Three wins for Asoka de Silva SC

Asoka de Silva School of Cricket posted three wins and suffered one loss on their recent tour of Malaysia, where they participated in the Friendship Cricket Tournament organized by the Malay Cricket Association of Malaysia.

All matches were played at the Baya Emas Oval, Kuala Lumpur and consisted of 30 overs per game. The batting star of the tour was Arosa Sadaruwan who aggregated 143 in three innings with a top score of 97 in the final game against the Malaysian under 15 team.

The leading wicket takers were Vidura Wickramasinghe with 13 scalps and Rusthum Miskin with 11. Others to shine on the tour were, Ravindu Chathuranga with an aggregate of 71 runs and the ‘ baby’ of the team the under 12 Dhanuka Alahakoon who finished the tour with five wickets.

The most outstanding fielder was Dinuska Anupama.

The biggest win of the tour was recorded in their final match where the defeated the Malaysia under 15 team by a massive 118 runs. After posting a match winning score of 206 for three wickets in their quota of 30 overs, with Aros Sadaruwan being most unfortunate to miss a well deserved century by only three runs, the bundled their opponents out for just 88 runs.

The team was managed and coached by Thilak de Silva.

Results

Beat Malay u.15 by four wickets

Malay U. 15 138 for 9 in 30 overs (Sudaramin 30, Amdan 22,Fauzan 15, D. Alahakoon 2 for 14, V. Wickramasinghe 3 for 18, R. Miskin 3 for 16)

Asoka de Silva SC 139 for 6 in 24.2 overs (A. Sadaruwan 35, V. Lanka 20, M.Teeksana 19, R. Miskin 18, Nizamuddin 3 for 39)

Lost to Malaysia u. 15 by seven wickets

Asoka de Silva SC 48 in 18.3 overs (S. kavinda 18, M. Teekshana 15, Divakaran 4 for 21, Jihad 3 for 18)

Malaysian U. 15 49 for 3 in 17.4 overs (Divakaran 19 n.o., Ifran16, V. Wickramasinghe 3 for 16)

Beat Malaysia U. 15 by four wickets

Malayian u.15 66 in 16.1 overs (Fahim 18, Turisman 19; R. Miskin 4 for 8, V. Wickramasinghe 3 for 13, D. Alahakoon 2 for 12)

Asoka de Silva SC 68 for 6 in 16.2 overs (Vimuktha Lanka 21, A. Hansaka 13, V. Wickramasinghe 16; Shakeel 2 for 19, Fahmi 2 for 21)

Beat Malaysia u. 15 by 118 runs

Asoka de Silva SC 206 for 3 in 30 overs (A. Sadruwan 97, R. Chathuranga 47, R. Miskin 43; Ikwas 2 for 66)

Malaysia U. 15 88 in 24.4 overs (Fadli 31, Shaun 16; R. Miskin 4 for 20, V. Wickramsinghe 4 for 28) (BM)