Thurstan in thrilling win over S.thomas’
Thurstan began the Under 17 cricket tournament with a thrilling two wicket with one ball to spare win over S. Thomas’ in their Division One encounter played at Mt Lavinia.
S. Thomas’ taking first lease of the wicket made a modest score of 239 with Helakamala Nannyakkara making a top score of 116 and Thilaksha Sumanasiri chipping with an unbeaten 73.
Thurstan in their run chase despite losing wickets at regular intervals succeeded in reaching the target with Raveesha Lokuge making an unbeaten 43.
S. Thomas’ 239 for 5 in 50 overs (Helakamala Nanayakkara 116, Thilaksha Sumanasiri 73 n.o.: Raveesha Liyanage 2 for 27, Kasun Madusanka 2 for 29)
Thurstan 240 for 8 in 49.5 overs (Kavindu Kulasekera 33, Sajith Gunatileke 26, Minhaj Jaleel 26, Arjuna Gunawardena 24, Raveesha Lokuge 43 n.o.: Ruvindu Tilekeratne 2 for 40, Dhanush Peiris 2 for 43)
Easy win for DSS
D.S. Senanayake College coasted to an easy eight wicket win over St John’s Nugegoda in another match of the same tournament played at the DSS ground in Wijerama Mawatha. An unbeaten 59 by Inham Akeel helped DSS reach their target of 120 in the 24th over.
St John’s Nugegoda 119 in 35 overs (Nadun Perera 42, Pasindu Sankalpa 20: Uvin Bandara 4 for 22, Binura Fernando 2 for 19, Harith Maduwantha 2 for 21)
DSS 123 for 2 in 23.1 overs (Isuru Kasthuriarachchi 38, Inham Akeel 59 n.o.)
Dharmarajah by four wickets
Dharmarajah recorded a four wicket win over Trinity in the Under 17 match played at Asgiriya. Dharmarajah after restricting the home side to a score of 150 reached the target in the 38th over.
Trinity 150 in 42.2 overs (Ron Chandragupta 66: Menaka Galahitiyawa 3 for 18, Tharusha Weragoda 3 for 25)
Dharmaraja 151 for 6 in 37.1 overs (Supun Weebedda 42, Chandimal de Silva 22: Visudha Chandrasekera 2 for 18, Lakshan Jayasinghe 2 for 22, Dulanjan Chandrasena 2 for 27)
Carey upset Isipathana
An unbeaten knock of 49 by Rasindu Madushan saw Carey upset Isipathana by five wickets in the match played at the BRC ground. The 25 over curtailed match saw Carey coming out winners in the 23rd over.
At BRC
Isipathana 113 for 8 in 25 overs (Sachin Jayasuriya 19, Torry Thabrew 17, Poorna Prathiba 17, Chenutha Wickramasinghe 16: Charith Rajapakse 3 for 22, Ruvindu Thakshila 2 for 23)
Carey 117 for 5 in 22.5 overs (Shehan Nanayakkara 22, Deemantha Ranush 18, Charith Rajapakse 17, Rasindu Madushan 49 n.o.)
Royal too good
Royal was too good for St Thomas Kotte whom they crushed by ten wickets in the match played at Reid Avenue. Royal needed just 8.4 overs to make the required score of 71 for victory.
St Thomas Kotte 70 in 25.1 overs (Veron Perera 26:Devin Pathmanathan 4 for 6, Anupa Tilekeratne 3 for 24)
Royal 75 for no loss in 8.4 overs (Shanuka Kodituwakku 26 n.o., Hasitha Samarasinghe 24 n.o.)
Prince of Wales defeat Nalanda
Prince of Wales defeated Nalanda by 35 runs in the match played at Moratuwa.
Prince of Wales 166 in 34 overs (Suchira Fernando 34, Kusal Mendis 33, Janeesha Fernando 29, Asitha Lanka 21: Malinga de Silva 3 for 20, Rashmika Wijayanga 2 for 21, Pramud Hettiwatte 2 for 27, Avishka de Silva 2 for 33)
Nalanda 131 in 31.3 overs (Rashmika Wijayanga 34, Senura Perera 26, Lahiru Wijeratne 24, Senura Amarasinghe 22: Thilan Nimesh 3 for 35, Jayanga Peiris 2 for 26)
St.Peter’s win by eight wickets
The match between St Peter’s and Piliyandala Central played at Bambalapitiya ended in a comfortable eight win for St Peter’s.
