Under 19 Cricket Naveen shines in St. Peter’s win

By M. Shamil Amit 

Naveen Athishta stole the limelight with a match bag of 11 wickets in St. Peter’s College outright win by five wickets against Karande Central in the Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter played at Karandeniya.   

Results:

Karandeniya Central 130 (Dinuka Dhananjaya 47, Srilal Dhananjaya 24, Dhanusha Lakshan 17: Naveen Athishta 5 for 33, Kaveesha Ranmal 2 for 35) and 218 (Srilal Dhananjaya 73, Oshan Nethsara 41, Dinuka Dhananjaya 41, Dhanusha Lakshan 39: Naveen Athishta 6 for 109, Yohan Alwis 4 for 64)   

St. Peter’s Negombo 223 (Manula Gimhana 66, Kaveesha Ranmal 49, Rayan Himasha 32, Nimesh Sri Randika 27, Yohan Alwis 15: Chamika Sandaruwan 3 for 21, Deshan Sasintha 3 for 47, Tharusha Dulanjana 2 for 68) and 126 for 5 (Nimesh Sri Randika 44, W. Imesh 15, Naveen Athishta 33 n.o.: Tharusha Dulanjana 3 for 61)