Left-arm spinner Lasith Embuldeniya took a five-wicket haul for the second consecutive day as he bowled Royal College to a famous 8-wicket win over St. Joseph’s College on Satuday at Reid Avenue.
This was a tournament match played in the ‘Singer’ under 19 division one tournament 2015/16 while this is the 119th annual fixture between these two prestigious schools.
Lasith Embuldeniya captured 6 wickets in the first-innings as he rattled St. Joseph’s to only 131 on Friday. Royalists declared their innings from their overnight score of 226 for 8 with a lead of 95.
The visitors struggled to put away the Royal spin attack as they succumbed to only 186 in their second innings. Embuldeniya took five wickets for the hosts’ while off-spinner Ganith Sandeepa took three. Embuldeniya has now taken 78 wickets so far this season.
Opener Revan Kelly and middle-order batsman Dineth Madurawela scored 46 and 40 for Joes respectively. Left-hander Naveen Vidanapathirana’s cracking 55 guided the Royal chase of just 92 runs.
St. Joseph’s – 131 all out in 35.1 overs: Vimukthi Peiris 34*, Revan Kelly 21, Lasith Embuldeniya 6/56, Geeshath Panditharathne 2/16, Shan Thennakoon 2/22.
Royal – 226/8 in 57 overs: Naveen Vidanapathirana 59, Geeshath Panditharathne 43, Ganith Sandeepa 26, Malshan Rodrigo 2/56, Charuka Raveen 3/58.
St. Joseph’s (2nd inn) – 186 all out in 58.1 overs: Revan Kelly 46, Dineth Madurawela 40, Charuka Raveen 22, Lasith Embuldeniya 5/46, Ganith Sandeepa 3/41.
Royal (2nd inn) – 94/2 in 26 overs: Naveen Vidanapathirana 55.
St. Benedict’s College vs De Mazenod College
St. Benedict’s College recorded a convincing 10-wicket victory over De Mazenod College in their annual cricket fixture played at Kandana.
Fast-bowler Geethal Fernando and Madushan Kularathne took 6 wickets apiece in both innings as the De Mazenod batsmen struggled to find form on both occasions.
St. Benedict’s – 212 all out in 65.5 overs: Vittorio Roberto 56, Madushan Kularathne 40, Rukshan Fernando 5/61.
De Mazenod – 109 all out in 42.2 overs: Deshan Fernando 54, Geethal Malinda Fernando 6/39, Poorna Charuka 2/24.
De Mazenod (2nd inn F/O) – 124 all out in 42.1 overs: Lasith Crosspulle 38, Madushan Kularathne 6/27.
Ananda College vs S. Thomas’ College
S. Thomas’ College had to be satisfied only with first-innings points against Ananda College in their annual cricket encounter played at Mount Lavinia.
The visitors were 55 for 2 overnight and they were bowled out for just 142 in the opening session on day 2. Seamer Shenal De Silva and chinaman Ravindu Tillakarathne picked up 3 wickets apiece.
S. Thomas’ – 248/9 declared in 70 overs: Yohan Mendis 94, Ravindu Kodithuwakku 63, Dilendra Gunathilake 37, Lahiru Udayanga 2/28, Deelipa Jayalath 6/68.
Ananda – 142 all out in 64.5 overs: Asel Sigera 38, Dushan Hettige 29, Nisal Fransisco 26, Shenal De Silva 3/30, Ravindu Tillakarathne 3/23.
Ananda (2nd inn F/O) – 171/6 in 70 overs: Nipun Haggala 43, Rahal Avishka 39, Nisal Fransisco 34, Asel Sigera 34, Dellon Peiris 2/39.
Prince of Wales College vs D.S Senanayake College
An exciting nail-biting match ended in a draw at Wijerama Mawatha with the hosts’ gaining a slight first-innings win.
The Cambrians were 87 for 2 overnight in their chase of 168 but they fell short by one run. Off-spinner Savindu Peiris took four wickets as the hosts’ crumbled to 84 in their second innings giving a target of 85 for the visitors but they were 68 for 8 at close of play.
DS Senanayake – 168 all out in 70.5 overs: Muditha Lakshan 66*, Torin Pitigala 20, Savindu Peiris 6/58, Ravindu Janith 2/35.
Prince of Wales – 167 all out in 46.2 overs: Kasun Ekanayake 55, Dilanka Maduranga 35, Sachin Bandara 3/41, Anjana De Silva 3/30, Muditha Lakshan 3/23.
DS Senanayake (2nd inn) – 84 all out in 40.3 overs: Mudiha Lakshan 19, Savindu Pieris 4/18, Ravindu Janith 4/39.
Prince of Wales (2nd inn) – 68/8 in 24 overs: Anjana De Silva 7/23.
