Under 19 Quarter Final Mahanama fight back to topple St. Anthony’s

By M. Shamil Amit  
Mahanama College Colombo fought back after conceding a first innings lead to St. Anthony’s Katugastota to turn tables and pull off a thrilling outright win by five wickets in the quarter final encounter of the Under 19 inter-schools Division One Tier ‘A’ two day cricket tournament concluded at Mt Lavinia yesterday.  
 Mahanama in reply to St. Anthony’s score of 205 resuming from their overnight score of 110 for 7 was bowled out for 194 runs. But they came back with vengeance to bundle out St. Anthony’s batting in the second innings for a low score of 98 runs which left them a run chase of 110 to make in 25 overs which they achieved with eight balls to spare to book the berth to the semi finals.  

A ton by Praveen Maneesha and a match bag of seven wickets by skipper Shahan Kaushalya helped Lumbini MV coast to a convincing innings and 114 run win over Moratu MV in the Under 19 Division One Tier ‘B’ quarter final encounter concluded at Wijerama Mawatha yesterday.  
Trinity entered the semis by recording a comfortable first innings win over DSS in another Under 19 inter-schools Division One Tier ‘A’ quarter final encounter which ended at Maggona yesterday to advance to the semis. The match was called off with the two sides agreeing to stop after the end of DSS innings.  
St. Aloysius’ Galle dominated proceedings against Isipathana on day one of the Under 19 inter-schools Division One Tier ‘B’ quarter final encounter played at Narahenpita. This match will be continued today.  
Results:
At Mt Lavinia – Mahanama won by five wickets
St. Anthony’s 205 (Charuka Ekanayake 53, Thisara Ekanayake 35, Anjana Dineth 24, Kaushika Kumarasinghe 23, Januka Ratnayake 23: Chamika Heenitgala 4/12, Gimantha Dissanayake 2/30, Duvindu Ratnayake 2/52) and 98 ( Charuka Ekanayake 48 n.o.: Duvindu Ranatunga 3/19, Inuka Karannagoda 3/31, Rashmika Perera 2/4, Anuka Wijewardena 2/26)  
Mahanama Colombo 194 (Dulnith Sigera 25, Inuka Karannagoda 46 n.o.: Thisara Ekanayke 4/41, Kaveesha Piyumal 4/63, Charuka Ekanayake 2/13)and 113 for 5 (Rashmika Perera 26, Kavindu Amameth 20, Inuka Karannagoda 33 n.o.: Thisara Ekanayake 4/48)  
At Wijerama – Lumbini MV won by innings and 114 runs
Moratu MV 105 (Kanchana Nimshan 24: Shahan Kaushalya 5/22, Dumindu Sewmina 3/17) and 50 (Ushan Sathsara 4/13, Dumindu Sewmina 2/7, Praveen Maneesha 2/9, Shahan Kaushalya 2/12)  
Lumbini MV  269 (Praveen Maneesha 100, Dinitha de Silva 55, Duvindu Sewmina 31, Ashan Shanilka 20: Nishitha Dulanjana 4/53, Himash Tharusha 2/41, Nidharshana Ferna 2/54)  
At Maggona –First innings win for Trinity
Trinity 267 for 8 declared (Manula Kularatne 93, Dinusha Peiris 29, Supun Waduge 20, Janith Ravishka 69 n.o.: Randisha Bandaranayake 4/81, Akmal Fazly 2/23, Chenuka Peiris 2/66)  
DSS 192 (Dehem Nirmal 38, Randisha Bandaranayake 36, Chenul Pinsara 26, Chenuka Peiris 23, Chanul Athale 20.: Malith Ratnayake 4/64, Thisal Yapa 3/32)  
At Narahenpita
Isipathana 156 (Kevin Samuel 53, Chanul Dinoth 26, Dushan Malinga 21: Sasindu Randeepa 4/3)  
St. Aloysius’ Galle 72 for 3 (Charya Paranavithana 22, Tharuka Perera 30 n.o.: Sithuka Gunawardena 2/6)