‘Singer Cup’ Under 13 Division I Inter Schools Cricket Tournament second round matches commenced yesterday at various venues with most teams getting first innings victory.
Mahanama vs Royal Panadura.
Left hand opening batman Kavindu Amameth of Mahanama College Colombo made an unbeaten 165 runs, with 20 boundaries and 5 sixes against Royal College Panadura in their match held in the round of the ‘Singer Cup’ Under 13 division I inter schools cricket tournament yesterday at the Mahanama College grounds.
Kavindu and Sathinu Kandage put on an unbroken partnership of 218 runs for the 3rd wicket.
Mahanama: 279/2 (55 overs) | Kavindu Amameth 165*, Sathinu Kandage 77* and 15/0 in 2 overs
Royal Panadura: 240 in 47.5 overs | Kaveesh de SIlva 94*, Sachin Jayasinghe 55, Tharusha Vidanapathirana 3/39, Inuka Karannagoda 3/50
Result – Mahanama won the first innings.
Richmond College Galle vs Prince of Wales Moratuwa
Richmond was bowled out cheaply for 107 runs with Seneth Ishan top scoring with 26 runs. Vishuka Weerasinghe picked up 6 wickets for 17 runs. Prince of Wales lost their way in the first innings and were bundled out to a low score of 97 runs, mainly due to some brilliant bowling by the Richmond seamers. Ahemed Abdul and Jayod Pasindu picked up 4 and 3 wickets each.
Richmond: 106/10 (47.3 overs) | Seneth Ishan 26, Shehan Subasinghe 17, Vishuka Weerasinghe 6/17, Asela Perera 2/32) and 14/1 (6 overs)
Prince of Wales: 97/10 (43.4 overs) | Ruchira Perera 26, Ahemad Abdul 4/25, Jayod Pasindu 3/25
Result – Richmond College won the first innings.
Sri Sumangala Panadura vs Ranabima Royal.
Sri Sumangala College Panadura won first innings against Ranabima Royal College Kandy which was held in Kandy. Ranabima Royal batted first and were all out for 103 runs and in reply Sri Sumangala declared their innings at a total of 209 for the loss of 8 wickets in 44 overs.
Ranabima Royal: 103/10 (35 overs) | Ravindu Wijesinghe 42, Vikum Premarathne 27, Lahiru Kumara 3/17, Vidusha Nethmina 2/15
Sri Sumangala: 209/8 decl (44 overs) | Rusith Anjana 45, Kavindu Gayantha 37, Vidusha Nethmika 32, Gagana Gunathilake 2/47)
Result – Sumangala won the first innings.
St. Sebastian’s College vs Dharmasoka College
St. Sebastian’s ran through the Dharmaloka batting order in quick succession in the game held in Moratuwa. They only managed 49 runs in 21.2 with Chithru Fernando returning figures of 6 for 11 runs. Sebastian’s replied with a score of 96 in the first innings in 34 overs. However, as the conditions had improved by the time Dharmasoka batted again and they managed 144 runs for 6 at the end of the day.
Dharmasoka: 49/10 (21.2 overs) | Chithru Fernando 6/11, Yenul Hemachandra 3/11) and 144/6 (38 overs) | Senitha Helambage 47, Chanaka Jananga 31, Akash Mendis 26, Kaveesha Mandil 20, Sharan Fernando 2/25, Chithru Fernando 2/25
St. Sebastian’s: 96/10 (34 overs) | Dilakshan Fernando 38, Chirana de Silva 4/14, Tharin Sithupa 3/26
Result-St. Sebastian’s won the first innings.
D.S. Senanayake Colombo vs Kalutara Vidyalaya
Gaviru Senahas scored a magnificient century for D.S.Senanayake in their total of 188 runs in 43.5 overs. In reply Kalutara Vidyalaya scored only 108 runs in 47.4 overs. Bathiya Fernando was the pick of the bowlers with 3 wickets.
D.S. Senanayake: 188/10 (43.5 overs) | Gaviru Senahas 102, Pasindu Kavishka 4/31, Dinuka Thisara 4/38 | and 11/1 (1 overs)
Kalutara Vidyalaya: 108/10 (47.4 overs) | Dinuka Thisara 36, Bathiya Fernanado 3/21
Result- D.S.Senanayake won the first innings.
Ananda Shashthralaya vs Tissa Central
Only a total of 54 runs were scored by the Ananda Shashthralaya lads from Kotte in 21.5 overs, Tissa college in reply won the innings by scoring 184 runs all out. Top scorer being Sanjeewa Silva with a knock off 77 runs unbeaten. In the second innings Ananda College scored 153/8 at the end of play.
Ananda Shashthralaya Kotte: 54/10 (21.5 overs) | Nirodha Tharushan 19, Sanjeewa Silva 4/02, Dhananjaya de Silva 2/14, Nethmal Fonseka 2/17 | and 153/8 decl. in 43.5 overs | Nadeesh Yasiru 38, Anupa Nimasra 32 n.o., Nirodh Tharushan 31, Asela de Silva 6/59
Tissa Central: 184 (35.3 overs) | Sanjeewa Silva 77*, Asela de Silva 29, Lakindu Kalhara 2/27, Punsara Harisath 2/28
Result-Tissa Central won the first innings.
