Under 19 Cricket St. John’s down St. Peter’s Negombo

By M. Shamil Amit  

St. John’s College Jaffna coasted to their third win in the ongoing Under 19 inter-schools limited over tournament with a comfortable 68-run win over St. Peter’s College Negombo in the match played at Jaffna.  

St. John’s taking first lease of the wicket made a modest score of 199 runs and then succeeded to bowl the Peterites for a low score of 133 runs. In the other matches that were played saw Ananda Sastralaya, Kotte along with Skandavarodaya College, Jaffna and Royal Polonnaruwa winning their matches against Sri Pragnananda MV and Hindu College, Jaffna.  

Results:

 At Jaffna - St. John’s won by 66 runs

St. John’s: 199 in 33.3 overs (Raman Anushanth 41, Nesakumar Jezial 32, Sangeeth Smith 22, Murfin Randyo 21: Manula Gimhana 4 for 61, Naveen Athista 2 for 5, Dasun Kavinda 2 for 29)  

St. Peter’s Negombo 133 in 44.2 overs (Naveen Athista 54: Mahendran Kinthushan 3 for 5, Kirupananthan Kajakarana 3 for 28)  

 At Kotte - Ananda Sastralaya won by 73 runs

Ananda Sastralaya Kotte 201 for 7 in 31 overs (Rukshan Waravita 52, Nadeel Sathsilu 42, Kusith Madhushan 27, Binupa Thathmira 26: Dineth Mihiranga 3 for 38)  
Sri Pragnananda MV 128 in 28 overs (Pushpitha Buwaneka 44, Malithya Mindada 24 n.o.: Sadew Indeepa 4 for 45, Kushith Madhushan 2 for 14, Nithish Tharinda 2 for 17)  

At Jaffna - Skandavarodaya won by four wickets

St. Patrick’s Jaffna 166 for 9 in 50 overs (Patkunam Mathushan 35, Premanayakam Mathusan 23 n.o.: Niranjan Steban 3 for 22, Sasikumar Tharmilan 3 for 32) Skandavarodaya College Jaffna 168 for 6 in 46.3 overs (Suthakaran Kethusan 45 n.o., Niranjan Steban 34, Kuneswaran Dilanth 25, Suthakaran Kethusan 45 n.o.: Vijayakumar Evon 2 for 21, Patkunam Mathushan 2 for 21)  

At Polonnaruwa – Royal won by five wickets

Hindu College Jaffna 136 in 49.4 overs (Sutharsan Subarnan 33, Thinesreman Preemikan 25: Jinajith Dulmika 4 for 22, Sachin Panduwawala 2 for 32)  
Royal Polonnaruwa 140 for 5 in 31.3 overs (Hasiru Lalintha 43, Sonal Ashwin 37, Kavithu de Silva 24: Sutharsan Subarman 2 for 32)  

At Thurstan – No Result

Mahinda 140 for 9 in 20 overs (Pramesh Madhubhashana 53, Tharusha Dilshan 35: Sethru Fernando 4 for 23, Thanuga Palihawadana 2 for 28)  
Thurstan 67 for 2 in 9 overs (Shanikya Deshapriya 21 n.o., Thanuja Rajapaksha 20 n.o.)