Two tons down Reid Avenue
The under 19 1st XI game between Royal College, Colombo and St. Benedict’s College, Kotahena came to a drawn end today at Reid with two tons being scored at the end of two days of play.
St. Benedict’s College winning the toss and inviting the hosts to face leather first didn’t have the start they would have expected as they found it hard to make early inroads into the Royal batting line up. The first wicket falling just shy of one run of a 100 run opening partnership which could have also brought up Hasitha Samarasinghe’s half ton. After his partner’s departure, Naveen Withanapathirana made a steady 115 runs off 205 balls which helped Royal declare on 284 runs with the fall of 6 wickets
Royal College 1st Innings – 284/6 dec.
After a decent start of 30 runs, the Ben’s batsmen were all able to make starts but failed to capitalize on them, most of them falling in the 20’s and 30’s. However opener Mahel Jayalath made a well compiled 51 runs which included 6 hits to the rope. Yet, the man who stole the lime light for the ‘Greens’ was Nimesh Fonseka who made a delightful 126 which included runs all over the park. It was truly an eye pleaser to watch this young lad handle the willow.
St. Benedict’s College 1st Innings – 273 all out
The game which was on the slow side, ended with the umpires deciding to call it out after the end of the Bens inning as the decision was obvious.
Chief Scores :
Royal College 1st Innings – 284/6 dec (Naveen Vithanapathirana 115, Hasith Samarasinghe 49. Ruvinda Niwunalla 2/32, Geethika Jayathilake 2/75)
St. Benedict’s College 1st Innings – 273 all out (Nimesh Fonseka 126, Mahel Jayalath 51. Randev Pathirana 4/63 )
Jayasinghe and Jayalath score tons in Trinity’s overwhelming win
Trinity College Kandy registered their 9th outright victory for their 2014/2015 cricketing season beating Bandaranayaka College by an innings and 220 runs in their two day which concluded this evening at the Asgiriya International Cricket stadium.
The hosts having won the toss on day one invited the visitors, Bandaranayaka College to bat. The visitors, quite alien to the pitch conditions up on the hills fell deliberately for the Trinity bowling department. Skipper Raveen Sayer led the attack picking up 5 wickets and up and coming young Shanogeeth Shanmuganathan picked up 2/24 to bowl out the visitors for a mere 78. Bathiya Hettiarachchi top scored for Bandaranayaka College with 29.
Coming into bat on day one, Trinity’s deputy Arjuna Jayasinghe amassed a quick century and together with Dilan Jayalath built a foundation for a humungous score. Arjuna Jayasinghe scored 115 before he was dismissed and to the aid of Dilan Jayalath came skipper Raveen Sayer who score 76. Jayalath went to make his debut century for the Red,Gold and Blue as ended his innings at 111.
Coming in to bat in their second essay, Bandaranayaka College’s batting line up once again failed to counter the bowling department. This time it was fast bowler Pramodhya Abeykoon who did the damage by securing 6 wickets & Raveen Sayer picked up four to conclude the visiting score 124 runs. With this, Trinity sealed their 8th outright winning by an innings and 220 runs to reaffirm the top spot in the league table.
Chief Scores:
Bandaranayake College 1st Innings 78 (31.3) Bathiya Hettiarachchi 29, Raveen Sayer 5/18, Sanogeeth Sanmuganathan 2/24
Trinity College 1st Innings 422/8d (75) Arjuna Jayasinghe 115, Dilan Jayalath 111, Raveen Sayer 76, Himath Jayaweera 3/91
Bandaranayake College 2st Innings 124 (42) Rathsara Vithana 53*, Pramodya Abeykoon 6/47, Raveen Sayer 4/61
Richmond on course to make it 2 years in a row
Defending champions Richmond College Galle cruised to their third outright victory of the season by defeating Dharmasoka College Ambalangoda in their encounter played at the Galle stadium.
Batting first Dharmasoka was bundled out for 90 runs in less than 40 overs thanks to a fabulous spell by left arm seamer Chamod Piyumal who picked up a six-wicket-haul and was ably supported by Thisara Banuka who picked up three.
In reply Richmond scored 279 for 9 declared with wicketkeeper batsman Sithara Gimhan scoring 93 runs supported by Avindu Thikshana and Dhananjaya Lakshan who scored 48 and 35 respectively. For the bowling side Dinuka Dilshan and Sachin Divangana chipped in with 2 wickets each.
Trailing by 189 runs, Dharmasoka College had periods of good play but wickets at regular intervals meant that they could not send Richmond into bat again. Completing a match bag of 10 wickets Chamod Piyumal was yet again the chief destroyer for Richmond whilst all-rounder Avindu Thikshana chipped in with 3 wickets.
Richmond College won by an innings and 26 runs and recorded their third outright victory in the ongoing under 19 division 1 tournament.
Chief Scores:
Dharmasoka College – 90 (39.2) Hasindu Vidarashana 24, Chamod Piyumal 6/30, Thisara Banuka 3/10 & 163 (52.1) Ravin Tharindu 33, Chamod Piyumal 4/56, Avindu Thikshana 3/29
Richmond College – 279/9d (64.3) Sithara Gimhan 93, Avindu Thikshana 48, Dinuka Dilshan 2/31, Sachin Divangana 2/45
At Galle Stadium – 2 Day Match (Toss Richmond) – U19 DIV I TOURNAMENT 2014/15 – RICHMOND WON BY AN INNINGS & 26 RUNS
