16-year old off-spinner Charuka Raveen playing his first 1st XI match took a 10-wicket match bag and his skipper Pathum Madusanka struck 152 as St. Joseph’s College recorded an innings and 3-run victory over Wesley College in their under 19 division 1 match played at Darley Road.
Joes resuming from their overnight score of 197/2 piled on another 69 runs in one hour to gain a first-innings lead of 167 before declaring the innings. Opening batsman and captain Pathum Madusanka managed to score 152 as Joes posted 266/5 in 59 overs. Wesley skipper Jonathan Cadermanpulle and Zenith Wickramanayake took 2 wickets each.
The visitors in their second innings battled hard to survive but the Josephian bowlers somehow took the wickets in time to close out the game. Charuka Raveen made a dream debut as he took 5 scalps in the 2nd innings as well after taking 5 wickets in the first innings as well. Jeshan De Silva batted with grit staying unbeaten on 44 as Wesley was bowled out for 164.
Chief Scores:
Wesley (1st inn) – 99 all out in 47.2 overs: Jonathan Caderamanpulle 39, Andrew Parais 21, Charuka Raveen 5/33, Jehan Daniel 2/14.
St. Joseph’s (1st inn) – 266/5 declared in 59 overs: Pathum Madusanka 152, Sandaruwan Rodrigo 58, Jonathan Caderamanpulle 2/55, Zenith Wickramanayake 2/51.
Wesley (2nd inn) – 164 all out in 79 overs: Jeshan De Silva 44*, Helitha Bambaranda 39, Charuka Raveen 5/47, Jehan Daniel 2/9, Harin Cooray 2/46.
Chamika Karunarathne 154* stands out in Royal affair
Former Royal and Sri Lanka under 19 skipper Chamika Karunarathne’s sparkling 154 helped Royal College, Colombo to gain first-innings points over Royal College, Panadura in their drawn under 19 match played at Reid Avenue.
The boys from Colombo amassed 312 while the boys from Panadura fell on 211 in their 1st innings. Left-arm spinner Lasith Embuldeniya took 5 wickets for the hosts. The visitors in their 2nd innings batted with much more confidence and superiority as they saved the game thanks to an unbeaten 80 by Madawa Nimesh.
Chief Scores:
Royal (1st inn) – 312/8 declared in 57 overs: Chamika Karunaratne 154*, Randev Pathirana 44, Geeshanth Panditharathna 37, Himesh Ranganath 3/51.
Royal Panadura (1st inn) – 211 all out in 89 overs: Vimukthi Wimalasekara 45, Hashan Chamara 38, Madawa Nimesh 41, Lasith Embuldeniya 5/48, Randev Pathirana 3/52.
Royal Panadura (2nd inn) – 180/2 in 45 overs: Madawa Nimesh 82*, Pathum Nirmal 43, Madurajith Dias 41*.
Prince of Wales’ College vs D.S Senanayake College
Sri Lanka under 19 batsman Akeel Inham smashed a brilliant 111 as D.S Senanayake College took control of their under 19 match against Prince of Wales College at stumps on day 1 in Moratuwa.
Akeel’s century had five 6s and five 4s and half centuries by Thimila Vidyasekara, Kaveen Bandara and Shifran Muthalif propelled D.S. Senanayake to commanding 375 for 5 declared before the hosts were struggling at 73 for 4.
Chief Scores:
DSS – 375/5 declared in 65 overs: Thimila Vidyasekara 55, Kaveen Bandara 59, Akeel Inham 111, Shifran Muthalif 75.
POW – 73/4 in 28 overs: Kasun Harshana 32; Harith Maduwantha 2/24.
Trinity College vs Nalanda College
Nalanda writhed to bat against the Trinity bowlers as the visitors took full command on day one of their match at Campbell Place.
Spin duo of Raveen Sayer and Duvindu Thilakaratne picked up four wickets apiece as Trinity restricted Nalanda to 183 and then they stroked 111 for the loss of only 4 wickets on a batting friendly surface.
Chief Scores:
Nalanda – 183 all out in 61.5 overs: Kasun Sandaruwan 29, Dasun Seneviratne 29, Malith Peiris 20, Lakshitha Rasanjana 40, Raveen Sayer 4/62, Duvindu Thilakaratne 4/52.
Trinity – 111/4 in 34 overs: Arjuna Jayasinghe 25, Dilan Jayalath 33*.
Zahira College vs Carey College
Newcomers Carey College was tested by the arch-rivals Zahira College at the end of day 1 in their under 19 division 1 match at Maradana.
A four-wicket haul by left-arm spinner Ramsan Rafaideen and an unbeaten half century by right-hander Tuan Safran provided Zahira the advantage after Carey was bowled out for 148 and the hosts replied with 101 for 3.
Chief Scores:
Carey – 148 all out in 66 overs: Sachin Madusanka 38, Mohamed Ishak 26, Ramsan Rafaideen 4/33, Tuan Safran 2/28, Shehan Weerasinghe 2/16, Ishan Samsudeen 2/30.
Zahira – 107/3 in 37 overs: Tuan Safran 52.
Richmond College vs Dharmapala College
Defending School Cricket Champions, Richmond College gained a first innings lead on the first day itself in their under 19 division 1 match against Dharmapala College at Police Park.
Left-arm spinner Pasindu Keshan picked up 8 wickets for 32 runs to restrict Richmond to 152 runs and help Dharmapala fight back after they were bundled out for 123. Ashen Abeykoon made an unbeaten 54 for the hosts while Charith Asalanka made 42 for the visitors.
Chief Scores:
Dharmapala – 123 all out in 55.1 overs: Ashen Abeykoon 54*, Tharindu Maduwantha 22, Banuka Maduppriya 4/28, Dananjaya Lakshan 3/04.
Richmond – 152 all out in 37.1 overs: Charith Asalanka 42, Kamindu Mendis 36, Pasindu Keshan 8/32.
