Here’s a round up of the matches which took place today in the Singer U15 Division I Cricket Tournament.
St. Joseph’s College v Gurukula College
St. Joseph’s College cruised their way to a first innings victory against Gurukula College at Maradana today. After been put to bat first, the home side posted a mammoth 303 for 2 before their declaration. Shevon Daniel top scored with an unbeaten 175 in very quick succession which helped the Joes to post 300 in just 31 overs. In reply, Gurukula could only manage 136 as Yuvin Athukorala bagged 6 wickets.
St.Josephs College, Colombo 303/2d (31.1) Shevon Daniel 175*, Vimukthi Deshan 60, Sadeesh Jayawardane 48 & 28/0 (1.5) Vimukthi Deshan 24*
Gurukula College, Kelaniya 136 (54.2) Sameera Bandara 34, Ishan Wijesooriya 29, Sunera Yasaswin 31, Yuvin Athukorala 6/34
St. Peter’s College v S. Thomas College
St. Peter’s cruised to a comfortable first innings victory against S. Thomas College at Bambalapatiya today. After winning the toss and electing to field first, the seamers bundled out the visitors for just 96 runs. In reply at stumps, St Peter’s College were 220 for 7 with Nimuthu Gunawardane top scoring with an unbeaten 58.
S. Thomas’ College (A), Mount Lavinia 96 (47.1) Nimuthu Gunawardane 3/22, Sanshay Gunathilake 2/01, Vanuja Sahan 2/23
St. Peter’s College (A), Colombo 220/7 (55) Nimuthu Gunawardane 58*, Wanuja Sahan 42, Stephan Senevirathne 34, Sanshay Gunathilake 20, Yasiru Rodrigo 2/27
DS Senanayake College v Sri Dharmaloka College
Abishek Liyanarachchi’s century helped DSS put together a dominant performance against Dharmaloka College at the Railway Grounds. After been asked to bat first, DSS batsmen wasted no time in scoring as they cruised to 235 for 6 in just 33.4 overs before the declaration. In reply, it was a matter of survival for the boys from Kelaniya who ended up 83 for 8 when bad light stopped play.
D.S. Senanayake College, Colombo 235/6d (33.4) Abishek Liyanarchchi 120, Thiwira Gunawardane 36, Manura Pieris 22, Hasindu Piyumal 2/42, Limal Kesara 2/52
Sri Dharmaloka College, Kelaniya 83/8 (42.3) Hasindu Piyumal 24, Madawa Chathuranga 3/18, Manura Peiris 2/10
St. Peter’s College, Negombo v St Thomas College, Kotte
This group D clash ended with the boys from Kotte taking major honors. The match was played at Katana and it was the Thomians who won the toss and elected to field first. They managed to restrict the Peterites for just 154 runs with Achitha Kavinda taking 7 wickets. In reply, they were 162 for 8 at stumps registering a well deserved first innings victory.
St. Peters College (A), Negombo 154 (54.1) Mahen Fernando 44, Rusitha Navod 33, Achitha Kavinda 7/28
St. Thomas College (A), Kotte 162/8 (44) Sithum Sandeera 68, Shavin Manidu 20, Eranga Aloka 3/13, Lasith Isalka 2/33
Sri Devananda College, Ambalangoda v Richmond College
Richmond College Galle registered first innings victory against Sri Devananda College at Balapitya Training College grounds today. Richmond College won the toss and elected to field first. Hasindu Kavishka’s brilliance with the ball bundled out Sri Devananda for just 141 runs. Richmond College in reply were 151 for 5 at stumps.
Sri Devananda College, Ambalangoda 141 (45.1) Varuna Dananjaya 58, Maliththa Mendis 21, Kaveesha Kalpana 21, Hasindu Kavishka 6/26 Ruwan Jayawardane 2/15
Richmond College, Galle 151/5 (47) Pulinda Kirilla 34, Tharinda Nirmal 31, Achintha Isiwara 26, Banuka Manohara 25, Dumindu Prabath 2/10
