Kasun, Naveen steer Thurstan to victory

Under 17 Cricket

A knock of 83 by Kasun Abeyratne and a four wicket haul by Naveen Gunawardena helped Thurstan record a comfortable five wicket win over De Mazenod Kandana in the Under 17 Division One cricket encounter played at Kandana. De Mazenod batting first made 211 and Thurstan in their run chase reached the target in the 46th over.

De Mazenod 211 in 50 overs (Praveen Fonseka 81, Lasith Croospulle 46, Methila Geeth 36: Naveen Gunawardena 4 for 29, Nipun Lakshan 2 for 48)

Thurstan 214 for 5 in 45.5 overs (Kasun Abeyratne 83, Prageesh Mendis 41, Chanuka Prabath 41, Nipun Lakshan 24: Mithila Geeth 2 for 35, Shanuka Fernando 2 for 54)

FOURWICKETWIN FORZAHIRA

Mohamed Safras’s half ton paved the way for Zahira to beat Carey by four wickets in the Under 17 Division One match played at the Railway ground in Mount Mary.

Carey 136 in 48.4 overs (Janith Lakshan 50, Lasith Wimalasena 41: Mohamed Haseeb 2 for 16,Ahmed Adhil 2 for 17, Ishan Samsudeen 2 for 40)

Zahira 137 for 6 in 29.1 overs (Mohamed Safras 54, Mohamed Maees 30: Sangeeth Perera 2 for 10)

STTHOMASBY EIGHTWICKETS

St Thomas Matara defeated Vidyaloka MV by eight wickets in the Under 17 match played at Galle.

Vidyaloka MV Galle 64 in 22.5 overs (J. Kumara 20, A. Sampath 19: Udith Sathsara 3 for 7, Ravin Pabasara 3 for 28, Tharusha Kavinda 2 for 12)

St Thomas Matara 69 for 2 on 13.2 overs (Maleesha de Saram 15, Ishan Anupriya 22 n.o.,

Ravindu Gimhan 16 n.o.)

STANTHONY’SBEAT MALIYADEVA

St Anthony’s Katugastota beat Maliyadeva by six wickets in a low scoring Under 17 match played at Kurunegala.

Maliyadeva 96 in 32 overs (Shamila Ratnayake 39: Janindu Nimsara 3 for 13, Sunera Jayasinghe 2 for 5, Virajitha Jayasinghe 2 for 19)

St Anthony’s Katugastota 97 for 4 in 19.2 overs (M. Absar 25 n.o., B. Stouter 22 n.o.:Vishwa Dissanayake 2 for 29)