Under 19 Cricket Tharindu shines with quick fire 173 in drawn match

By M. Shamil Amit

Tharindu Amarasinghe shone for Prince of Wales with a quick fire knock of 173 runs in only 133 balls inclusive of 23 boundaries and five sixes in their drawn Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter against Ananda College concluded at Ananda Mawatha yesterday.

Tharindu was involved in three valuable partnerships first of 56 runs for the second wicket with Omesh Mendis followed by a 63 runs stand for the fourth wicket with Sumalka Fernando and 82 runs for the fifth wicket with Vidath Direndra to help Prince of Wales taking first lease of the wicket to make a formidable score of 328 runs.
Ananda in their turn resuming from their overnight score of 70 for 2 helped by a knock of 98 from Nethma Karunaratne went on to make a bold reply of 293 runs.

At Ananda Mawatha – Match drawn
Prince of Wales 328 (Tharindu Amarasinghe 173, Vidath Direndra 35, Sumalka Fernando 33, Omesh Mendis 21; Shakthi Udara 6 for 102, Hansaja Jayasinghe 2 for 22) and 129 (Oshan Maneesha 31, Tharindu Amarasinghe 27; Pulindu Kiriella 3 for 16, Hansaja Jayasinghe 2 for 22, Yehaan Perera 2 for 34, Shakthi Udara 2 for 41)
Ananda (70/2 overnight) 293 (Nethma Karunaratne 98, Vilash Karunaratne 49, Mineth Premaratne 25, Lakshitha Kularatne 20, Shakthi Udara 16, Pulindu Kiriella 36 not out; Mihira Dhananjaya 3 for 51, Tharindu Amarasinghe 2 for 45, Prince Fernando 2 for 72) and 71 for 5 (Nethma Karunaratne 18, Mineth Premaratne 27 not out; Chenula Mandiv 2 for 19, Uneth Peiris 2 for 34)