Cricket: Tzu Chi NS crush St. Mary’s Hambantota by innings in U-19 Division III

Pramith Chethiya's 242 runs off 163 balls with 5 sixes and 39 fours, and 5/49, helped Tzu Chi National School crush St. Mary’s College Hambantota by an innings and 91 runs, in their Under-19 Division III, Tier 'B' game played at Tzu Chi NS grounds in Hambantota. 

Invited to bat first, St Mary’s scored 191 runs off 39 overs. Mohammed Nishad top-scored with 53 runs while Thusith Dilshan made 44. 

Pramith Chethiya bowling right arm medium pace cutters captured 5/49. 

In reply, the Tzu Chi batsmen went on a scoring spree, to post 511 runs off 78 overs in their first essay. 

Pramith Chethiya scored 242 while Chamika Ranasinghe 82, Inosh Shamalka 52 and S.R. Mowlana 49 boosted the scorecard for the winners. 

Chamika Ranasinghe 5/66 and Isuru Sampath 4/50 restricted the St Mary’s second essay to 229, as Isuru Kavinda top-scored with 80 runs. 

St. Mary’s 191 all out (39) (Mohammed Nishad 53, Isuru Kavinda 32, Thusith Dilshan 44; Pramitha Chethiya 5/49, Chamika Ranasinghe 2/34) and 229 all out (39) (Isuru Kavinda 80, Mohammed Nishad 31, A Udara 25; Chamika Ranasinghe 5/66, Isuru Sampath 4/50) 

Tzu Chi NS 511 all out (78) (Pramith Chethiya 242, Chamika Ranasinghe 82, Inosh Shamalka 52, S.R. Mowlana 49, Pramuka Dilshan 41)