St. Benedict’s, St. Joseph’s, St. Anthony’s record second successive wins

By M. Shamil Amit

St. Benedict’s College along with St Joseph’s College Colombo and St. Anthony’s College Katugastota recorded their second wins in the ongoing Under 19 limited over cricket tournament beating St. Sebastian’s College Moratuwa, St. Thomas’ College Matara and S. Thomas’ College Mt Lavinia.
In the other matches that were played Isipathana College, Sri Devananda MV Ambalangoda and St. John’s College Jaffna won their matches against Lumbini MV, Piliyandala Central and Anuradhapura Central.

Results:
At Kotahena – St. Benedict’s won by 16 runs
St. Benedict’s 220 for 9 in 50 overs (Ashen de Soyza 72, Yohan Soyza 55, Dilan Thabrew 26: Chrishane Perera 4 for 29, Sandeesh Fernando 2 for 61)
St. Sebastian’s 205 in 46.2 overs (Sandeesh Fernando 86, Ryan Dissanayake 36, Kushan Herath 26, Sanesh Fernando 24: Ashen de Soyza 3 for 25, Sachin Senanayake 2 for 23, Aneesha Madumalka 2 for 40)
At Darley Road – St. Joseph’s won by seven wickets
St. Thomas’ Matara 130 in 41.5 overs (Nipun Samarasinghe 47, Sachira Rashmika 26: Dunith Wellalage 2 for 10, Mithira Thenura 2 for 14)
St. Joseph’s 134 for 3 in 23.5 overs (Shevon Daniel 72, Hirun Matheesha 37)
At Mt Lavinia – St. Anthony’s won by seven wickets
S. Thomas’ 116 in 38.1 overs (Mahith Perera 33, Romesh Mendis 31: Chamindu Wickramasinghe 4 for 14, Divyesh Ramaiah 2 for 11, Asitha Wanninayake 2 for 14)
St. Anthony’s Katugastota 117 for 3 in 18.3 overs (Chamindu Wickramasinghe 69 n.o., Asitha Wanninayake 24 n.o.: G. Caniston 2 for 26)
At Narahenpita – Isipathana won by 15 runs
Isipathana 203 for 9 in 50 overs (Randunu Ganganath 39, Tharusha Nethsara 36, Yasith Kalupahana 25, Themiya Gunaratne 22: Sasanka Nethmina 5 for 43, Yugath Jasinghe 2 for 29)
Lumbini MV 188 in 48.1 overs (Sakuna Nidarshana 114, Nabeel Rajudeen 26, Deneth Anjana 24: Kevin Samuel 2 for 28, Sithuka Gunawardena 2 for 30)
At Piliyandala – Sri Devananda MV won by 48 runs
Sri Devananda MV Ambalangoda 232 for 9 in 48 overs (Shehan Wickramasinghe 79, Irusha Akash 26, Kanchana de Livera 24, Ranusha de Silva 53 n.o.: Thineth Salinga 3 for 43, Ashan Thathsara 2 for 33, Tharusha Dilhara 2 for 34)
Piliyandala Central 184 in 40.3 overs (Hasitha Niroshan 33, Tharusha Dilhara 31, Sethika Dilmith 31, Seniru Dilmith 24: Kaveesha Kalpana 4 for 35, Lasindu Lakshan 3 for 29)
At Jaffna – St. John’s won by 16 runs
St. John’s Jaffna 165 in 48.3 overs (Anton Abishek 51, Sachin Kanapathy 42: Haritha Dayinda 3 for 20, Yasith Sankalna 2 for 22, Kavinda Kaushan 2 for 32)
Anuradhapura Central 149 in 47.2 overs (Thilina Chamoddeepa 77: Yogathas Vithushan 4 for 16, Kirupananthan Kajakarnan 3 for 21, Jeyachandran Ashnath 2 for 32)