Under 19 Cricket St. Aloysius’ shock fancied St. Peter’s

By M. Shamil Amit   

St. Aloysius’ College Galle pulled off a shock 26 run win over fancied St. Peter’s College in a first round match of the Under 19 inter-schools limited over tournament played at Bambalapitiya.   

The low scoring match saw St. Aloysius’ taking first lease of the wicket being bowled out for 130 runs but they fought back thanks to Oshada Devinda and Hasitha Suranga who together shared seven wickets combining to restrict the Peterites for a score of 104 runs.   

The other matches that were played saw Prince of Wales along with Richmond, Devapathiraja MMV Rathgama Kalutara MV, Hidnu College Jaffna and Kegalu Vidyalaya winnnng their matches.   

Results:

At Bambalapitiya – St. Aloysius’ won by 26 run

St. Aloysius’ Galle 130 in 43 overs (Theekshana Perera 34, Charya Paranavithana 20, Savitha Dulmal 19, Vidura Lakshan 17; Janith Kaushan 4 for 8)   
St. Peter’s 104 in 32.1 overs (Shennon Rodrigo 43, Janith Kaushan 18 n.o.; Oshada Devinda 4 for 19, Hasitha Suranga 3 for 15)   

At Moratuwa – Prince of Wales won by seven wickets

St. Thomas’ Matara 78 in 28.2 overs (Navija de Saram 15, Kamesh Nuwanjana 15 n.o.; Prince Fernando 4 for 25, Rasindu Hashan 4 for 27, Basuru Kalhara 2 for 8)   
Prince of Wales 80 for 3 in 21.4 overs (Suwas Fernando 33 n.o., Oshan Maneesha 28 n.o.; Kansilua Gimhana 3 for 27)   

At Karandeniya – Richmond won by four wickets

St. Servatius’ Matara 89 in 40.3 overs (Viran Chamuditha 21; Yuri Koththigoda 4 for 19, Kaveesha Induwara 3 for 14, Thamindu Pradeeptha 2 for 15)   
Richmond Galle 80 for 4 in 32.3 overs (Helith Edirisinghe 17, Kaveesha Induwara 32 n.o.; Sanuka Damindu 2 for 7, Saniru Gimhan 2 for 18)   

At BRC – Devapathiraja MMV won by 100 runs

Devapathiraja MMV Rathgama 207 in 49.3 overs (Chamindu Padmika 43, Deshan Premaratne 33, Darshaka Sandeep 30, Yasiru Lakshan 23, Matheesha Suranga 18, Shaminda Kumara 16; R. Malith 3 for 22, Mohamed Ijaz 3 for 27)   
Zahira Maradana 107 in 38.5 overs (Roshan Careen 37; Sandaru Malshan 3 for 34, Chamindu Padmika 2 for 22)   

At Kalutara – Kalutara MV won by 33 runs

Kalutara MV 161 in 41.1 overs (Kaushila Amodya 64, Pasindu Dulanjana 57: Dineth Pansilu 3 for 26, Biyanka Thameera 3 for 28, Heshan Udara 3 for 31)   
Sri Jayawardenapura MV Kotte 128 in 38.4 overs (Biyanka Thameera 41, Sachin Shehan 17; Udan Thejaka 3 for 32, Adeesha Pabasara 2 for 12)   

At Jaffna – Hindu College won by seven wickets

St. Patrick’s Jaffna 111 in 41.2 overs (V. Priyankan 25; J.C. Jeniston 2 for 8, Maheshwaran Kajan 2 for 14, R. Anrewshan 2 for 20)   
Hindu College Jaffna 112 for 3 in 18.2 overs (T. Preemikan 40, Maheshwaran Kajan 31, Krishnarajan Pareshshith 17; V. Priyankan 2 for 21)   

At Kegalle – Kegalu Vidyalaya won by 33 runs

Kegalu Vidyalaya 217 in 32.1 overs (Ashen Rodrigo 109, Gaurawa Thejan 43, Kavisha Walisinghe 23; Ravindu Prabath 2 for 21, Isuru Udayanga 2 for 30, Sanjana Sachieendra 2 for 36, Ravindu Dilshan 2 for 57)   
Dudley Senanayake Central 184 for 8 in 49 overs (Ravindu Prabath 59, Isuru Janith 17; Kavindu Jayantha 3 for 36, Chamodya Bandara 2 for 37)