugastota (55/3 o’night) 124 all out (Janith Ratnasiri 19, Kevan Ramika 18, Thisara Ekanayake 15, Kaveesha Piyumal 15: Abheeth Paranawidana 5/27, Kavindu Dias 3/40) and 73 for 4 at close (Thisara Ekanayake 35n.o.: Yatndra Siriwardena 3/25) At Kurunegala: Wesley lead Maliyadeva by 318 runs Wesley 318 for 5 at stumps (Brendon Fernando 163n.o., Uvin Perera 44, Sanithu Amarasinghe 43, Lithum Sanuja 32, Kavindu Amarasinghe 18: Thaveesha Balasooriya 2/57) vs Maliyadeva Kurunegala At Maradana: Dharmasoka lead Zahira by 68 runs Dharmasoka Ambalangoda 170 all out (Akash Mendis 55, Jithira Sansika 25, Randul Samarahewa 23, Nethuja Basitha 23n.o.: Tharusha Navodya 5/40, Ismath Zayan 3/29) and 9 for Zahira 111 all out (Mohamed Ijaz 32, Raedh Roshan 19, Thabith Rizficar 15: Nethuja Basitha 4/13, Senitha Halambage 2/15, Ishan Anuradha 2/16, Pathum Malitha 2/27) |