The first round of the under 19 all island limited overs tournament 2014/15 is coming to an exciting end with only few games left. Trinity College, Mahanama College, Lumbini College, Ananda College, Richmond College and defending champions, Thurstan College have already booked their places in the pre-quarter finals.
Trinity College vs St. Thomas’ College, Matara
Hasitha Boyagoda’s fine all-round performance of 57 and 3 wickets enabled Trinity College to record a comfortable 126-run win over St. Thomas’ College, Matara in their match played at Asgiriya recently.
Trinity posted a competitive 256 with Hasitha Boyagoda top-scoring with 57 while Nushan Weerasinghe and Sanogeeth Shanmuganathan chipped in with 40 and 45 respectively. Vidath Jayasinghe, Osanda Champathi and Dileepa Tharaka shared 7 wickets amongst them. The Matara boys in reply were all out for only 130. Trinity defeated Rajasinghe MMV, Hanwella and De Mazenod College, Kandana in their earlier matches to make it 3 in 3.
Trinity – 256 all out in 49.1 overs: Arjuna Jayasinghe 24, Hasitha Boyagoda 57, Sanogeeth Shanmuganathan 45, Nushan Weerasinghe 40, Dileepa Tharaka 2/31, Vidath Jayasinghe 3/37, Osanda Champathi 2/40.
St. Thomas’, Matara – 130 all out in 34.5 overs: Rusiru Akshara 41, Nevindu Udesh 16, Hasitha Boyagoda 3/11, Dilan Jayalath 2/16, Shavindu Amarasinghe 2/11.
Mahanama College vs Gurukula College
Thanula Wickramasinghe stared with both bat and ball as Mahanama College defeated Gurukula College by 93 runs in their match played at Surrey Village Ground, Maggona on Wednesday.
Mahanama made 242 for 8 in their allotted 50 overs and then they bowled out their opponents for only 149. Mahanama beat Mahinda College and St. Mary’s College, Kegalle in their previous outings to remain unbeaten in their group.
Mahanama – 242/8 in 50 overs: Thanula Wickramasinghe 53, Kavindu Munasinghe 47, Kalindu Lakshan 56, Milinda Abeysuriya 25*, Damitha Hasith 3/46, Tharindu Tharaka 3/38.
Gurukula – 149 all out in 42 overs: Tharindu Tharaka 26, Malindu Viduranga 33, Subuddhi Kaushalya 2/17, Dinuka Chamath 2/31, Vihan Mudalige 2/14, Thanula Wickramasinghe 2/19.
Lumbini College vs Kalutara Vidyalaya
Lumbini overpowered the boys from Kalutara by 132 runs in their match played at BRC grounds on Thursday.
Left-arm leg spinner Dayan Vimukthi took a four wicket haul and Jammika Darani stroked a match-winning 83 runs for Lumbini College. They defeated St. Benedict’s College and St. John’s College, Jaffna in their previous matches.
Lumbini – 235/9 in 50 overs: Jammika Darani 83, Ravindu Sanjeewa 41, Thanuka Dabare 22, Anjana Kaluarachchi 20, Pathum Nissanka 3/31, Sumudu Sameera 2/25, Dilshan Lakshitha 2/46.
Kalutara Vidyalaya – 103 all out in 40.3 overs: Pathum Nissanka 40, Hasindu Nimesh 27, Dayan Vimukthi 4/17, Chanuka Devinda 2/14, Wasana Madushanka 2/38.
Ananda College vs St. Joseph Vaz College
Kavishka Anjula’s magnificent 130 helped Ananda demolish St. Joseph Vaz’s team by 150 runs in their match played at Ananda Mawatha on Thursday.
Kavishka opened the batting and scored his knock of 130 in 115 balls with 16 fours and 3 sixes which propelled Ananda to a mammoth 324 before restricting the visitors for only 174. Earlier they beat Tissa MMV, Kalutara and St. Anthony’s College, Wattala to make their path to the knockout stage.
Ananda – 324/7 in 50 overs: Kavishka Anjula 130, Nisal Fransisco 50, Sammu Ashan 43, Sahan Archchige 21, Avishka Fernando 3/83.
St. Joseph Vaz – 174 for 9 in 50 overs: Madushan Ranatunga 36, Dulshan Perera 29, Charuka Fernando 28, Dilanka Sandaken 2/17, Asel Sigera 2/23, Sammu Ashan 2/37, Dinuka Gimhan 2/32.
D. S Senanayake College vs St. Sebastian’s College
Dons easily outclassed the Sebs by 7 wickets in a one-sided affair at Wijerama Mawatha on Thursday.
Thimila Vidyasekara produced a good all-round performance of 3 wickets and 59 runs as the visitors were bundled out for only 119. The hosts comfortably chased down the target with 28 overs to spare.
St. Sebastian’s – 119 all out in 45.3 overs: Kusal Lakthilina 31, Thimila Vidyasekara 3/09, Shifran Muthalif 3/20, Sachin Bandara 3/31.
DS Senanayake – 120/3 in 22 overs: Thimila Vidyasekara 59, Kavin Bandara 21, Pramesh Fernando 3/30.
