Deneth, Dasun shine in St. John’s win

By M. Shamil Amit 

A top knock of 108 by Deneth Peiris and an impressive matchbag figures of 12 for 45 by left-arm spinner Dasun Fernando paved the way for St. John’s College, Panadura to record a convincing innings and 119-run win over Sri Devananda MV, Ambalangoda in their Under-19 Inter-Schools cricket encounter concluded at Panadura yesterday.

Chief scores: 

At Panadura – St. John’s won by innings and 119 runs. 

St. John’s: 300/9 decl 

Sri Devananda MV: 97 (Saveen Thiyunuwan 39, Dasun Fernando 6/15, Deneth Peiris 3/18) and 84 (Saveen Thiyunuwan 26 n.o, Dasun Fernando 6/30).

At Pannipitiya - Dharmapala MV won by innings and 71 runs. 

St. Peter’s, Negombo: 90 and 107 (Enura Imash 42, Nethmina Nirmal 4/4, Yomal Daniel 3/70, Chithum Baddege 2/14)

Dharmapala MV, Pannipitiya: 268/9 decl (Nisalitha Sandiv 64, Praveen Ranhiru 40, Thimath Thenuja 24, Nethmina Nirmal 100 n.o, Muditha Gautham 5/82, Linal Ransana 2/55, Yasiru Jananjaya 2/88).

At Dehiwala – St. John’s, Nugegoda won by 137 runs. 

St. John’s: 171 and 134/9 decl (Sandun Dewmina 51, Anusara Fernando 33, Kalana Prabuditha 22, Thavakumar Santhosh 4/44, Ramanathan Dheshkar 4/49)

Hindu College, Colombo: 99 and 69 (Thavakumar Santhosh 25, Piyumal Dewranga 6/36, Imeth Sansilu 3/17).
At Kegalle - Kegalu Vidyalaya won by 66 runs. 

Kegalu Vidualaya: 112 and 145 (Gairawa Thejan 41, Dilshan Kavinda 23, Anjana Mallikaarachchi 22, Kaveesha Walisinghe 20, Murali Thison 4/41, R. Akshayan 2/16, Vikneswaran Parithi 2/41)

Jaffna Central: 124 and 67 (Murali Thison 31, Vihanga Senaratne 6/31, Chanuka Wanasinghe 3/26).
At Wattala - First innings win for Lyceum, Wattala. 

Maris Stella, Thimbirigaskatuwa: 76 and 5/1

Lyceum: 157/8 decl (Gagan Perera 43, Tharusha Ranasinghe 31, Sadeesha Silva 25, Pravishka Nadeen 24, Shaven Perera 3/18, Vishwa Peiris 3/59).