Easy win for Maliyadeva
Maliyadeva College recorded an easy first-innings win over newcomers to the top division Devapathiraja MMV Rathgama in their Under-19 Inter-schools Cricket Tournament encounter which concluded at the Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium in Hambantota yesterday.
Maliyadeva, in reply to Devapathiraja MMV’S first innings score of 126, went on to make 260 for six declared.
At Hambantota (1st innings win for Maliyadeva)
Devapathiraja MMV: 126 and 124/4 (Sudeera Weeraratne 53 n.o)
Maliyadeva (211/2 overnight): 260/6 declared (Muditha Premadasa 71, Chaluka Atapattu 66, Supun Sumanaratne 50, Kaveen Bandara 31).
At Piliyandala (1st innings win for Piliyandala Central)
St. John’s Jaffna: 188 and 122 (Elshan Dinushan 34, S. Sajith 33, Ushan Deemantha 5/44, Heshan Madusanka 3/35)
Pilyandala Central (181/6 overnight): 232 (Ruchira Adikari 50, Jamith Dilshan 114 n.o, M. Abinash 5/77) and 32/2. At Horana (Match drawn)
Taxila Central Horana (382/8 overnight): 402 (Eranga Jayakody 179, Sasindu Janith 72, Chamindu Ranvinu 31, Milinda Sanjaya 4/96)
Royal Panadura: 139 (Dhanaja Prasad 89, Thilina Tharinda 5/47).
At Wennappuwa (1st innings win for St. Patrick’s Jaffna)
St. Patrick’s: 160 and (11/0 overnight) 209/5 declared (S. Bietrick 54, D. Danishyas 30 n.o)
St. Xavier’s Marawila: 101 and 113/3 (Yohana Perera 50).
At Galagedera (1st innings win for Azhar College Akurana)
Nugawela Central: 276 and 143/5 (Viraj Ekanayake 36, Ravindu Watagoda 44 n.o)
Azhar College (191/4 overnight): 398 (Z. Ayyash 73, M. Shahin 49, S. Ahamed 39, M. Akram 35, M. Shakeer 31, M. Zaid 104 n.o, Dilmika Dodamantha 5/159).
At Mount Mary (1st innings win for Christ the King College)
Christ the King: 286
Carey (88/6 overnight): 182 (Theekshana Abeyratne 59, Mohamed Nabil 58, Isuru Lakshan 6/33) and 146/5 (Abdul Rahman 55, Isuru Lakshan 3/52).