Vihanga steers St. Benedict’s to easy win

By M. Shamil Amit
An impressive match-figure of five for seven by left-arm spinner Vihanga Ratnayake laid the foundation for St. Benedict’s College to register an easy 10-wicket win over Mahanama College, Colombo in their Under-17 Inter-Schools Limited Over Cricket Tournament match played at Kotahena.
Vihanga’s five-wicket haul helped St. Benedict’s bowl out Mahanama for 84 and St. Benedict’s in their run chase reached the target in the 21st over.
Meanwhile, D. S. Senanayake College along with S. Thomas’ College, Sandalankawa Central, St. Joseph’s College and Sri Sumangala, Panadura came out victorious against Ananda Sastralaya, Kotte, Dharmapala MV, Pannipitiya, St. Xavier’s, Marawila, Sri Jayewardenepura MV, Kotte and St. John’s Panadura respectively. 

Chief scores
At Kotahena – St. Benedict’s won by 10 wickets.
Mahanama: 84 in 35.4 overs (Sanul Weeraratne 24, Deneth Gunatileke 21, Vihanga Ratnayake 5/7, Dinath Senila 2/17)
St. Benedict’s: 85/0 in 20.5 overs (Mario Fernando 43 n.o, Dumeen Liyanaarachchi 39 n.o).
At Wijerama Mawatha – D. S. Senanayake won by six wickets.
Ananda Sastralaya: 92 in 33.4 overs (Sadew Indeepa 29, Savithu Methshan 27, Thenuka Fonseka 2/2, S. Gamlath 2/14, Chanul Athale 2/15, Amiru Dolamulla 2/22)
D. S. Senanayake: 94/4 in 13.1 overs (Ranumitha Sehas 25, Chanul Athale 29 n.o) 
At Pannipitiya – S. Thomas’ won by eight wickets.
Dharmapala MV: 92 in 31 overs (Praveen Ranhiru 45, Shanil Perera 4/11, Abheeth Paranawidana 3/18)
S. Thomas’: 93/4 in 14.4 overs (Lithum Kannangara 20, Jaden Amaraweera 38 n.o).
At Sandalankawa – Sandalankawa Central won by 169 runs.
Sandalankawa Central: 227 in 47.3 overs (Dasun Nethsara 59, Mineth Sasanka 41, Tharusha Dulmina 35, Warusha Keshan 3/22, Dinusha Sanchala 2/43, Nethsara Fernando 2/48)
St. Xavier’s: 58 in 24.3 overs (Tharusha Dulmina 4/8, Dasun Nethsara 3/16, Sasmitha Tharindu 2/15).
At Kotte – St. Joseph’s won by eight wickets.
Sri Jayewardenepura MV: 50 in 27.5 overs (Nushan Perera 2/5, Prahas Perera 2/13)
St. Joseph’s: 53/2 in 5.3 overs (Sachintha Nirmal 2/20).
At Bandaragama – Sri Sumangala won by 68 runs.
Sri Sumangala: 170 in 43.2 overs (Mevindu Kumarasiri 55, Vidura Basuru 47, Sajika Raj 35, Charinu Fernando 3/28, Vidath Ravindu 2/37)
St. John’s: 102 in 35 overs (Chamod Dilshan 29, Mevindu Kumarasiri 5/18, Deneth Fernando 3/6).