St. Peter’s College were crowned champions of the SLSCA U19 Division 1 – Tier ‘B’ Limited Over Cricket Tournament, as they beat Thurstan College by 3 wickets in the final worked off today (19th April) at Police Park Grounds, Colombo.
Due to the prevailing weather conditions, the match was reduced to a 26-over affair. After been put into bat first, Thurstan College managed to post 131 runs in the allotted 26 overs.
The Skipper Bawantha Jayasinghe was the top-scorer for Thurstan College as he smashed 53 runs off 42 balls, with 2 fours and 4 sixes at 126.19.
Abilash Dinakara Wellalage (3/19) and Shenon Rodrigo (2/16) starred with the ball for St. Peter’s College, sharing 5 wickets between them.
Chasing 132 runs to win, St. Peter’s College faced an early hiccup losing first 3 wickets for 10 runs inside the first 3 overs. However, they managed to rescue their innings thanks to the match-winning knocks played by Lahiru Dawatage (43) and Danal Hemananda (36*) and crossed over the line with 3 wickets in hand.
Result
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tharindu Harshana | run out (Shenon Rodrigo) | 21 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 52.50 |
| Pasindu Ratnayake | c Shenon Rodrigo b Abilash Dinakara | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 |
| Vihas Thewmika | c Lahiru Dewatage b Nimuthu Gunawardene | 11 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 57.89 |
| Bawantha Jayasinghe | b Shenon Rodrigo | 52 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 123.81 |
| Upul Hettiarachchi | c Lahiru Dewatage b Shenon Rodrigo | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 |
| Azeem Mohomed | run out (Shenon Rodrigo) | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Ruvinda Dilshan | c Danal Hemananda b Abilash Dinakara | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Thenuka Dewappriya | not out | 20 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 105.26 |
| Shanikiya Deshapriya | c Shenal Boteju b Abilash Dinakara | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Nipun Premarathne | c Lahiru Dewatage b Danal Hemananda | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 61.54 |
| Thanuga Palihawadana | run out (Shenal Boteju) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Extras | 5 (b 0 , lb 0 , nb 2, w 3, pen 0) |
| Total | 130/10 (26 Overs, RR: 5) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danal Hemananda | 5 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 5.60 | |
| Abilash Dinakara | 5 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 3.80 | |
| Wanuja Sahan | 6 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 5.67 | |
| Nimuthu Gunawardene | 4 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 4.25 | |
| Shenon Rodrigo | 5 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 3.20 | |
| Niman Umesh | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 17.00 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rusanda Gamage | c Thenuka Dewappriya b Nipun Premarathne | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Dilana Damsara | c Thenuka Dewappriya b Nipun Premarathne | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 |
| Shenal Boteju | c Azeem Mohomed b Nipun Premarathne | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 |
| Lahiru Dewatage | c Upul Hettiarachchi b Nipun Premarathne | 43 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 93.48 |
| Wanuja Sahan | c Vihas Thewmika b Thenuka Dewappriya | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Nimuthu Gunawardene | c Azeem Mohomed b Thanuga Palihawadana | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Danal Hemananda | not out | 36 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 85.71 |
| Shanshay Gunathilaka | c Azeem Mohomed b Nipun Premarathne | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Niman Umesh | not out | 16 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 88.89 |
| Extras | 16 (b 2 , lb 1 , nb 2, w 11, pen 0) |
| Total | 136/7 (23.4 Overs, RR: 5.75) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nipun Premarathne | 5.4 | 0 | 34 | 5 | 6.30 | |
| Bawantha Jayasinghe | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 5.00 | |
| Thenuka Dewappriya | 2 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 7.50 | |
| Thanuga Palihawadana | 3 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 6.00 | |
| Vihas Thewmika | 5 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 5.20 | |
| Azeem Mohomed | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5.50 | |
| Upul Hettiarachchi | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4.50 | |
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