Under 19 Cricket Tharindu, Sumalka, Oshan shine for PoW

By M. Shamil Amit

Tharindu Amarasinghe, Sumalka Fernando and Oshan de Silva shone for Prince of Wales in their drawn Under 19 inter-school match against Nalanda College played at Campbell Place.   

Amarasinghe slammed a quick fire 152 in only 108 balls which comprised 14 boundaries and seven sixes while Fernando cracked 117 inclusive of 18 boundaries. 

De Silva made 79 and along with Amarasinghe shared a massive stand of 171 runs for the fourth wickets to help the Cambrians to make a formidable score of 394 for 7 declared. Nalanda made 208 batting first.   

DSS and Isipathana too featured in high scoring drawn games against Gurukula MV Kelaniya and St. Joseph Vaz Wennappuwa played at Wijerama Mawatha and NRC ground.   

Results:

At Campbell Place – Match drawn 

Nalanda 208 (Yasiru Samarakoon 77, Rusiru Vilochana 54, Chanul Athukorala 22, Kushantha Silva 18; Prince Fernando 4 for 51, Achala Perera 3 for 11, Meshi de Silva 3 for 36) and 203 for 5 (Ruchiru Vilochana 91, Yasiru Samarakoon 49, Sadew Samarasinghe 49, Eranga Jayakody 18; Oshan de Silva 3 for 28)   
Prince of Wales 394 for 7 declared (Tharindu Amarasinghe 152, Sumalka Fernando 117, Oshan de Silva 79, Omesh Mendis 16, Achala Perera 19 not out; Sadew Samarasinghe 3 for 78, Minod Caldera 2 for 78, Sajitha Vithanage 2 for 102)   

At Wijerama Mawatha – Match drawn 

DSS 261 for 8 declared (Manura Peiris 98, Senura Silva 87, Shanal Binuka 29, B. Perera 20; Narada Kanchana 3 for 39, Mohamed Mursad 2 for 28, K. Dilsara 2 for 63) and 143 for 9 declared (Deshan Hettige 33, Senura Silva 32, Chenul Pinsara 40 not out; Mohamed Mursad 5 for 36, Thathsara Eshan 3 for 22)   
Gurukula MV Kelaniya 220 (Janith Shehan 55, Thathsara Eshan 49, Denura Dimansith 36, Wageesha Amantha 22, Nethan Dilshan 15; Poorna Sulakshana 5 for 77, Senura Silva 2 for 21, Adisha Bandaranayake 2 for 42) and 81 for 3 (Mohamed Mursad 20, Thathsara Eshan 17 not out, Janith Mihiranga 15 not out)   

At BRC – Match drawn

Isipathana 303 for 9 declared (Yuneth Seneviratne 110, Yeshith Kalupahana 50, Themiya Gunaratne 38, Kevin Samuel 33, Mohamed Asjad 26, Naveen Kanishka 25; Vishwa Rajapakse 5 for 90, Menusha Perera 2 for 85)   
St. Joseph Vaz Wennappuwa 98 (Vishwa Rajapakse 56; Kevin Samuel 4 for 29, Themiya Gunaratne 3 for 17) and 158 for 3 (Dasun Perera 23, Kavith Shehara 15, Vishwa Rajapakse 79 not out, Hansa Mihiranga 36 not out; Kevin Samuel 2 for 37)   

At Panadura – First innings win for Dharmaloka MV

Sri Sumangala Panadura 175 (Duranka Silva 85, Vishwa Kumara 27, Rasika Dilshan 32 not out; Sathidu Praboda 4 for 45, Ushan Eranga 3 for 48, Uditha Shehan 2 for 26) and 186 for 9 declared (Vishwa Kumara 65, Rasika Dilshan 22, Kavindu Gayathra 20, Senira Wijegunasinghe 19, Imalka Fernando 17 not out; Helanka Viduranga 4 for 67)   
Dharmaloka MV Kelaniya 207 (Shane Deneth 47, Themira Mikasana 27, Helanka Viduranga 27, Sanura Ruwantha 25, Kavindu Umayanga 20, Hashen Shyamal 17; Vishwa Kumara 5 for 30, Imalka Fernando 3 for 57, Rasika Dilshan 2 for 35) and 53 for 8 (Shane Deneth 26; Imalka Fernando 4 for 13, Vishwa Kumara 4 for 23)   

At Mount Mary – 

Carey 254 for 9 declared (Ammar Ahmed 63, Thinath Silva 59, Rawzan Caffoor 47, Thabath Rizficar 45, Arshel Walgamage 15; Nethmika Dias 5 for 69) and 117 for 4 (Thabith Rizficar 59, Thinod Silva 18; Nethmika Dias 2 for 32)   
St. Thomas’ Kotte 254 (S. Wijayanga 74, M. Solomons 48, T. Weerasinghe 43, M.Nimnada 25, K. Wickramasinghe 21, K. Adithya 16, M. Ratnayake 15; Rawzan Caffoor 3 for 48, Thinod Silva 3 for 49, Kavin Kulendran 2 for 25)