Thurstan College has put themselves in a strong position to record an outright win against De Mazenod when play ended on day two in the Under-19 Division I Tier ‘B’ quarter-final encounter played at Darley Road yesterday. Resuming from their overnight score of 194 for 4, Thurstan managed only 217 in the first innings in [...]

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Thurstan in line for early win

By M. Shamil Amit
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Thurstan College has put themselves in a strong position to record an outright win against De Mazenod when play ended on day two in the Under-19 Division I Tier ‘B’ quarter-final encounter played at Darley Road yesterday.

Resuming from their overnight score of 194 for 4, Thurstan managed only 217 in the first innings in reply to De Mazenod’s 153. In the second essay De Mazenod ended the day on 89 for 9– a lead of just 25 runs.

Mahinda College, Galle along with St. Anne’s College, Kurunegala and St. Joseph Vaz College, Wennappuwa have already taken first-inning leads while Vidyartha College qualified to the semi-final of the Division II Tier ‘A’ category with an outright win over St. John’s College, Panadura in the quarter-final match concluded at Kandy. Other matches will continue today.

Brief Scores:
  • At Darley Road: De Mazenod lead Thurstan by 25 runs

De Mazenod 153 all out (40.5) and 89 for 9 (48) at stumps (Praneeth Vithanage 28, Sharith Sudeena 16; Sethru Fernando 6/23, Thanyga Palihawadan 3/29)
Thurstan (104/4 o’night) 217 all out (89) (Sethru Fernando 68, Pathum Dhananjaya 45, Semika Ratnasiri 31; Sharith Sudeena 4/97, Praneeth Vithanage 2/13, Geenod Perera 2/13)

  • At Monaragala: Mahinda lead Sri Sumangala by 126 runs

Mahinda Galle 217 all out (84.4) and 57 for 4 (23) at stumps (Randula Mabarana 25n.o.; Sadew Hettiarachchi 3/24)
Sri Sumangala Panadura (1/0 o’night) 148 all out (57.3) (Akila Wedamulla 38, Neksha Iddamalgoda 35, Senira Wijegunasinghe 22; Sahanjith Samadith 3/20, Sadew Nethmina 2/23, Arosha Udayanga 2/23, Senuka Dangamuwa 2/39)

  • At Ratnapura: Isipathana lead St. Anne’s by 47 runs

Isipathana 197 all out (59.1) and 82 for 3 (26) at stumps (Ruchith Rodrigo 28, Maleesha Sandaruwan 21 n.o.; Kevin Nanayakkara 2/23)
St. Anne’s Kurunegala 232 all out (73.5) (Oshada Kodikara 59, Vageesha Ranasinghe 44, Kushan Subasinghe 41, Shehan Kumara 35, Dinuga Abeysekera 22; Thithira Sansira 4/52, Dasith Senal 4/72)

  • At Kandy: Vidyartha beat St. John’s Panadura by innings and 19 runs

St. John’s Panadura 131 all out (30) and 225 all out (65.3) (Hirusha Peiris 85, Deneth Peiris 45, Kusal Fernando 22, Gimhan Wijesekera 20; Dhanupa Kodikara 3/40, Ishan Dodangolla 2/19, Anuhas Ranaweera 2/30, Shevan Moses 2/35)
Vidyartha (338/4 o’night) 375 all out (80.5) (Shevan Moses 110, Dhanupa Kodikara 63, Pubudu Tharaka 59, Manuth Midniya 49, Anuhas Ranaweera 43; Deneth Peiris 5/43)

  • At Boyagane: Royal Panadura lead St. Joseph Vaz by 47 runs

Royal Panadura 141 all out (55.2) and 178 for 6 (56) at stumps (Sathsara Nilanjith 56, Udara Dhananjaya 46, Dimath Jayasinghe 28n.o., Lasiru Sandakan 22; Himal Ravihansa 3/91, Mathisan Fernando 2/52)
St. Joseph Vaz Wennappuwa (121/2 o’night) 272 all out (85.1) (Savio Fernando 91, Mathisan Fernando 59, Shehara Fernando 39, Induwara Jayasekera 26, Akrsha Warnakulasuriya 21; Sathsaa Nilanjith 5/75, Sethika Dilmith 2/78)

  • At Katuneriya: Vidyaloka beat Jaffna Central by innings and 21 runs

Jaffna Central 80 all out (35.3) and 136 all out (39.1) (Ranjithkumar Newton 34, Antonreshan Abjshek 27, Sathakaran Similton 21; Seniru Ninduwara 6/42, Dasun Chamod 2/40)
Vidyaloka Galle (179/4 o’night) 237 all out (73.2) (Nimesh Aavinda 102, Prageeth Bimsara 42, Yasith Deemantha 21; Murali Thison 6/60, Ranjitjkumar Newton 3/74)

  • At Polonnaruwa: St. Joseph’s trail St. Peter’s by 211 runs

St. Peter’s 214 all out (85.2) (Dilana Damsara 46, Joshua Sebastian 45, Nathan David 31, Jason Fernando 28, Thareen Sanketh 25; Yenula Dewthusa 5/48, Damian de Silva 2/41, Nushan Perera 2/61)
St. Joseph’s 3 for 0 (2) at stumps

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