Trinity trounce Kingswood by 271 runs

Trinity College completed their sixth outright win for the current season when they beat Kingswood College by 271 runs in their Inter-schools Under-19 Cricket Tournament fixture which concluded at the Asgiriya Stadium in Kandy yesterday.

The highlight of the game was a fine spell of spin bowing by Kavishka Senadheera

The highlight of the game was a fine spell of spin bowing by Kavishka Senadheera who took a matchbag of 13 wickets while Abishek Anandakumar also completed a fine unbeaten century.

Trinity: 264 and 165/6 declared (Abishek Anandakumar 100 n.o, Shane Gunathilake 26, Dumindu Damshika 3/27, Deegayu Bandara 3/48)

Kingswood: 125 (Harshana Wickramasinghe 34, Kavishka Senadheera 7/46, Avishka Senadheera 2/24) and 33 (Kavishka Senadheera 6/14, Abishek Anandakumar 3/12).

Innings win for Rajans

Dharmaraja College scored an innings and 10-run win over St. Mary’s College, Kegalle in their Under-19 Inter-schools Cricket Tournament encounter which concluded at Lake View in Kandy yesterday.

St. Mary’s: 150 and 135 (Gajitha Kotuwegoda 43, Sineth Weerasooriya 30, Upendra Warnakulasooriya 6/46, Thushan Herath 3/27)

Dharmaraja: 295 (Kasun Gunawardane 50, Isuru Dayananda 48, Yasith Samararatne 47, Sachintha Senanayake 41, Thushan Herath 26, Dulaj Bandara 24, Mithila Gayashan 21, Gihan Abeywardane 6/85, Akalanka Pethiyagoda 2/36).

First innings win for Devans Maliyadeva Model School, Kurunegala scored a first innings win over Nugawela Central in their Under-19 Inter-schools Cricket Tournament encounter which concluded at Galagedera yesterday.

Nugawela Central: 201 and 355/4 declared (Viraj Ekanayake 218, Hasintha Polkotuwa 100, Mahesh Jayasinghe 2/72)

Maliyadeva: 235 and 319/8 declared (Imesh Seneviratne 106, Praveen Tennakoon 60, Chathurya Sooriyabandara 50, Mahesh Jayasinghe 38, Yohan Wijesooriya 21, Hasintha Polkotuwa 2/63).