Round up on Schools cricket this weekend
Ananda College cruised to a rousing innings and 14 runs outright victory over Maliyadeva College Kurunegala in their inter school under 19 cricket tournament match which concluded at Ananda Mawatha yesterday.
Ananda’s success of course was always there from the moment they bowled out their opponents for just 124 runs in the first innings well inside two sessions of play.
The Anandians continued with their total dominance over their opponents on the second day as well and went on to hit up an impressive 261 for 5 wickets and then bundled out the visitors for a paltry 123 runs in the second innings.
The Ananda College spinners once again played havoc with the Maliyadeva batting with Sandaken Pathirana, Isuru Gunasekera, Kasun Perera and Tharana Ravindu all proving their class through some outstanding bowling.
The feature in the Ananda College bowling was that they never allowed the opposition to settle down and to build up any partnerships but instead they really nailed the batsmen while capturing wickets at regular intervals.
The Anandians could be pleased with their batting effort as well because they were able to rattle up a formidable first innings total of 261 for 5 wickets in almost even time.
The Ananda College batsmen really went after the Maliyadeva College bowling from the very beginning with Pasindu Ishira racing to a run a ball century inclusive of three sixes and ten boundaries.
The stylish middle order batsman played the sheet anchor role while grabbing most of the strike while Dasun Weerasinghe added the finishing touches by stroking an unbeaten half century that took the home side pass the two hundred run mark.
Maliyadeva: 124 and 123 (Minod Bhanuka 33, Kusal de Silva 21, Sandaken Pathirana 3/41, Isuru Gunasekera 3/36, Kasun Perera 2/3, Tharana Ravindu 2/21)
Ananda: 261-5 decl (Pasindu Ishira 103, Lakkhana Jayasekara 39, Thamalaka Athulathmudali 34, Dasun Wijesinghe 64 n. o, Chandima Bandara 3/79, Sachintha Pieris 2/38)
Dineth shines with a match bag of 7 for 74 (Dharmaraja vs Zahira)
Dineth Lanka finished with a match bag of seven for 74 runs for Dharmaraja in their drawn inter-school cricket match against Zahira College at Lake View, Kandy today.
Lanka took a crucial four wickets for 41 runs in the first innings to skittle out Zahira College for 200 runs in their first innings and followed it up with three for 33 runs in the second innings, as hosts claimed first innings points against the visitors.
Wenuka Galahitiya returned four for 53 as they made life extremely difficult for the batsmen. Mohamed Salman hit a top score of 53 in the first innings.
Dharmaraja resuming from their overnight score of 31 for the loss of one wicket at close on day one, managed 273 runs on the back of fine half century from Tharusha Weragoda. He made a stylish 74 to help hosts take first innings points in the match. Mohamed Saheen was the pick of the strike taking five wickets for 74 runs to curtail the home team.
At stump Zahira were 115 for the loss of five wickets with Thamasheer Thaifdeen hitting a top score of 30.
Zahira: 200 in 76.5 overs (Mohamed Salman 52, Nishki Ahamed 22, Irshad Imamudeen 22, Shehan Weerasinghe 40, Deneth Lanka 4/41, Wenuka Galahitiyawa 4/53) and 115/5 in 39 overs (Thamaheer Thaifdeen 30, Mohommed Salman 17, Nishki Ahamed 15, Deneth Lanka 3/33)
Dharmaraja: 273 (31 for 1 wicket in 78.2 overs. (Tharusha Weragoda 74, Rameesh Ranasinghe 44, Supun Tennakoon 28, Kavinda Ratnayake 27, Japathma Tennekoon 25, Mohamed Saheen 5/74, Nishki Ahamed 2/39)
Cadiramanapulle guides Wesley to first innings win (Wesley vs St. Benedicts)
Jonathan Cadiramanapulle ran through the St. Benedicts batting order with a tight spell of medium pace bowling as hosts succumbed to 100 all out resuming from their overnight score of 38 for 1 in reply to Wesley’s 189 all out in the first innings in their U-19 cricket match concluded at Kotahena today.
Chasing 200 runs to win St. Benedicts managed 110 runs for the loss of three wickets in 40 overs at stumps.
Cadiramanapulle was at his brilliant best teasing the batsmen with some tight bowling to finish with impressive figures of five for 28 while Sachin Jayawardene and Tharindu Karunaratne claimed two wickets each in the first innings. Sachin added two more in the second innings to finish with figures of 4 for 50 in the match.
Wesley with a decent 89 run lead in the first innings scored 110 runs for the loss of six wickets in the second innings before offering a challenging total of 200 runs to win in 40 overs. Tharindu Karunaratne scored 39 for Wesley in the second innings.
