A round up of the matches played at the end of Poya day 27th June of the Singer Schools cricket tournament ‘A’ division U15 & U17 matches.
Maliyadeva Model School (A), Kurunagala vs Joseph Vaz (A), Wennappuwa
Joseph Vaz juniors scored a mammoth total of 323 runs against Maliyadewa at their Singer Schools U15 Division ‘A’ match today. Winning the toss home team Joseph Vaz invited Maliyadewa to bat first and bowled them out for 52 runs in 19.2 overs in day 1 of the 4 innings match played at Joseph Vaz College Grounds. Achintha Deshan demolished the Maliyadewa batting line up taking 5 wickets for just 11 runs. Joseph Vaz came to bat for their first inning and scored a mammoth total of 323 runs by only losing 3 wickets and declared the inning leading by 271 runs. Nethmal De Soyza and Menusha Perera scored brilliant centuries not out 108 runs and 101 runs respectively.
Maliyadewa on their second inning trailing a huge target, managed to score only 120 runs all out again for the second time of the day. Once again Achintha was the leading wicket taker by taking 3 wickets for 6 runs.
Maliyadewa Model School (A), Kurunegala
1st Inng 52 (19.2) Achintha Deshan 5/11, Vishwa Rajapaksha 2/08
2nd Inng 120 (36.1) Nisal Rathnayake 32, Nadawa Weerakoon 21, Achintha Deshan 3/06, Menusha Perera 3/27, Nipuna de Silva 2/33Joseph Vaz College (A), Wennappuwa
1st Inng 323/3d (42) Nethmal de Soysa 108*, Menusha Perera 101*, Chamath Yashohara 44, Avishka Perera 38JOSEPH VAZ WON BY AN INNINGS & 151 RUNS
Vidyartha College, Kandy vs Sri Sumangla College, Kandy
Vidyartha College took on Sri Sumangala College up in the hill country in the Singer Schools U17 Division (A) match in group ‘H’ and it was an easy win for the Sumangala boys. After winning the toss Vidyartha College chose to bat first and managed to score 188 runs all out in 43.4 overs in a 50 over match. Navodya Dilshika top scored with 68 runs and Kavishka Dilsara scored 50 runs as Thimira Akalanka picked up 3 wickets for 28 runs.
Sri Sumangala chased down the target 191 runs in 36 overs with 5 more wickets remaining. Shanel Meradhya scored 47 runs and Roshan Peiris scored 43 runs. Kavisha Dilsara was the pick of the bowlers when he chipped in with 3 wickets for 36 runs.
Vidyartha College (A), Kandy
188 (43.4) Navodya Dilshika 68, Kavishka Dilsara 50, Theja Bandara 28, Thimeera Akalanka 3/28, Chamara Bandara 2/24Sri Sumangala College (A), Kandy
191/5 (36) Shenel Meradhya 47, Roshan Peiris 43, Chamara Bandara 34*, Prabash Karunathilake 34*, Kavishka Dilsara 3/36SUMANGALA WON BY 5 WICKETS
