Under 15 Cricket Kithma Sithmal slams first double ton

By M. Shamil Amit

Kithma Sithmal had the honour of  making the first double ton of the ongoing Under 15 inter-schools cricket  tournament when he slammed a quick fire 245 runs in only 126 balls which  included 29 boundaries and 15 sixes against Wesley College in the match played at  Ananda Mawatha. 

Sithmal’s knock saw Ananda taking  first lease of the wicket amass a mammoth score of 424 for 9, Wesley, in their massive chase of 425,  were bowled out for a score of 139 for Ananda to record a massive 285-run victory. 

In the other matches that were  played Mahanama Panadura, Sri Sumangala Hikkaduwa, Ranpokumugama MV, S.  Thomas’ Prep, DSS, Zahira Colombo and Jaffna Central won their matches. 

Results:
At Campbell Park – Ananda won by  285 runs
Ananda  424 for 9 in 50 overs (Kithma Sithmal 245, Nethhula Edirimanne 38, Kaveesha  Punchihewa 27; Ehren Ali 3 for 71, Nethemian Perera 2 for 41, Manuth de Silva  2 for 75, Dinujaya de Livera 2 for 80) 
Wesley  139 for 8 in 50 overs (Joel de Silva 19, Kovindu Amunugama 18; Miyaga Perera  3 for 8, Sevin Batugahage 2 for 16, Sharada Jayaratne 2 for 39) 
At Panadura – Mahanama won by seven  wickets
Royal Panadura  159 in 48.1 overs (Kemila Govinda 31, Basitha Ariyapala 20; Dinal Lanesh 3  for 27, Senada Kithnada 3 for 44) 
Mahanama Panadura  160 for 3 in 31.5 overs (Vishwa Deshan 59 n.o., Nethsara Silva 40 n.o.) 
At Hikkaduwa – Sri Sumangala won  by five wickets
Gamini NS Bentota  144 in 47.5 overs (Yasiru Yasanka 45, Vimukthi Vidarhsana 26, Imalsha  Nawanjana 21; Ratheesha Vihara 4 for 30, Kavisha Sandaruwan 2 for 15) 
Sri Sumangala Hikkaduwa  145 for 5 in 21.4 overs (Ravindu Theekshana 64, Ransara Deshan 39; Vimukthi  Vidarshana 2 for 32) 
At Ranpokunagama – Ranpokumugama  MV won by 244 runs
Ranpokunugama MV  348 in 48.1 overs (Akash Prabashwara 99, Vihanga Sithum 74, Kaveesha Hirushan  29, Thanusha Prabashwara 29 n.o.; Kostha Adithya 3 for 56, Yasindu Madushan 3  for 81, Sanidu Sathsara 2 for 57) 
Kelani MV  104 in 21 overs (Vishma Heshan 23; Asindu Pramod 4 for 15, Vihanga Sithum 3  for 12, Jeremiah Brooklyn 3 for 21) 
At Panadura – S. Thomas’ Prep won  by eight wickets
Thurstan 144  in 48.5 overs (Thenuka Athsara 37, Shenuda Dinadith 31 Aaron de Silva 4 for  15, Kaveesha Siriwardena 2 for 17) 
S. Thomas’ Prep  145 for 2 in 30.1 overs (Aaron de Silva 71 n.o., Savin Kothagoda 35 n.o.) 
At Wijerama Mawatha – DSS won by  three wickets
Lyceum IS Nugegoda  97 in 37.4 overs (Sayuru Boteju 32; Kiran Perera 6 for 11, Sanjula  Gunawardena 2 for 17) 
DSS  98 for 7 in 33.3 overs (Abilash Sasidama 4 for 25) 
At Maradana – Zahira won by 93  runs
Zahira Colombo  326 for 8 in 50 overs (Mohamed Imadhi 50, Mohamed Yasir 21, Roshan Kareem 149 n.o.; Pudam Perera 2 for 56, Manuth Priyadharrshana 2 for 66) 
Defence Services School  233 for 7 in 50 overs (Radeensha Ratnayake 73, Sasantha Kumara 66; Mohamed  Yasir 3 for 36, Yaqeel Badurdeen 3 for 59) 
At Jaffna – Jaffna Central won by  four wickets
Anuradhapura Central  229 in 47.1 overs (Udula Bandara 38; Skevin Derickson 3 for 15, S. Misharon 2  for 17, M. Thishon 2 for 26) 
Jaffna Central  120 for 6 in 37.5 overs (Skevin Derickson 21; Sulakshana Senaratne 2 for 14,  Chamod Malshan 2 for 36)