Under 19 Cricket St. Joseph’s record easy win

By M. Shamil Amit

Defending champions St. Joseph’s College recorded an easy five wicket win over St. Benedict’s College in the Under-19 inter-school cricket tournament encounter played at Kotahena recently.   

In this low scoring match St. Joseph’s College bowled out the home team for a score of 79 runs and raced to the target in the 24th over.   

In the other matches that were played Royal College Colombo, Dharmaraja College, Devapathiraja MMV Rathgama, Mahanama College Colombo, Holy Cross College Kalutara, St. John’s College Panadura, St. Sebastian’s College Katuneriya, St. Aloysius College Ratnapura, Skandavarodaya College Jaffna, Jaffna Central College and Gamini NS Bentota recorded wins in their first round fixtures.   

Results

At Kotahena - St. Joseph’s won by five wickets

St. Benedict’s 79 in 26.3 overs (Shenel Samarathunga 19; Lahiru Amarasekara 5 for 12)   
St. Joseph’s 80 for 5 in 23.4 overs (Sadeesh Jayawardena 41 not out; Mevan Dissanayake 3 for 18)   
At Reid Avenue - Royal won by 137 runs

Royal Colombo 255 in 50 overs (Uvindu Weerasekara 94, Sineth Jayawardena 61, Isula Geeganage 26, Sanvidu Senaratharachchi 22; Meshith De Silva 3 for 37, Uneth Peiris 3 for 45)   
Prince of Wales 118 in 34.2 overs (Meshith De Silva 22; Dasis Manchanayake 4 for 24, Ranuka Malaviarachchi 2 for 9, Ramiru Perera 2 for 14)   

At Lake View Kandy -Dharmaraja College Kandy won by 12 runs 

Dharmaraja 161 in 36 overs (Pulindu Perera 36, Onajith Silva 20, Chandima Mahagedara 20; Induwara Udena 4 for 25, Vishwa Indunil 2 for 31, Dumindu Naveen 2 for 34)   
St. Aloysius Galle 149 in 36.4 overs (Vidura Lakshan 49, Charya Yasara 29; Pulindu Perera 4 for 10, Dulara Bandulasena 3 for 26, Rusiru Sri Bandara 2 for 18)   

At Maradana - Devapathiraja MMV won by 33 runs

Devapathiraja MMV 220 in 44.5 overs (Pawan Sandesh 42, Jeewaka Shaheen 39, Irushka Thimira 28, Darshaka Sandeep 24; Miqdhadh Akram 4 for 41, Abdul Azeez 2 for 44)   
Zahira Colombo: 187 in 40.2 overs (Mohamed Yasir 67, Lakshan De Silva 41, Raeed Rizwan 25; Matheesha Saranga 3 for 13, Chaminda Sandaruwan 2 for 27)   

At Matara - Mahanama Colombo won by 159 runs

Mahanama Colombo 249 for 6 in 50 overs (Kavindu Amameth 78, Anjala Bandara 66, Sachira Weliwatta 42, Inuka Karannagoda 24 not out; Bhanuka Insamal 3 for 38)   

St. Thomas Matara 90 in 29.5 overs (Dumindu Sakshara 25, Abdul Majid 21; Inuka Karannagoda 3 for 9, Rashmika Perera 3 for 20, Dulnith Sigera 2 for 35) 

 
At Kirindiwela - Holy Cross won by nine wickets

Sri Dharmaloka MV Kelaniya 95 in 40 overs (Hashan Shymal 20, Sanura Ruwantha 22 not out; Hansaja Brayan 3 for 18, Sonal Awadika 3 for 25)   

Holy Cross Kalutara 98 for 1 in 16.4 overs (Rashan Kethaka 45 n.o., Sanuka Cheran 39 not out)   

At Panadura - St. John’s won by 53 runs

St. John’s Panadura 227 in 40.5 overs (Deneth Prasanga 67, Yasiru Sandeepa 44, Sahan de Silva 28, Sudarshana Fernando 27: Naveen Athishta 4 for 42, Nimesh Sri Randika 2 for 32, Avishka Rohan 2 for 35)   
St. Peter’s Negombo 174 in 46.2 overs (Naveen Athishta 73, Kaveesha Ranmal Dharmasiri 25, Himasha Appuhamy 20; Yasiru Sandeepa 3 for 38, Heshan Fernando 2 for 25, Deneth Prasanga Pieris 2 for 30)   

At Jaffna - St. Sebastian’s won by 47 runs

St. Sebastian’s Katuneriya 216 in 41.5 overs (Hasitha Kavinda 56, Ashen Dinuka 36, Thisara Madushan 29, Viraj Menura 26; Mohanarasa Kamalraj 3 for 35, Anton Abishek 3 for 49, Jeyachandran Ashnath 2 for 33)   
St. John’s Jaffna 169 in 43.1 overs (Kamalapalan Sabesan 42, Anderson Sachin Kanapathy 31, Anton Abishek 28; Nimesh Madusanka 3 for 30, Chamal Hirushan 2 for 24, Gayan Harshana 2 for 26) 

At Puttalam - St. Aloysius won by 36 runs

St. Aloysius Ratnapura 215 in 48.5 overs (Chanuka Dhananjaya 56, Kalpa Banuka 56; Imindu Perera 3 for 31, Vimukthi Sandaruwan 3 for 34, Maleesha Nethsara 2 for 31, Pramodh Nimna 2 for 60)   

Ananda NS Puttalam 179 in 35.1 in (Suneth Tharanga 25, Imindu Perera 25, Sivan Raj 60 not out; Kaveesha Wimalasiri 4 for 55, Chanuka Dhananjaya 3 for 58, Kalpa Banuka 2 for 24)   

At Meewanapalana - Skandavarodaya College, Jaffna won by 65 runs

 Skandavarodaya College172 in 49.1 (S. Gowryshankar 59, K. Dilaxan 31, N. Steban 22; Denuwan Thrisanka 3 for 28, Oshitha Pujana 2 for 28, Chathushka Chamara 2 for 46)   

Homagama Central 107 in 40.4 overs (Sithum Vihanga 30; S. Thubishanan 5 for 30, S. Vasikaran 2 for 11)   

At Jaffna - Jaffna Central won by four wickets

Hindu College Bambalapitiya 102 in 42.2 overs (R. Dilojan 20 not out; Vikneswaran Paruthi 4 for 16, Ranjithkumar Newton 3 for 32)   

Jaffna Central 108 for 6 in 15 overs (Ranjithkumar Newton 20, R. Dilojan 4 for 30, S. Harsha Muthumina 2 for 45)   

At Bentota - Gamini National School won by nine wickets

Wanduramba Central 51 in 32.4 overs (Sahan Pansilu 4 for 16, Malaka Sampath 3 for 4, Lasitha Eranda 2 for 9)   
Gamini NS Bentota 52 for 1 in 5.4 overs (Lasitha Eranda 23, Vimukthi Vidarshana 21 not out)