The first round matches in the singer U19 Div I cricket tournament got underway this month. Here’s a look into a few matches which concluded today.
Isipathana College VS St Peter’s College
Traditional encounter between Isipathana College and St Peter’s College ended with St Peter’s securing a first innings victory at their own backyard. The Peterites resumed play today with 156 runs on board. Anishka Perera was unbeaten on 50 and carried on to make 80 runs. Ranmith Jayasena chipped in with a valuable 42. St. Peter’s managed to post 256 in 76.5 overs. Ayana Siriwardane bagged 7 wickets for 74 runs.
The visitors came onto bat in the second session of day 2. Pathum Nissanka top scored with 77 for Isipathana as they comfortably batted the rest of the day. At stumps they were 239 for 9. Sachin Silva, Chathura Obeysekara and Miflal Ameen bagged two wickets each.
Early on Isipathana were bowled out for a solitary 190. Ayana Siriwardane top scored with 52 and Miflal Ameen bagged 4 wickets for the Peterites.
Isipathana College 190 (43.1) Ayana Siriwardana 53, Sanjula Abeywickrama 44, Kalana Perera 26, Pathum Nissanka 26, Mohammed Ameen 4/37, Chathura Obeysekara 3/53 & 239/9 (65) Pathum Nissanka 77,Harsha Rathnayaka 35*, Heshan Fernando 33, Leshan Amarasinghe 26,Sachin Silva 2/21, Chathura Obeysekara 2/68, Mohammed Ameen 2/76
St. Peters’ College 254 (76.5) Anishka Perera 80, Manelka De Silva 54, Ranmith Jayasena 42, Lakshina Rodrigo 33, Ayana Siriwardhana 7/74
Trinity College VS Dharmaraja College
These hill country giants went head to head in a group A match at the Asgiriya International Stadium. Shanmuganathan Shanogeeth and Hasitha Boyagoda stood out in the first innings with centuries as Trinity posted a massive 422/6 in 72 overs. Niwantha Herath bagged 4 for 66 for Dharmaraja.
The Rajans came in to bat with a mammoth task ahead of them. They couldn’t get going as Thisaru Dilshan helped in their demolition for just 90 runs. Dilshan bagged 8 wickets for just 31 runs. They were asked to follow on and this time around they showed some grit. Deshan Gunasinghe played a fighting knock of 70 but it proved not enough as Dharmaraja got bowled out for 214. Thisaru Dilshan completed his ten wicket haul with 2 wickets in the second innings. Trinity registered a massive innings and 118 run victory.
Trinity College, Kandy 422/6 (72) Shanmuganathan Shanogeeth 136, Hasitha Boyagoda 109, S Percivel 51*, Niwantha Herath 4/66
Dharmaraja College, Kandy 90 (29.5) Niwantha Herath 30, Thisaru Dilshan 8/31 & F/O 214 (65.4) Deshan Gunasinghe 70, Udantha Amarakoon 47, Gihan Vitharana 33, Mohammed Shuib 3/21, Thisaru Dilshan 2/23, Shanmuganathan Shanogeeth 2/29
St Mary’s College VS Nalanda College
Nalanda registered an easy 8 wicket victory against St Mary’s in another group A encounter at Nalanda grounds. The home side made an overnight declaration with a lead of 134 runs. St Mary’s toiled hard till the final session but they were bowled out for 202 runs in 77.3 overs. Sandaru Sriyashantha top scored with 58 while Sajeewa Ranjith and Mass Rahim chipped in with valuable cameos.
With an easy target of 69 to get, the home side came into bat for their second innings. They managed to get to the target within the given time with 8 wickets in hand
St. Marys College 126 (24.4) Mass Rahim 78, Suhanga Wijewardana 3/48, Kalana Perera 3/31, Madushan Hasaranga 2/14, Umeshka Dilshan 2/13 & 202 (77.3) Sandaru Sriyashantha 48, Sajeewa Ranjith 32, Mass Rahim 33, Umeshka Dilshan 3/44, Lakshitha Rasanjana 4/59
Nalanda College 260/4 d (62) Dilhara Polgampola 81, Malinga Amarasingha 60, Lakshitha Rasanjana 49*, Suhanga Wijewardana 33, Lasitha Udage 2/59 & 74/2 (15.1) Dasun Senevirathna 33
Ananda College VS Wesley College
Wesley College succumbed to a heavy defeat in this group B encounter against Ananda College today at Wesley grounds. Wesley College were asked to follow on the second day after being bowled out for just 153 in their first innings. They managed to get off to a good start but lost their way towards the latter part of the first session. Thisuraka Akmeemana and Helitha Bambaranda scored 45 and 48 respectively for Wesley but they could not avoid an innings defeat. Dileepa Jayalath bagged 6 wickets for 86 while Shammu Ashan took 3 for 78. The home side was bowled out for just 214 which gave Ananda an innings and 10 run victory.
Early on, Ananda College posted 377 for 4 with Sahan Suraweera and Shammu Ashan posting centuries.
Ananda College 377/4d (60.5) Sahan Suraweera 118, Shammu Ashan 106, Dushan Hettige 89, Asel Sigera 51*, Kavinda Dissanayake 2/107
Wesley College 153 (32.3) Sakunthaka Liyanage 52, Shamod Athulathmudali 33, Thilina Perera 20, Thisuraka Akmeemana 25, Shammu Ashan 5/66, Dileepa Jayalath 3/28 & F/O 214 (65.2) Thisuraka Akmeemana 45, Helitha Bambarenda 48, Movin Subasinghe 51, Shammu Ashan 3/78, Dileepa Jayalath 6/86
