Three matches of the Singer Schools ‘Under 19 Division 1’ Cricket Tournament 2018/19 were conducted today around the island. Kalana Perera of S. Thomas’ College shines again; this time with both bat and ball as he managed to stroke a fine century and take a 4 wicket-haul against Dharmaraja College.
Trinity, St. Sylvester’s encounter ends on a low-scoring draw
Several games of the Singer U19 Division I Cricket Tournament began today (22nd October) while the Trinity…
St. Joseph’s College, Colombo vs Isipathana College, Colombo
Group A fixture between St. Joseph’s College and Isipathana College concluded today in a draw at BRC Ground but the first innings points were won by St. Joseph’s College. Isipathana College resumed day two on 66 runs for 1 wicket and were bowled out for 172 runs.
Thevindu Dickwella (51) and Ravindu Rathnayake (34) top scored for Isipathana College. Left-arm spinner Salinda Senevirathne was the pick of the bowlers for Joes as he grabbed 4 scalps for 24 runs.
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St. Joseph’s College began their second innings 18 runs ahead and posted 118 runs for 9 wickets when umpires called stumps on day two. Thevindu Dickwella starred with the ball picking up 4 wickets for 28 runs for Isipathana College.
Brief Scores
St. Joseph’s College – 190 (61.3) Shevon Daniel 41, Miranga Wickramage 31, Sachintha Mahindasinghe 27, Rishitha Perera 25, Madushika Sandaruwan 6/49 & 118/9 (52) Sheron Fonseka 49, Sachintha Mahindasinghe 33, Thevindu Dickwella 4/28, Madushika Sandaruwan 2/28, Ravindu Rathnayake 2/17
Isipathana College – 172 (47.3) Thevindu Dickwella 51, Ravindu Rathnayake 34, Savindu Uthsara 31, Mithira Thenura 2/42, Salinda Senevirathne 4/24, Miranga Wickramage 2/34
Result – Match Drawn (St. Joseph’s College won first innings points)
St. Anthony’s College, Kandy vs Ananda College, Colombo
Traditional fixture between St. Anthony’s College and Ananda College ended in a draw today at St. Anthony’s ground in Kandy. St. Anthony’s College resumed day two on 84 runs for 4 wickets and declared their innings at 173 runs for 9 wickets. Theeksha Gunasinghe starred with the bat scoring 68 runs for the Antonians.
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Janindu Jayawardena and Saviru Bandara picked up 3 wickets each for Ananda College. In reply, Ananda College finished day two on 107 runs for 6 wickets. Navodya Wijayakumara picked up 3 wickets for the hosts.
Brief Scores
St. Anthony’s College – 173/9d (75.5) Theeksha Gunasinghe 68, Thamashana Abeykoon 31, M Rukshan 22, M Kamil 23, Janindu Jayawardena 3/31, Saviru Bandara 3/49, Chamika Gunasekara 2/28
Ananda College – 107/6 (27) Kanishka Ranthilakage 27, Kamesh Nirmal 19, Vinuja Wijebandara 18*, Navodya Wijayakumara 3/45
Result – Match Drawn (No Result)
S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia vs Dharmaraja College, Kandy
Group C fixture between S. Thomas’ College and Dharmaraja College commenced today in Kandy. After winning the toss, Dharmaraja College skipper invited the opposition to take the first lease of the wicket. S. Thomas’ College posted 256 runs for 6 wickets before declaring the innings in the 52nd over. Kalana Perera, who set a new Sri Lanka school record with the ball few day ago, showed his batting credentials scoring an unbeaten century for the Thomians.
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In reply, Dharmaraja College was struggling with the bat as they finished day one on 72 runs for 8 wickets. Left arm seamer Kalana Perera, who picked up 16 wickets in the last match, took 4 scalps for 27 runs. In addition, Dellon Peiris picked up 3 wickets for 8 runs for the Thomians. Match will continue tomorrow for day two.
Brief Scores
S. Thomas’ College – 256/6d (52) Kalana Perera 108*, Sithara Hapuhinna 50, Kishan Munasinghe 30, Navinda Dilshan 2/55
Dharmaraja College – 72/8 (23.4) Kasun Gunawardena 21, Dulaj Bandara 21*, Kalana Perera 4/27, Dellon Peiris 3/08