Wesley: 189 in 73.1 overs (Himesh Jayaratne 75, Tharindu Karunaratne 25, A. Parais 18, T. Jebeseelan 17, Yohan Soyza 5/42, Sithum Wijesinghe 2/14, Geethika Jayatileke 2/38) and 110/6 in 33 overs (Tharindu Karunaratne 39, Sineth Wickramanayake 21, Jonathon Cadiramanapulle 18 n.o., Geethika Jayathilake 3/42)
St. Benedict’s: 100 (38/1 overnight) in 38.2 overs (Mahel Jayalath 28, Nimesh Fonseka 25, Jonathon Cadiramanapulle 5/28, Sachin Jayawardhane 2/17, Tharindu Karunaratne 2/20) and 110/3 in 40 overs (Janindu Karunathilake 36, Mahela Jayalath 24, Sachin Jayawardhane 2/33)
Joes on first innings (Mahinda vs St Joesph’s)
St Joseph’s College registered a comfortable first innings win over Mahinda on the back of a brilliant all round effort from Sri Lanka youth player Priyamal Perere in their drawn under-19 school cricket match at Darley Road today. Right hander who hit 90 runs in to help hosts reached a commanding 250 in the first innings finished with best figures of four for 30 as Mahinda were bowled out cheaply in the first innings. Resuming from their overnight score of 76 for five, the visitors could add only 59 runs to their overnight score as host ran through the middle and tail in quick time, Dylan Fernandopulle and Fabian Fernando claimed also contributed with two wickets each. However Mahinda made a strong reply scoring 200 runs for the loss of three wickets after being asked to follow on with Pryushan Kulatunga and Dulash Udayanga hitting half centuries, Kulatunga made 63 while Udayanga scored 61. Sadheera Samarawickerama was the pick of the bowler for hosts in the second innings as he finished with figures of two for 13
St. Joseph’s: 250 in 50.3 overs (Priyamal Perera 90, Dylan Fernandopulle 48, Nirvana Abesekara 36, Yashan Samarasinghe 21, Samith Kalhara 3/47, Pasindu Dilshan 2/25, Hiroshana Champika 2/41)
Mahinda: 135 (76/5 overnight) in 80 overs (Sachinthana Tharuka 26, Gihan Dhanushka 21 n.o., Dulash Udayanaga 21, Piyushan Kulatunge 18, Samith Kalhara 14, Priyamal Perera 4/30, Dylan Fernandopulle 2/11, Fabian Fernando 2/12) and 200/3 in 51 overs (Piyushan Kulatunge 63, Dulash Udayanga 61, Ishara Akalanka 38, Gihan Dhanushka 14 n.o., Sadheera Samarawickrama 2/13)
Kulasekara ton helps Thurstan beat Royal on first innings (Thurstan vs Royal)
Sri Lanka Youth player Kavindu Kulasekara stroked a masterful century as Thurstan College beat hosts Royal on first innings in their under-19 inter-school cricket fixture concluded at Reid Avenue yesterday.
Kulasekara had 18 boundaries and two sixes in his perfectly crafted 202 ball innings as Thurstan made 249 all out in response to Royal’s 216 for seven declared in the first innings. At close on day one Thurstan made a strong reply scoring 110 runs for the loss of just one wicket.
He was well supported by Sajith Gunatilleke with a fighting 93 but the rest of the batting looked below par.
Royal made 168 runs for the loss of seven wickets in their second essay with Harith Samarasinghe remaining unbeaten on 51. Chamika Karunaratne (75) and Thiran Danapala (60 not out) propelled Royals first innings. Samarasinghe also impressed with the bowling taking three for 52 runs while Chamika was the pick of the bowler for Royalist’s capturing three for 20.
Royal: 216/7 in 62 overs (Chamika Karunaratne 75, Thiran Danapala 60 n.o., Rojitha Jayawardhane 25, Shaminda Dias 20, Harith Samarasinghe 15 n.o., Achintha Kalpana 3/31) and 168/7 in 49 overs (Harith Samarasinghe 51 n.o., Hashen Ramanayake 29, Shaminda Dias 20, Tiran Dhanapala 19 n.o., Ayesh Weeratne 3/24, Arjuna Gunawardhane 2/40)
Thurstan: 249 (110/1 overnight) in 73.4 overs (Kavindu Kulasekara 138, Sajith Gunatilleke 93, Avishka Pieris 24, Chamika 3/20, Harith Samarasinghe 3/52, Devin Pathmanathan 2/65)
