St. Anthony’s cruise to their seventh outright win
An allround performance by Navodya Wijekumara, who made a half ton and a match bag of seven wickets along with Kalhara Senaratne who ended with a match bag of eight wickets guided St Anthony’s Katugastota to an innings and 83 run win over Royal Panadura at Katugastota yesterday.
The second day’s play saw Royal Panadura being left with a daunting task of saving the match as they were struggling in the second innings on 18 for 5. They were all out for 80.
Prince of Wales was making smooth progress against Wesley after having conceded a first innings lead on day one in the low scoring match at Campbell Park.
Nalanda after bowling out St Servatius Matara for a score of 89 held the edge when play stopped for the lunch break on day two at Campbell Place. At Katugastota: St. Anthony’s won by innings and 83 runs Royal Panadura 90 (Dhananjaya Prasad 28, Dushantha Madusanka 21: Kalhara Senaratne 4 for 9, Satheesh Wickramaarachchi 2 for 16, Navodya Wijekumara 2 for 21) and (18/5 overnight) 80 (Ranesh Silva 40: Navodya Wijekumara 5 for 21, Kalhara Senaratne 4 for 10)
St. Anthony’s Katugastota 253 (Navodya Wijekumara 56, Diyon Stouter 35, Theekshana Gunasinghe 26, Gihan Achintha 24, Satheesh Wickramaarachchi 31 n.o.: Dulantha Kavindu 5 for 50, Akila Sanesh 2 for 37)
At Campbell Park
Prince of Wales 105 (Shehan Avishka 28, Suwath Mendis 24: Mohamed Ubaidulla 5 for 42, Shenal Dangalla 4 for 35) and 177 for 4 ( Shehan Avishka 46, Sandun Fernando 45, Sanoj Dharshika 50 n. o.: Tharinda Bakmeewewa 2 for 30)
Wesley 135 (Janith Sandakelum 28, Hasith Geesara 25, Shenal Dangalla 24: Kaumal Nanayakkara 6 for 44, Thevindu Peiris 3 for 37) At Campbell Place Nalanda 194 (Dilhara Polgampola 31, Lakshitha Rasanjana 28, Avishka Perera 22, Rusiru de Silva 56 n.o.: Pasindu Manupriya 4 for 62, Isuru Udayanga 2 for 24)
St. Servatius Matara (50/6 overnight) 89 (Keshan Nuwantha 28: Lakshitha Rasanjana 4 for 19, Madushan Hasaranga 3 for 35) and 75 for 3 (Supun Kavinda 46: Kaveesh Madurapperuma 2 for 14) At Godigamuwa
St. Peter’s Negombo 213 (Thisara Maduwantha 99, Shane Maleesha 38: Avishka Dilshan 2 for 20, Vinuk Hettiarachchi 2 for 36, Thimira Malshan 2 for 66) and 106 for 5 (Pasindu Navod 27, Umesh Lakshan 20, Brian Julius 20)
Ananda Sastralaya Kotte (197/8 overnight) 236 (Isuru Avinda 82, Thimira Malshan 71, Kushan Dabare 32: Brian Julius 3 for 39, Ruwin Salinda 3 for 64, Dineth Thathsara 3 for 74) At Jaffna
St. Xavier’s Marawila 185 (Ravindu Anjana 76, Yohan Perera 22, Dinusha Abeysekera 20: A. Jayadgarshan 4 for 15, S. Thushanthan 3 for 33, S. Madushan 2 for 27) and 19 for 4 (Sithum Sanjana 36, Dinusha Abeysekera 31 n.o.: S. Thushanthan 3 for 37) Jaffna Central (159/7 overnight) 197 (S. Madushan 39, R. Raj Clinton 32, S. Kauthaman 26, K. Iyalarasan 20, S. Thushanthan 20: Akash Nadeeshan 4 for 51, Hashen Madusanka 3 for 54, Dulaj Asoka 2 for 19)
At Karandeniya Bandaranayake MMV Gampaha 218 for 3 (Hasitha Thimal 42, Pasindu Bandara 67 n.o., Janindu Jayawardena 64 n.o.: Kavindu Nadeeshan 2 for 44) vs Dharmasoka MV Ambalangoda At Balapitiya
Sri Sumangala Panadura 184 for 3 (Nipuna Deshan 100 n.o.) vs P de S. Kularatne MV Ambalangoda
At Kurunegala St. Anne’s Kurunegala 141 for 1 (Dineth Chandimal 23, Dhananjaya Bandara 53 n.o., Randeera Ranasinghe 47 n.o.) vs Sri Jayewardenepura MV Kotte
At Rathgama
St. Mary’s Chilaw 118 (Roshen Madawa 31, Minon Deeshan 22, Channa Thiththagala 21: Pathum Mendis 4 for 38, Jeewaka Shashin 3 for 13)
Devapathiraja MMV Rathgama 27 for 1
At Badulla
Badulla Central 151 for 7 (Pahasara Dharmadasa 38, Lakshan Madubashitha 29, Chirath Akalanka 49 n.o.: Hansaka Rajapakse 4 for 52) vs Ananda Maithriya Central Balangoda
At Wattala
Madampa Central Kuleegoda 110 (Sachin Dilhara 22, Udesh Chathuranga 34 n.o.: Imantha Fernando 6 for 34, Pasindu Kamesh 3 for 21)
Lyceum IS Wattala 90 for 1 (Shabiq Ifthary 67 n.o.)