Under 19 School Cricket

Innings win for Vidyartha

Vidyartha College scored an innings and 87 runs win over Kingswood College in their inter-school Under 19 cricket encounter which concluded at the Army ground in Boyagane today.

The Randles Hill School was shot out for 76 and 94 while Vidyartha scored 258 for 9 dec. in their first innings.

Kingswood just left with one week for their Big Match against Rajans looked rattled this season.

Kingswood 76 and 94 in 30 overs (Amesh Rupasinghe 35, Ravindu Bandara 27: Adithiya Kalapitiya 7 for 29)

Vidyartha 258 for 9 dec. in 82.3 overs (Anishka Gunaratne 47, Shyamala Priyabashana 42, Janidu Ranaweera 40: Amesh Rupasinghe 3 for 39, Dinuka Sandaruwan 3 for 43, Abdul Hakam 2 for 59). 

Three players from CP for National Under 19 tour of UAE

Three schoolboys will represent from Kandy for the National Under 19 team cricket tour of UAE which will take shortly.

Antonian Treveen Mathew, Trinity skipper, Manula Kularatne and spinner, Theeraka Ranathunga will be part of the tour which will be played in One day format.

Kularatne had scored over 700 runs this season both in two day encounters as well in one day format with a best batting performance of an unbeaten 100 against Mahanama College. He also has taken over 30 wickets this season.

Theeraka Ranathunga a fine leg spinner and bat for the Trinity College outfit was the Best Bowler for Trinity in their 2021/2022 season. This season he has taken 33 wickets in the One day matches while taking 44 wickets in the two-day format. He also won three player of the match awards this season. He scored a blistering 134 for Ace Capital against the NCC in the recently concluded Under 23 cricket encounter conducted by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC).

Meanwhile, Mathew represented the national Under 19 outfit against the visiting Bangladesh team in Dambulla. He played for Abu Dhabi Knight Riders team in the T10 which took place in UAE while playing for SSC in the Under 23 tournament.