Almost all of the Singer U19 Schools Division One Cricket Tournament matches were hampered by rain today (5th).
Trinity College, Kandy vs St. Anthony’s College, Wattala
No play was possible on day 2 of the under 19 singer schools encounter between Trinity College and St. Anthony’s College at Wattala today(5). Persistent rain meant that the game was called off on day 2 without a ball being bowled.
Trinity College, Kandy-231/8 (63) Trewon Percival 38*, Thisaru Dilshan 30, Hasintha Jayasuriya 37, Kavindu Hettiarachchi 4/58
St. Anthonys College, Wattala
Prince of Wales College, Moratuwa vs St. Benedict’s College, Kotahena
Play was called off early in Moratuwa with less than 2 overs being bowled on day 2 due to rain, as the game between Prince of Wales and St. Benedict’s ended in a stalemate.
Prince Of Wales College, Moratuwa-247/5 (61.5) Sanoj Dharshika 109*, Thilan Nimesh 86*, Chamindu Wijesinghe 3/30
St. Benedicts College, Kotahena
Dharmapala College, Pannipitiya vs St. Peter’s College, Colombo
The biggest surprise of the day came when the strong St. Peter’s batting line up was shot out for a paltry 83 runs against Dharmapala College, who have lost 5 outrights this season.
Dharmapala resuming from their overnight score of 116/7 were all out in no time with an addition of just eight runs to the total. Spin twins, Chathura Obeysekara and Mohammed Ameen picked up 4 wickets each for St. Peter’s College.
St. Peter’s in their reply lost wickets at regular intervals to be bundled out inside 35 overs handing a 41 run first inning win for Dharmapala College. Mahima Weerakoon was the chief destroyer picking up 4 scalps while Chamindu Samarasinghe and Dilshan Silva picked up 3 each.
Dharmapala College, Pannipitiya-124 (56.1) Avishka Hasarinda 31, Amila Dhayanaka 23, Chathura Obeyasekara 4/29, Mohammed Ameen 4/37 & 17/2 (6)
St. Peters College, Colombo-83 (34.5) Santhush Gunathilake 23, Mahima Weerakoon 4/14, Chamindu Samarasinghe 3/28, Dilshan Silva 3/12
De Mazenod College, Kandana vs St. Joseph’s College, Maradana
The Josephians were in tatters when rain saved them from a first innings defeat in their game against De Mazenod College worked off in Kandana today(8).
Jehan Daniel stood up with a gutsy 47 for the visitors as they ended the day on 83/7 in reply to De Mazenod’s 155 all out while Mithila Geeth caused all sorts of trouble for the Josephian batsmen as he ended with top figures of 6/18.
De Mazenod College, Kandana-155 (47.3) Nadun Dilshan 44, Praveen Fonseka 26, Krishan Sanjula 22, Harin Cooray 5/55, Nipun Sumanasinghe 3/20
St. Josephs College, Maradana-83/7 (35) Jehan Daniel 47, Mithila Geeth 6/18
St. Servatius College, Matara vs Anuradhapura MMV
Only 42.1 overs was possible in the game between St. Servatius College, Matara and Anuradhapura MMV worked off at Matara today(5).
St. Servatius was bundled out for 154 after they were sent in by Anuradhapura MMV with Maduranga Chandrarathna, Sithum Niluminda and Ravitha Prabhashwara picking up 3 wickets each. Isuru Udayanga top scored with a brisk 44 for St. Servatius College.
St.Servatius College, Matara-154 (36.1) Isuru Udayanga 44, Supun Kavinda 31, Thilan Prashan 23, Maduranga Chandrarathna, 3/53, Sithum Niluminda 3/11, Ravitha Prabhashwara 3/41
Anuradhapura MMV-20/0 (6)
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