Niman, Wanuja steer St. Peter’s to victory

By M. Shamil Amit

A match bag of ten wickets by Niman Umesh and an all-round performance by Wanuja Sahan paved the way for St. Peter’s College to record a comfortable five-wicket win over Trinity College in the Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter concluded at Asgiriya yesterday.

In the other matches that were played, St. Anthony’s College Katugastota, Richmond College, Maris Stella Negombo and Gurukula MV Kelaniya dominated proceedings in drawn matches against Thurstan College, Prince of Wales, St. Aloysius’ College Galle and S. Thomas’ College Matara.

Results:

At Asgiriya – St. Peters’s won by five wickets
Trinity 189 (Pawan Pathiraja 26, Theeraka Ranatunga 19, Akram Muthalib 18, Kusal Wijetunga 16, Viduka Dhammage 61 n.o.: Niman Umesh 5 for 62, Wanuja Sahan 2 for 61) and 109 (Manula Kularatne 31, Pawan Pathiraja 19: Wanuja Sahan 5 for 38, Niman Umesh 5 for 54)
St. Peter’s (116/5 overnight) 150 (Wanuja Sahan 29, Vishen Halambage 24, Nimuthu Gunawardena 22, Niman Umesh 19: Ranuda Somaratne 3 for 13, Dinuka Tennekoon 3 for 46, Theeraka Ranatunga 2 for 38) and 151 for 5 (Vishen Halambage 31, Lahiru Dawatage 29, Wanuja Sahan 25, Sanshay Gunatileke 22, Niman Umesh 21 n.o.: Dinuka Tennekoon 3 for 53, Theeraka Ranatunga 2 for 42) 
At Katugastota – Match drawn
St. Anthony’s 288 (Thisara Ekanayake 72, Chandimal Herath 64, Asitha Wanninayake 63, Chamindu Wickramasinghe 35, Ravindu Kapukotuwa 15: Thenuka Devapriya 2 for 19, Ranga Rasanka 2 for 42)
Thurstan (10/0 overnight) 127 (Pasindu Rashmitha 23, Ruvinda Dilshan 23, Tharindu Harshana 21: Asitha Wanninayake 5 for 23, Lahiru Abeysinghe 2 for 21, Divyesh Ramaiah 2 for 26) and 148 for 6 (Tharindu Harshana 58, Bawantha Jayasinghe 27, Pasindu Rashmitha 25: Asitha Wanninayake 3 for 40, Kaveesha Piyumal 2 for 35)
At Moratuwa – Match drawn
Prince of Wales 213 (Omesh Mendis 46, Thanuj Kavishan 44, Tharindu Amarasinghe 35, Chenuka Mandiv 27: Malsha Tharupathi 9 for 67) and 93 for 7 (Kenul de Zoysa 32: Sharon Abishek 3 for 11, Malsha Tharupathi 2 for 33)
Richmond 311 for 7 declared (Tharinda Nirmal 109, Bhanuka Manohara 36, Malsha Tharupathi 32, Janeth Kaushal 102 n.o.: Mesith de Silva 4 for 39)
At Aluthgama – Match drawn
St. Aloysius Galle 235 (Charya Yasara 81, Hasitha Suranga 27, Kavindu Kesara 26, Vidura Lakshan 24, Dineth Nimsara 22: Hasindu Perera 7 for 74) and 74 for 3 (Kavindu Kesara 33 n.o.: Anshane de Silva 2 for 15)
Maris Stela Negombo 337 for 3 declared (Shane Adithya 159, Kaveen Fernando 100, Sadev Ratnayake 35, Sachiru Hansala 28 n.o.)
At Matara – Match drawn
St. Thomas Matara 67 (Tharusha Dilsara 7 for 26, Janitha Shehan 2 for 28) and 245 (Harindu Jayasekera 105, Abdul Majid 53: Poorna Kalhara 5 for 45, Denura Demansith 2 for 17)
Gurukula MV Kelaniya 164 (Poorna Kalhara 39, Neluka Heshan 22, Mohamed Murshad 21, Denura Demansith 55 n.o.: Harindu Jayasekera 4 for 48, Manuga Yonal 2 for 27)