St. Joseph Vaz’s College ended their long wait for an outright victory as paceman Roshen Fernando bagged ten wickets for them to beat Anuradhapura Central by an innings and 93 runs in their Under-19 match at Wennappuwa on Friday.
Scores:
St. Joseph Vaz’s 254 all out in 79 overs (Shehan Ranatunga 96, Iresh Perera 32, Nipun Perera 31; Chandula Bandara 4/54, Prabath Buddhika 2/19)
Anuradhapura (37 for 2 o/n) 80 all out in 36.1 overs (Chathushka Shaminda 27; Roshen Fernando 6/23, Praveen Dilanka 3/31) and 81 all out in 34.5 overs (Shanuka Kelum 26, Prabath Buddhika 21; Roshen Fernando 4/15, Avishka Fernando 5/38)
Lakkana, Randev score centuries
Centuries by Lakkana Jayasekara (124, 14x4s, 3x6s) and Randev Pathirana (109 n.o., 14x4s, 3x6s) were the highlights in the match between Royal and Ananda as the latter registered a first innings victory at Ananda Mawatha on Friday.
Scores:
Royal 229 all out in 65.2 overs (Naveen Vidanapathirana 59, Hasitha Samarasinghe 52, Tiran Danapala 51; Kavishka Anjula 4/76, Dilanka Sandaken 5/40) and 187 for 8 wkts in 53 overs (Randev Pathirana 109 n.o., Hasitha Samarasinghe 26, Harith Samarasinghe 23; Dilanka Sandaken 3/37, Supun Waragoda 2/45)
Ananda (137 for 3 o/n) 308 for 9 decl. 79.4 overs (Lakkana Jayasekara 124, Nisal Fransico 42, Kavishka Anjula 32, Nipun Chamika 26, Dilanka Sandaken 26; Harith Samarasinghe 6/81)
Holy Cross force President’s to follow on
Holy Cross took first innings honours against President’s as spinner Praveen Jayawickrama bagged nine wickets in their match at Rajagiriya on Friday.
Scores:
Holy Cross 230 all out in 64 overs (Malinda Jayod 70, Kalana Harendra 38, Shamal Malaka 32, Saminda Ravinatha 24, Maleen Chapel 20; Nethmina Kodippili 5/72, Chamod Wickramasuriya 2/27, Sasindu Gamage 2/75) and 72 for 1 in 11 overs (Saminda Ravinatha 27 n.o., Rumeshan Silva 21)
President’s (104 for 7 o/n) 111 all out in 33.4 overs (Hiruna Perera 39, Nethmina Kodippili 36; Praveen Jayawickrama 4/37, Lahiru Krishan 4/18, Gayashan Perera 2/32) and 273 all out in 77.4 overs (Malinda Hewage 97, Ganindu Hanwella 52, Malsha Jayawardena 25; Praveen Jayawickrama 5/85, Lahiru Krishan 3/47)
Mahel carries bat through to defy Thurstan
Skipper and open bat Mahel Jayalath carried the bat through with a 264-ball 34 runs for St. Benedict’s to avoid a probable defeat as they posted 113 for seven wickets at close after being 56 for seven at one stage in the second innings in their match against Thurstan at Thurstan Ground on Friday. Ben’s commenced their second essay with a deficit of 135 runs.
Scores:
St. Benedict’s 120 all out in 40.4 overs (Thulina Dilshan 48, Thenuka Silva 24, Geethika Jayathilaka 20 n.o.; Charana Nanayakkara 2/16, Navod Samarakoon 2/20, Ayesh Weeratme 4/07) and 113 for 7 at close in 91 overs (Mahel Jayalath 34 n.o., Janindu Karunathilaka 40 n.o.; Naveen Dilshan 2/21, Thimira Jayasinghe 4/30)
