Trinity College, Kandy crowned champions of U19 Division 1 Tier A Inter-Schools Limited Overs Tournament 2023/24 as they beat St. Joseph’s College, Colombo by 2 wickets in the final worked off today (21st November) at Thurstan College Grounds.
Trinity College’s skipper Manula Kularatne won the toss and asked St. Joseph’s College to bat first. The Joes had a terrible start to the innings as they lost half of their side for just 57 runs.
Maanasa Madubashana and Lahiru Amarasekara gave some impetus to the innings, adding 44-run stand for the 7th wicket, but lack of resistance from the tail-enders restricted them to just 135 runs.
Tharana Wimaladarma was the pick of the bowers for Trinity College as he grabbed 3 scalps for 22 runs. Dinuka Tennakoon and Malith Rathnayake also impressed with the ball, picking up 2 wickets each.
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The boys from Kandy also didn’t have the greatest of starts with the bat as they lost four top order wickets for just 43 runs. However, Supun Waduge and skipper Kularatne steadied the innings, adding a vital 56-run partnership for the fifth wicket which sets the tone for a hard-fought win.
Waduge played a match-winning knock of 60 runs off 84 balls with 6 fours and a six as Trinity College crossed over the line in the 40th over with 2 wickets in hand. Trinity College, the last year’s champions managed to defend their crown with this thrilling win.
Result
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abishek Jayaweera | c Dinusha Peiris b Manula Kularathne | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 23.81 |
| Hirun Matheesha Kapurubandara | lbw b Malith Rathnayake | 18 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 52.94 |
| Nushan Perera | c Dinusha Peiris b Dinuka Tennakon | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14.29 |
| Aveesha Samash | b Tharana Wimaladarma | 20 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 48.78 |
| Hiran Jaysundara | c Rajindu Thilakarathne b Jayavi Liyanagama | 13 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 37.14 |
| Rishma Amarasinghe | c Dinusha Peiris b Malith Rathnayake | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 41.67 |
| Maanasa Madubashana | not out | 37 | 84 | 1 | 1 | 44.05 |
| Lahiru Amarasekara | c Supun Waduge b Tharana Wimaladarma | 21 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 53.85 |
| Dunick Perera | c Dinusha Peiris b Dinuka Tennakon | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Yenula Dewthusa | c Jayavi Liyanagama b Tharana Wimaladarma | 8 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 44.44 |
| Demion De Silva | run out () | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 |
| Extras | 6 (b 0 , lb 0 , nb 0, w 6, pen 0) |
| Total | 135/10 (50 Overs, RR: 2.7) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manula Kularathne | 7 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 2.71 | |
| Dinuka Tennakoon | 10 | 1 | 36 | 2 | 3.60 | |
| Tharana Wimaladarma | 9 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 2.44 | |
| Jayavi Liyanagama | 10 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 2.40 | |
| Malith Rathnayake | 10 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 2.60 | |
| Rajindu Thilakarathne | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2.00 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viduka Dhammage | lbw b Nushan Perera | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Wathila Udara | c Lahiru Amarasekara b Dunick Perera | 14 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Supun Waduge | c Aveesha Samash b Yenula Dewthusa | 60 | 84 | 6 | 1 | 71.43 |
| Janith Ravishka | lbw b Yenula Dewthusa | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 22.22 |
| Dinusha Peiris | c Demion De Silva b Maanasa Madubashana | 10 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 76.92 |
| Manula Kularathne | c Hirun Kapurubandara b Dinal Anuradha | 14 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 21.88 |
| Jayavi Liyanagama | not out | 16 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 72.73 |
| Rajindu Thilakarathne | b Yenula Dewthusa | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Tharana Wimaladarma | b Demion De Silva | 11 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 42.31 |
| Dinuka Tennakoon | not out | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 300.00 |
| Extras | 6 (b 0 , lb 0 , nb 0, w 6, pen 0) |
| Total | 139/8 (39.3 Overs, RR: 3.52) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nushan Perera | 7 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 3.57 | |
| Dunick Perera | 6 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 3.83 | |
| Yenula Dewthusa | 10 | 1 | 32 | 3 | 3.20 | |
| Nipun Sumanasinghe | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3.50 | |
| Lahiru Amarasekara | 10 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 3.10 | |
| Demion De Silva | 4.3 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 4.88 | |
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