PULINDU BAGS NINE INCLUDING A HAT-TRICK
Right arm pacie Pulindu Kiriella ended with impressive bowling figures of 9 for 13 inclusive of a hat-trick helping Richmond College record an easy first innings win over St. Servatius Matara in an Under 13 Division One cricket encounter played in Galle.
Meanwhile, Tharindu Amarasinghe hit a brilliant 171- was his second successive ton as Prince of Wales overcame Christ The King College Ja-ela. Ranula Somaratne of St. Anne’s and Mithira Thenura of Tissa Central too cracked tons to help their side record first innings wins against Trinity and Moratu MV.
In the other matches Dharmaraja, St. Peter’s, St. Joseph’s and St. John’s Nugegoda secured first innings wins over Wickramashila National School Giriulla, Basilica College Ragama, De Mazenod and Asoka MV Colombo. Richmond: 144 (Kalpa Nethsara 33, Shenith Randesh 32: L. Pasindu 3 for 19) and 100 for 8 (Bhanuka Manohara 55: Hansa Nipuna 5 for 19) St. Servatius Matara: 48 (Pulindu Kiriella 9 for 13) Christ The King Ja-ela: 49 (Kunchana Perera 4 for 7, Thinuka Fernando 2 for 3, Vinuja Ranpul 2 for 17)
Prince of Wales: 453 for 9 (Tharindu Amarasinghe 171, Induwara De Alwis 72, Vinuja Ranpul 66, Rehan Chamika 25, Rithika Fernando 23: Harsha Abhisheka 2 for 32)
Trinity:135 (Dinusha Pieris 25, Akram Muthalif 51 n.o.: Manan Muzzamil 3 for 23, Pasindu Tennekoon 3 for 36) St. Anne’s Kurunegala:
166 for 3 (Pasindu Tenekoon 26, Ranuda Somaratne 121 n.o.)
Moratu MV 153 (Asitha Peiris 36: Nadun Asela 3 for 10, Mithira Thenura 2 for 35) Tissa Central Kalutara 267 for 5 (Ganganath Harshana 30, Mithira Thenura 167 n.o.: Dinitha Peiris 2 for 69)
Dharmaraja:256 for 6 declared (Yasiru Gamaarchchi 64, Vibhavith Ehelepola 40) and 117 for 3 (Sachintha Dissanayake 74 n.o.) Wickramashila NS
Giriulla: 84 (Nandun Atapattu 26: Thisara Ekanayake 5 for 24, S. Maheesha 3 for 40)
St. Peter’s: 223 for 6 (Ramindu Perera 72, Lahiru Chethaka 43, Wenuka Hemachandra 33, Sanshey Goonathilake 28: Ashen Silva 2 for 64) and 114 for 2 (Lahiru Chethaka 65, Ramindu Perera 28) Basilica Ragama:149 (Ashen Silva 59, Dilshan Gunasekara 32: Dhanal Hemananda 6 for 26) MSA