Anishka, Shalith put Petes on top
Under 19 Cricket
A massive 175-run opening stand between centurion Anishka Perera (100) and Shalith Fernando (77) helped St. Peter’s come on top against Maris Stella on day in their U-19 cricket encounter played at Bambalapitiya yesterday. In his swashbuckling innings Perera hit 12 boundaries.
Batting first St. Peter’s declared at 290 for 5 and Maris Stella in reply ended the day on 94 for 3.
St. Peter’s 290 for 5 declared (Anishka Perera 100, Shalith Fernando
77, Manelka de Silva 19, Ranmith Jayasena 19, Lakshina Rodrigo 68 n.o.: Sachindu Colombage 2 for 72)
Maris Stella 94 for 3 (Lasith Croospulle 43 n.o., Ravindu Fernando 18 n.o.) Jehan, Pahan steer St. Joseph’s
Half tons by Jehan Fernandopulle (86) and Pahan Perera(63) helped St. Joseph’s dominate the opening day’s play against DSS in the Under 19 match played at Darley Road.
The duo rescued St. Joseph’s when they were in a bad position of 128 for 6 by associating in a valuable 131-run stand for the seventh wicket enabling them to end with a formidable score of 286. Later Ruchira Ekanayake and skipper Harin Cooray shared five wickets between them to have DSS struggling on 69 for 6. St. Joseph’s 286 (Jehan Fernandopulle 86, Pahan Perera 63, Thashan Perera 41, Nipun Sumanasinghe 23: Vihan Gunasekera 5 for 60, Muditha Lakshan 3 for 84)
DSS 69 for 6 (Shashika Lahiru 23 n.o.: Ruchira Ekanayake 3 for 18,
Harin Cooray 2 for 22) Wanitha, Randeera, Tharindu guide St. Anne’s
Wanitha Wanninayake cracked 139 while Randeera Ranasinghe and Tharindu Wijesinghe hit half tons as St. Anne’s Kurunegala posted a massive score of 359 against St. Sebastian’s who ended day one on 97 for 1 in the Under 19 match played at Moratuwa.
St. Anne’s Kurunegala 359 (Wanitha Wanninayake 139, Randeera Ranasinghe 70, Tharindu Wijesinghe 54, Dineth Chandimal 45: Tharusha
Fernando 3 for 68, Nimesh Bandara 2 for 28, Praveen Jayawickrama 2 for 111) St. Sebastian’s 97 for 1 (Nuwanidu Fernando 50 n.o., Malintha Peiris 39 n.o.) Royal 205, Mahinda 98/4
Mahinda were 98 for 4 in reply to Royal’s score of 205 at the end of the first day’s play in the match played at Galle. Royal Colombo 205 (Ganith Sandeepa 52, Kavindu Chathuranga 40, Imesh Ramanayake 37, Rishikan
Ravindranathan 28: Reshan Kavinda 4 for 37, Kavindu Ediriweera 3 for 64)
Mahinda 98 for 4 (Ravindu Hansika 58 n.o.) St. Sebastian’s takes lead
St Sebastian’s Katuneriya took a first innings lead over Bandaranayake MMV Gampaha when play ended on day one in the match played at Katuneriya. Bandaranayake MMV Gampaha 143 (Aroshan Madushan 51, Sagara Bandara 21: Sheshan Udara 5 for 31, Ashen Charuka 2 for 21, Dilshan Pramod 2 for 31) St. Sebastian’s Katuneriya 174 for 6 (George Priyashantha 40, Sheshan Udara 35, S. Peshala 33: Hachintha Hemapriya 3 for 48, Arosha Madushan 2 for 24)