Richmond thump Matara Thomians
Richmond College outclassed St. Thomas’ College, Matara, securing a dominant innings and 35-run victory in their low-scoring Under-19 Inter-School cricket encounter, which concluded yesterday at the Uyanwatta Stadium in Matara.
Resuming on their overnight score of 63 for 6, in response to Richmond’s total of 185, St. Thomas’ was bowled out for a mere 80 runs, with Malith de Silva inflicting the damage. Forced to follow on, the Matara Thomians fared no better, crumbling for just 70 runs in their second innings, conceding an outright win.
Meanwhile, an unbeaten century from Dinul Wijesinghe helped St. Anthony’s College salvage a draw against Dharmaraja College at the Lake View ground in Kandy. Wijesinghe’s 105 was the cornerstone of resistance as he built three crucial partnerships—132 runs for the fifth wicket with Thilina Edirisinghe, 58 runs for the sixth wicket with skipper Charuka Ekanayake, and an unbroken 63-run stand for the seventh wicket with Kevan Fernando—ensuring Dharmaraja was denied an outright win. At Asgiriya, Trinity College and St. Benedict’s College played for a draw in another match that concluded yesterday.
| Results | |
| At Matara: Richmond beat St. Thomas’ won by innings and 35 runs Richmond 185 all out (65.5) (Shehan de Zoysa 59, Bevin Jayawardena 22, Thamindu Pradeeptha 20; Vihanga Sankalana 2/15, Pesandu Sanjan 2/29, Dinura Pawinji 2/29, Manuga Guruge 2/33) St. Thomas’ Matara (63/6 o’night) 80 all out (34.4) (Ochintha Chamika 20; Malith de Silva 5/35, Nethuja Bashitha 2/1, Yuri Koththigoda 2/22) and 70 all out (41.2) at close (Abdul Majid 22n.o.; Yuri Koththigoda 3/27, Tenusha Nimsara 2/4, Pubudu Mihiranga 2/9, Malith de Silva 2/14) At Lake View: Dharmaraja drew with St. Anthony’s Dharmaraja 442 all out (98.1) (Lakvin Abeysinghe 135, Kashyapa Dassanayake 101, Tharindu Warnakulage 81; Bimosh Samarasinghe 4/103, Nedan Ebert 3/75) St. Anthony’s Katugastota 217 all out (59.5) and 291 for 6 (90) at close (Dinul Wijesinghe 105n.o., Thilina Edirisinghe 71, Charuka Ekanayake 41, Kevan Fernando 39n.o., Januka Ratnayake 27; Lakvin Abeysinghe 2/69, Dhakshika Manukalpa 2/90) At Asgiriya: Trinity drew vs St. Benedict’s St. Benedict’s 147 all out (44.2) and 110 for 2 (38.1) at close (Didula Edirisuriya 38n.o., Janindu Nandasena 30, Sharujan Shanmuganathan 19n.o.) Trinity (222/2 o’night) 396 all out (86) (Pulisha Tilekeratne 132, Aadham Hilmy 59, Rajindu Tilekeratne 51, Vathila Udara 48, Mahendra Abeysinghe 31, Jayavi Liyanagama 31; Sharujam Shanmuganathan 4/60, Mevan Dissanayake 3/96, Ayesh Gajanayake 2/72) |