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St. Joseph’s hold their nerves to successfully defend 2-day title

Singer Schools U19 Division 1 - Two Day Final

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St. Joseph’s went on to successfully defend their Singer Schools U19 Division 1 Two Day title, overcoming the tricky 97 run deficit they faced coming in to day two, to claim 1st innings points against S. Thomas’ College.

Resuming on 120/4 at the Royal College grounds in Colombo, the Josephians lost their batting mainstay Dineth Jayakody for 44, when he edged behind, looking to drive away from the body. 

Photos: S. Thomas’ College vs St. Joseph’s College | U19 Div I Two Day Cricket Tournament 2018/19 – Final – Day 2

But a stubborn sixth-wicket stand of 62 runs between Dunith Wellalage and Sachintha Mahindasinghe got the Josephians back on track, before the latter fell for 34 runs – ending his school career after three years of 1st XI cricket. 

Wellalage though continued to provide stubborn resistance as he made sure the Josephians went past the Thomian first innings score along with Lakshan Gamage for company. 

The champions lost their last four wickets in quick time with Wellalage missing out on a well-deserved century by 12 runs as the Joes folded up for 269, securing a 53 run lead. 

Read More: All-round Wellalage gives Joes edge on see-saw day

The Thomians made an optimistic attempt of an outright win before they eventually called the game off after reaching 67/2, as the Josephians clinched the championship on first innings points. 

Thomians who ended up as runners up also clinched the U19 Division 1 Limited Over Tournament when they beat Richmond college a couple of days back. 

Result


S. Thomas’ College
216/10 (59.1) & 67/2 (12.2)

St. Joseph’s College
269/10 (72)

Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
Sithara Hapuhinna c Lakshan Gamage b Ashen Daniel 117 127 21 1 92.13
Shalin De Mel c Johanne De Zilva b Shalinda Senevirathne 12 29 2 0 41.38
Ryan Fernando c Sheran Fonseka b Lakshan Gamage 24 45 3 0 53.33
Yohan Perera c Sachintha Ravindu b Ashen Daniel 14 50 2 0 28.00
Ravindu De Silva b Dunith Wellalage 19 33 3 0 57.58
Kishan Munasinghe lbw b Dunith Wellalage 1 6 0 0 16.67
Umayanga Suwaris b Dunith Wellalage 5 11 1 0 45.45
Kalana Perera c Yesith Rupasinghe b Dunith Wellalage 0 1 0 0 0.00
Dellon Peiris c Johanne De Zilva b Shalinda Senevirathne 21 40 4 0 52.50
Thevin Bimsara Eriyagama lbw b Dunith Wellalage 0 1 0 0 0.00
Shannon Fernando not out 0 13 0 0 0.00


Extras 3 (b 0 , lb 1 , nb 1, w 1, pen 0)
Total 216/10 (59.1 Overs, RR: 3.65)
Fall of Wickets 1-58 (13.1) Shalin De Mel, 2-123 (26.5) Ryan Fernando, 3-167 (39.3) Sithara Hapuhinna, 4-174 (43.1) Yohan Perera, 5-175 (44.1) Kishan Munasinghe, 6-181 (46.5) Umayanga Suwaris, 7-181 (47) Kalana Perera, 8-198 (54.4) Ravindu De Silva, 9-198 (54.5) Thevin Bimsara Eriyagama, 10-216 (59.1) Dellon Peiris,

Bowling O M R W Econ
Lakshan Gamage 9 4 28 1 3.11
Johanne De Zilva 7 1 47 0 6.71
Ashen Daniel 20 1 61 2 3.05
Shalinda Senevirathne 8.1 0 34 2 4.20
Dunith Wellalage 15 3 45 5 3.00
Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
Johanne De Zilva c & b Thevin Bimsara Eriyagama 12 24 1 0 50.00
Sheran Fonseka c Sithara Hapuhinna b Kalana Perera 17 54 1 0 31.48
Dinal Anuradha run out (Shalin De Mel) 18 44 3 0 40.91
Dineth Jayakody c Dellon Peiris b Kalana Perera 44 65 4 0 67.69
Dilesh Perera lbw Kishan Munasinghe b Shannon Fernando 4 7 1 0 57.14
Dunith Wellalage c Kalana Perera b Thevin Bimsara Eriyagama 88 104 10 1 84.62
Sachintha Ravindu c & b Shannon Fernando 34 51 5 0 66.67
Lakshan Gamage b Kalana Perera 10 19 0 0 52.63
Yesith Rupasinghe b Dellon Peiris 23 41 4 0 56.10
Ashen Daniel not out 11 20 1 0 55.00
Shalinda Senevirathne b Dellon Peiris 0 1 0 0 0.00


Extras 8 (b 0 , lb 3 , nb 3, w 2, pen 0)
Total 269/10 (72 Overs, RR: 3.74)
Fall of Wickets 1-22 (8.1) Johanne De Zilva, 2-49 (19.2) Dinal Anuradha, 3-55 (22.1) Sheran Fonseka, 4-60 (23.5) Dilesh Perera, 5-130 (38.5) Dineth Jayakody, 6-192 (52.4) Sachintha Ravindu, 7-218 (58.5) Lakshan Gamage, 8-243 (64.4) Dunith Wellalage, 9-269 (71.3) Yesith Rupasinghe, 10-269 (71.3) Ashen Daniel,

Bowling O M R W Econ
Kalana Perera 20 1 97 3 4.85
Shalin De Mel 2 0 4 0 2.00
Thevin Bimsara Eriyagama 6 0 26 2 4.33
Yohan Perera 1 0 2 0 2.00
Shannon Fernando 18 1 49 2 2.72
Dellon Peiris 11 2 44 2 4.00
Kishan Munasinghe 3 1 7 0 2.33
Umayanga Suwaris 11 0 37 0 3.36


Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
Sithara Hapuhinna c Sachintha Ravindu b Dunith Wellalage 38 41 2 1 92.68
Shalin De Mel c Lakshan Gamage b Ashan De Alwis 24 27 2 0 88.89
Ravindu De Silva not out 4 5 0 0 80.00


Extras 1 (b 0 , lb 0 , nb 1, w 0, pen 0)
Total 67/2 (12.2 Overs, RR: 5.43)
Fall of Wickets 1-49 (9.2) Shalin De Mel, 2-38 (12.1) Sithara Hapuhinna,

Bowling O M R W Econ
Lakshan Gamage 1 0 8 0 8.00
Ashan De Alwis 6 1 18 1 3.00
Yesith Rupasinghe 2 0 17 0 8.50
Dunith Wellalage 3.2 0 24 1 7.50