St. Joseph’s went on to successfully defend their Singer Schools U19 Division 1 Two Day title, overcoming the tricky 97 run deficit they faced coming in to day two, to claim 1st innings points against S. Thomas’ College.
Resuming on 120/4 at the Royal College grounds in Colombo, the Josephians lost their batting mainstay Dineth Jayakody for 44, when he edged behind, looking to drive away from the body.
But a stubborn sixth-wicket stand of 62 runs between Dunith Wellalage and Sachintha Mahindasinghe got the Josephians back on track, before the latter fell for 34 runs – ending his school career after three years of 1st XI cricket.
Wellalage though continued to provide stubborn resistance as he made sure the Josephians went past the Thomian first innings score along with Lakshan Gamage for company.
The champions lost their last four wickets in quick time with Wellalage missing out on a well-deserved century by 12 runs as the Joes folded up for 269, securing a 53 run lead.
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The Thomians made an optimistic attempt of an outright win before they eventually called the game off after reaching 67/2, as the Josephians clinched the championship on first innings points.
Thomians who ended up as runners up also clinched the U19 Division 1 Limited Over Tournament when they beat Richmond college a couple of days back.
Result
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sithara Hapuhinna | c Lakshan Gamage b Ashen Daniel | 117 | 127 | 21 | 1 | 92.13 |
| Shalin De Mel | c Johanne De Zilva b Shalinda Senevirathne | 12 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 41.38 |
| Ryan Fernando | c Sheran Fonseka b Lakshan Gamage | 24 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 53.33 |
| Yohan Perera | c Sachintha Ravindu b Ashen Daniel | 14 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 28.00 |
| Ravindu De Silva | b Dunith Wellalage | 19 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 57.58 |
| Kishan Munasinghe | lbw b Dunith Wellalage | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.67 |
| Umayanga Suwaris | b Dunith Wellalage | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 45.45 |
| Kalana Perera | c Yesith Rupasinghe b Dunith Wellalage | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Dellon Peiris | c Johanne De Zilva b Shalinda Senevirathne | 21 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 52.50 |
| Thevin Bimsara Eriyagama | lbw b Dunith Wellalage | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Shannon Fernando | not out | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras | 3 (b 0 , lb 1 , nb 1, w 1, pen 0) |
| Total | 216/10 (59.1 Overs, RR: 3.65) |
| Fall of Wickets | 1-58 (13.1) Shalin De Mel, 2-123 (26.5) Ryan Fernando, 3-167 (39.3) Sithara Hapuhinna, 4-174 (43.1) Yohan Perera, 5-175 (44.1) Kishan Munasinghe, 6-181 (46.5) Umayanga Suwaris, 7-181 (47) Kalana Perera, 8-198 (54.4) Ravindu De Silva, 9-198 (54.5) Thevin Bimsara Eriyagama, 10-216 (59.1) Dellon Peiris, |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakshan Gamage | 9 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 3.11 | |
| Johanne De Zilva | 7 | 1 | 47 | 0 | 6.71 | |
| Ashen Daniel | 20 | 1 | 61 | 2 | 3.05 | |
| Shalinda Senevirathne | 8.1 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 4.20 | |
| Dunith Wellalage | 15 | 3 | 45 | 5 | 3.00 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johanne De Zilva | c & b Thevin Bimsara Eriyagama | 12 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Sheran Fonseka | c Sithara Hapuhinna b Kalana Perera | 17 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 31.48 |
| Dinal Anuradha | run out (Shalin De Mel) | 18 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 40.91 |
| Dineth Jayakody | c Dellon Peiris b Kalana Perera | 44 | 65 | 4 | 0 | 67.69 |
| Dilesh Perera | lbw Kishan Munasinghe b Shannon Fernando | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 57.14 |
| Dunith Wellalage | c Kalana Perera b Thevin Bimsara Eriyagama | 88 | 104 | 10 | 1 | 84.62 |
| Sachintha Ravindu | c & b Shannon Fernando | 34 | 51 | 5 | 0 | 66.67 |
| Lakshan Gamage | b Kalana Perera | 10 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 52.63 |
| Yesith Rupasinghe | b Dellon Peiris | 23 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 56.10 |
| Ashen Daniel | not out | 11 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 55.00 |
| Shalinda Senevirathne | b Dellon Peiris | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras | 8 (b 0 , lb 3 , nb 3, w 2, pen 0) |
| Total | 269/10 (72 Overs, RR: 3.74) |
| Fall of Wickets | 1-22 (8.1) Johanne De Zilva, 2-49 (19.2) Dinal Anuradha, 3-55 (22.1) Sheran Fonseka, 4-60 (23.5) Dilesh Perera, 5-130 (38.5) Dineth Jayakody, 6-192 (52.4) Sachintha Ravindu, 7-218 (58.5) Lakshan Gamage, 8-243 (64.4) Dunith Wellalage, 9-269 (71.3) Yesith Rupasinghe, 10-269 (71.3) Ashen Daniel, |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kalana Perera | 20 | 1 | 97 | 3 | 4.85 | |
| Shalin De Mel | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.00 | |
| Thevin Bimsara Eriyagama | 6 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 4.33 | |
| Yohan Perera | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | |
| Shannon Fernando | 18 | 1 | 49 | 2 | 2.72 | |
| Dellon Peiris | 11 | 2 | 44 | 2 | 4.00 | |
| Kishan Munasinghe | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2.33 | |
| Umayanga Suwaris | 11 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 3.36 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sithara Hapuhinna | c Sachintha Ravindu b Dunith Wellalage | 38 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 92.68 |
| Shalin De Mel | c Lakshan Gamage b Ashan De Alwis | 24 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 88.89 |
| Ravindu De Silva | not out | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 80.00 |
| Extras | 1 (b 0 , lb 0 , nb 1, w 0, pen 0) |
| Total | 67/2 (12.2 Overs, RR: 5.43) |
| Fall of Wickets | 1-49 (9.2) Shalin De Mel, 2-38 (12.1) Sithara Hapuhinna, |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakshan Gamage | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8.00 | |
| Ashan De Alwis | 6 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 3.00 | |
| Yesith Rupasinghe | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 8.50 | |
| Dunith Wellalage | 3.2 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 7.50 | |
