Left-arm spinner Duvindu Tillakaratne and left-handed opener Shanogeeth Shanmuganathan excelled for Trinity College, Kandy in their drawn 105th annual under 19 cricket encounter against St. Joseph’s College which concluded on Saturday at Asgiriya.
Spinner Duvindu captured a 10-wicket match bag including a 7-wicket haul in the first-innings while Shanogeeth slammed 107. The hosts’ made 318 runs on day one which set up the game. Apart of Shanogeeth’s knock, Shavindu Amarasinghe and Tashila Dodanwela chipped in with 40s.
The visitors were bowled for 172 after being 97 for 4 overnight. Left-handed opener Revan Kelly top-scored with 46. Tillakarathne ended up with 7 for 58. After being asked to follow-on, the Josephians put up an improved batting performance as they batted till close of play on day two. Left-handed middle-order batsman Nipun Sumanasinghe remained unbeaten on 77 while Kelly continued his good form with a well-compiled 66.
Trinity – 318 all out in 71.4 overs: Shanogeeth Shanmuganathan 107, Shavindu Amarasinghe 47, Tashila Dodanwela 47, Dilan Jayalath 40, Nushan Weerasingeh 20, Duvindu Tillekeratne 21, Thashan Perera 3/65, Malshan Rodrigo 3/67.
St. Joseph’s – 172 all out in 40.3 overs: Revan Kelley 46, Vimukthi Peiris 37*, Sandaruwan Rodrigo 30, Shewon Fonseka 27, Duvindu Tillekeratne 7/58, Raveen Sayer 2/59.
St. Joseph’s (2nd inn F/O) – 283/6 in 80 overs: Nipun Sumanasinghe 77*, Revan Kelley 67, Sandaruwan Rodrigo 36, Kevin Corteling 33, Vimukthi Peiris 26, Shewon Fonseka 34, Duvindu Tillakarathne 3/37.
Nalanda College vs D.S Senanayake College
Nalanda College claimed a morale-boosting 4-wicket win over D.S Senanayake College in their under 19 division one encounter which concluded on Saturday at Wijerama Mawatha.
DS Senanayake grabbed a slim 10-run first-innings lead courtesy Anjana De Silva’s bowling but Nalandian leg-spinner Kavindu Bandara mesmerized the hosts’ batting in their second innings as they were folded for just 88.
Chasing 99 runs to win, the visitors lost 6 wickets but their Sri Lanka under 19 representative and skipper Malinga Amarasinghe steadied the chase with a sensible 40.
S. Thomas’ College vs Wesley College
S. Thomas’ College bagged the Sathasivam Trophy for the second consecutive year when they triumphed over Wesley College by 5 wickets at Campbell Park on Saturday.
The hapless Wesley succumbed to their second successive defeat this week after going down at the hands of St. Joseph’s last Tuesday.
S. Thomas’ – 271/9 declared in 70 overs: Ravindu Kodituwakku 54, Yohan Perera 42, Dilendra Gunathilake 53, Sachitha Jayathilake 58, Helitha Babarenda 3/35, Yomesh Ranasinghe 3/80, Shanuka Madushan 2/40.
Wesley – 133 all out in 36.1 overs: Yomesh Ranasinghe 26, Jason De Silva 26, Ravindu Tilakarathne 4/44, Sachitha Jayathiake 3/51, Dellon Peiris 3/9.
Wesley (2nd inn F/O) – 176 all out in 50.2 overs: Thilina Perera 34, Andrew Dilshan 42, Zenith Wickramanayake 33, Yomesh Ranasinghe 26, Sachitha Jayathilake 4/29, Ravindu Tillakaratne 2/39.
S. Thomas’ (2nd inn) – 39/5 in 14.1 overs: Ravindu Kodituwakku 14, Andrew Dilshan 3/20, Yomesh Ranasinghe 2/15.
