Kithma, Nethula deny S. Thomas’ victory
Kithma Widanapathirana and Nethula Edirimanna cracked half centuries as the Ananda College duo denied S. Thomas’ College of an outright win in the Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter concluded at Mt. Lavinia yesterday. Ananda, after being bundled out for a paltry 104 against S. Thomas’ formidable score of 339 for 7 declared, was forced to follow on. They were left with the daunting task of erasing a huge deficit of 235 runs which they achieved thanks to Kithma and Nethula.
Meanwhile a triple century (300 off 264 balls) by Isuru Nidarshana of Moratu MV was the highlight of the Moratu MV vs Zahira College match played at Maradana. The youngster slammed 29 boundaries and 14 sixes in his marathon knock helping his side to a massive score of 539.
Isuru Nidarshana hit 300
| Brief Scores | |
S. Thomas’ 339 for 7 (115.4) decl (Mithila Charles 100n.o., Avinash Fernando 97, Sadev Soysa 37; Sharada Jayaratne 3/67, Chamathka Irusha 2/68) Ananda 104 all out (47.3) (Mihin Munasinghe 45, Dinada Athalage 24; Aaron de Silva 3/14, Kavindu Dias 2/16, Shanil Perera 2/18, Darien Diego 2/27) and 234 for 6 (72.5) at close (Kithma Widanapathirana 92, Nethula Edirimanna 88; Dineth Goonewardena 2/27, Darien Diego 2/28, Aaron de Silva 2/63)
Zahira 120 all out (37.3) and 122 for 2 (24) (Thabith Rizficar 59n.o., Ranidu Malith 43) Moratu MV (202/1 o’night) 539 all out (112.4) at close (Isuru Nidarshana 300, Sanjana Seneviratne 82, Visal Sathsara 44, Malith Shehan 29, Sithum Silva 25, Oshada Diniyuru 20; Aqeel Fazeer 3/105, Ranidu Malith 2/90, Inam Slaza 2/105)
Prince of Wales 256 all out (77.3) (Rivith Jayasooriya 80, Naveen Fernando 70, Suwahas Fernando 22; Thevindu Wewalwala 4/27, Sandul Abeywardena 3/63) and 162 for 6 (43.5) at close (Suwahas Fernando 66, Deneth Sithumina 20; Ranuka Malaviarachchi 2/38) Royal (68/4 o’night) 215 all out (55) (Vimath Dinsara 69, Thevindu Wewalwala 53, Hirun Liyanaarachchi 47; Nethul Anuhas 5/55, Rasindu Fernando 3/45) |