Piliyandala Central 101 in 30.4 overs (Sandula Sanyoga 36: Sahan Nanayakkara 5 for 19, Vinu Mohotti 2 for 16, Janith Liyanage 2 for 25)
St Peter’s 103 for 2 in 19 overs (Oshan Karunaratne 22, Janith Liyanage 42 n.o., Chandula Jayamanna 22 n.o.)
Massive win for Royal P’dura
Right arm pacie Akila Lakshan helped Royal Panadura record a massive 189 runs win over Holy Cross Kalutara in the match played at Kalutara.
Royal Panadura 232 in 49.2 overs (Lakpriya Dhananjaya 37, Hasitha Dhananjaya 28, Damindu Ashan 27, Akila Lakshan 21, Rusiru Ravisanka 20, Im- eda Ranganath 28 n.o.: D. Gunawardena 4 for 45, L. Krishan 2 for 55)
Holy Cross Kalutara 43 in 31 overs (Akila Lakshan 6 for 11, Madhawa Nimesh 2 for 3, Rusiru Ravisanka 2 for 21)
Under 15 Division One
Six wicket win for Maris Stella Maris Stella Negombo beat Sri Pragngnananda MV Raddoluwa by six wickets in their Under 15 Division One cricket encounter played at Negombo.
Sri Pragngnananda MV Raddoluwa 102 in 42.4 overs (Sachitha Gayashan 22, Arangallage Lakranga 16, Sachithra Swarnadeva 26 n.o.: Sanka Poorna 3 for 15, Malcolm Fernando 2 for 12)
Maris Stella Negombo 103 for 4 in 20 overs (Ashan Indrajith 20, Lasith Crusepulle 26 n.o.)
Prince of Wales outclass Mahabodhi
Prince of Wales outclassed Mahabodhi Vidyalaya by ten wickets in the match played Moratuwa.
Mahabodhi Vidyalaya 98 in 38.2 overs (Ajitha Kumara 15: Akila Siriwardena 5 for 11, Shenal de Silva 3 for 11, Isuru Perera 2 for 14)
Prince of Wales 101 for 0 in 10.2 overs (Rasindu Sasanka 45 n.o., Vihanga Weerakkody 41 n .o.)
Awin for Gurukula MV
Gurukula MV Kelaniya overcame President’s College Kotte by six wickets in the match played at the Railway ground in Mount Mary.
President’s Kotte 92 in 30.5 overs (Adithya Madusanka 32, Buddhi Vikum 19: Lahiru Chamara 5 for 22, Nipul Madhika 2 for 17)
Gurukula MV Kelaniya 96 for 4 in 13.2 overs (Dumindu Themiya 26 n.o.: Ravindu Serasinghe 3 for 44)
Royal P’dura win
Royal Panadura had little difficulty in getting the better of Kalutara MV in the match played at the Panadura Esplanade.
Royal Pandaura 168 in 47.5 overs (Tharindu Dilshan 44, Sachin Tharuka 24, Nilan Fernando 21, Ashan Vimukthi 20: Hiruna Silva 4 for 27, Haritha Silva 3 for 25)
Kalutara MV 119 for 8 in 50 overs (Nadeera Jayawardena 27, Hiruna Silva 26, Ashen Fonseka 25: Basitha Lakshan 3 for 24, Ravin Lakshan 2 for 8, Theja Bhanuka 2 for 12)
Under 15 Division Two
Thurstan in close win The Under 15 Division Two match between DSS and Thurstan played at Wijerama Mawatha ended in a close one wicket win for the latter.
DSS 196 in 49.2 overs (D. Bandara 38, P. Kulatileke 23, S. Mohamed 52 n.o.: Madushan Kalawila 3 for 45, Emasha Karunaratne 2 for 14, Vihanga Ginuwage 2 for 30)
Thurstan 197 for 9 in 49.3 overs (Randula Perera 48, Nivantha Lingthotarachchi 45, Viran Jayatileke 25, Chamod Palliyaguru 20: Pasindu Kulatileke 4 for 10)