Thaveesha and Dilum guide Richmond
An unbeaten knock of 74 by Thaveesha Abishek and a matchbag of seven wickets from Dilum Sudeera helped Richmond College record an easy first-innings win over St. Anthony’s College Wattala in their Under-19 Inter-schools Cricket Tournament encounter concluded at Wattala yesterday.
St. Anthony’s, resuming from their overnight score of 25 for four, were bundled out for a paltry 66 runs in their first innings and Richmond in reply made 168 for four declared.
Meanwhile, a hurricane knock of 229 by Uditha Lakshan was the highlight in the drawn match between Sri Rajasinghe Central, Kudabuthgamuwa and D. S. Senanayake Central, Mirigama played at Kudabuthgamuwa.
At Wattala (1st innings win for Richmond)
St.anthony’s (25/4 overnight): 66 (Dilum Sudeera 4/23,Amshi de Silva 3/14, Sugeeth Nimnada 2/12) and 87/6 (Pathum Vihanga 24, Kavisha Dulanjana 24, Dilum Sudeera 3/33, Chamath Dilsara 2/19)
Richmond: 168/4 declared (Adithya Siriwardena 33, Dilum Sudeera 22, Thaveesha Abishek 74 n.o).
At Moratuwa (Match drawn)
St. Sebastian’s Moratuwa: 178 and 78 (Vinuja Ranasinghe 29, Lahiru Fernando 22 n.o, Nimnaka Jayatileke 5/32, Kalhara Senaratne 3/26, Sasith Hirudika 2/6)
St.anthony’s Katugastota
(6/0 overnight): 207/7 declared (Navodya Wijeyakumara 53, Dayan Pankaja 34, Gihan Achintha 30, Kalhara Senaratne 22, Tadula de Silva 2/25, Tashik Perera 2/33).
At Katuneriya (St. Sebastian’s Katuneriya won by 10 wickets)
St. Sebastian’s: 186/8 declared and 26/0
Revatha MMV Balapitiya (15/1 overnight): 84 (Navindu Pehasara 34, Sithum Akilanka 4/28, Dimantha Silva 3/6, Sandeep Madushan 2/19) and 123 (Malsha Ashen 34, Chamara Dhanashanka 25, Dulaj Hashen 4/27, Sithum Akilanka 3/39, Dimantha Silva 2/26).
At Kudabuthgamuwa (Match drawn)
Sri Rajasinghe Central Kudabuthgamuwa: 218 and 340/5 (Uditha Lakshan 229, Chamuka Vishmitha 49 n.o, Sachin Tharuka 2/62, Rushmith Navod 2/69)
D. S. Senanayake Central Mirigama: 197 (Sakeel Tharuka 60,Chamin Malith 58,Kalindu Kavishka 3/36,Avishka Sandaruwan 3/42,Raveesha Kalana 2/31). At Ibbagamuwa (Match drawn) Ibbagamuwa Central: 194/9 (Kalana Abeyratne 65, Dilanka Premaratne 37, Prasad Herath 26, Madusha Ekanayake 24, Lakpriya Rodrigo 3/32) vs Loyola College Bopitiya.