Here’s a roundup of a few matches which concluded yesterday and today in the Singer Schools Under 17 Division I Cricket Tournament 2018.
Prince of Wales College (A), Moratuwa vs St. Mary’s College (A), Chilaw
Prince of Wales was put into bat by St. Mary’s, after having won the toss, on a good batting wicket. POW who reaped rewards of the poor decision, scored a massive 293 runs according to U17 standards for the loss of 4 wickets. Binura Fernando and Vinuja Ranpul scored magnificent centuries with 112 and 110 runs respectively. Channa Malith was the pick of the bowlers with 2 wickets under his belt.
Chasing the target, St. Mary’s College was bundled out for just 161 runs in just 49 overs. Channa Malith top scored with 44 runs while Lakshan Perera and Yasiru Rathnayake ran through the batting line-up with 4 and 3 wickets each.
Prince of Wales College (A), Moratuwa – 293/4 (50) (Binura Fernando 112, Vinuja Ranpul 110, Upeka Fernando 23, Channa Malith 2/54)
St. Mary’s College (A), Chilaw – 161 (49) (Channa Malith 44, Edei Malshan 27, Charuka Tharindu 20, Lakshan Perera 4/12, Yasiru Rathnayake 3/20)
PRINCE OF WALES WON BY 132 RUNS
St. Joseph’s College (A), Colombo vs Wesley College (A), Colombo
St. Joseph’s was dismissed for 213 runs, after being put into bat by the Wesleyites in 45.1 overs. Johanne De Silva led the way with a half century while Shevaan Rasool and Dineth Jayakody chipped in with 41 and 37 runs respectively.
Chasing the modest total Ashian Daniel and Dunith Wellalage dumped the Wesley batsmen into a hole through their spin with 5 and 4 wickets each in 36 overs.
St. Joseph’s College – 213 (45.1) (Johanne de Zilva 52, Shevaan Rassool 41, Dineth Jayakody 37, Yesith Rupasinghe 22, Denuwana Mendis 2/24, Muftee Mysan 2/24, Rahul Gunasekara 2/33, Thenuka Perera 2/40, Sahil Dias 2/46)
Wesley College (A) – 86 (36) (Nimthaka Induwara 35, Ashian Daniel 5/16, Dunith Wellalage 4/17)
JOSEPH’S WON BY 127 RUNS
Ashoka Vidyalaya (A), Colombo vs Royal College (A), Colombo
Lads from Ashoka Vidyalaya were convincingly defeated by Royal College Colombo. Batting first the Ashokians were dismissed for just 58 runs in 22 overs with no one making any real contributions with the bat. Royal chased down the total in 17.4 overs, just before the skies opened up, to secure a 6-wicket win.
Ashoka Vidyalaya – 58 (22) (Kavindu Pathirathne 3/15, Kamil Mishara 2/05, Lahiru Madusanka 2/12, Manula Perera 2/15)
Royal College (A), Colombo – 59/4 (17.4) (Lasitha Vithanage 2/11, Dinith Jayathilake 2/30)
ROYAL WON BY 6 WICKETS
St. Peter’s College (A), Negombo vs Nalanda College (A) Colombo
Nalanda made things easy for themselves at home with a 10 wicket win over St. Peter’s College, Negombo. Having won the toss, Nalanda opted to bowl first on a green wicket eventually dismissing their opponents for 44 runs in 24.5 overs. Jithesh Wasala and Raveen De Silva picked up 4 and 3 wickets each. Nalanda chased down the target in just 4 overs to win the match. Lakshan Kashyapa smashed his way to 28 runs in the chase.
St. Peters College (A), Negombo – 44 (24.5) (Jithesh Wasala 4/10, Raveen de Silva 3/07, Rashan Dissanayake 2/09)
Nalanda College (A), Colombo – 45/0 (4) (Lakshan Kashyapa 28*)
NALANDA WON BY 10 WICKETS
Ananda College (A), Colombo vs Sri Dharmaloka College (A), Kelaniya, Nalanda College (A), Colombo vs S de S Jayasinghe MMV (A) Dehiwala, the Royal College (A), Colombo Vs Isipathana College (A) and Dharmaraja vs Sri Sumangala matches were called off due to bad weather without even a ball being bowled.
