Dharmaraja College, Kandy registered a convincing win over St. Joseph Vaz College, Wennappuwa in their traditional encounter of the U19 Division 1 Inter-Schools Two Day Tournament 2023/24 which worked off yesterday (24th January) at Dharmaraja College Grounds.
A collective bowling effort and half-centuries from Irush Jayawardhana and Lakvin Abeysinghe helped Dharmaraja College record this dominant win against St. Joseph Vaz College.
Prince of Wales’ College managed to claim first innings points against Trinity College in their Tier A encounter worked off at Mattegoda. However, Malith Rathnayake in the opposite camp (Trinity College) stole the limelight, picking up a match of 11 wickets. This was Rathnayake’s third 10-wicket haul in this season
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Ananda College took major honors in the drawn traditional encounter against Mahinda College played at Galle. Kaveesha Mendis stood up with the bat, scoring a brilliant century for Ananda College in their first innings. Ashinsa Nainayake was the pick of the bowlers for the visitors as he scalped 5 wickets for 24 runs to restrict the hosts for just 131 runs in their first innings.
The traditional encounter between St. Anthony’s College and Thurstan College also ended in a draw at Katugastota. Thurstna spinner Thanuga Palihawadana’s brilliant bowling performance was the highlight of the match as he picked a match bag of 11 wickets for 139 runs.
Brief Scores
St. Joseph Vaz College Wennappuwa – 101 (37.5)Isuru Jayasekara 26, Raveen Savio 24, Dulara Bandulasena 4/18, Shehan Marasinghe 2/26, Nisala Abeyrathne 2/32 & 169 (50.3) Kavith Fernando 50, Raveen Savio 32, Vishwa Rajapaksa 23, Tharindu Eshan 22, Seasth Thilakarathne 4/24, Shehan Marasinghe 3/31
Dharmaraja College Kandy – 253 (62.5) Irush Jayawardhana 88, Lakvin Abeysinghe 52, Nisala Abeyrathne 36, Vishwa Rajapaksa 4/61, Tharindu Eshan 3/38 & 18/1 (4.3)
Result – Dharmaraja College won by 9 wickets
Prince of Wales’ College Moratuwa – 205 (83.1)Naveen Fernando 48, Achala Perera 32, Rivith Jayasooriya 23, Nethul Anuhas 22, Malith Rathnayake 7/42, Kaveen Gamage 2/33 & 151/5d (46.4) Rivith Jayasooriya 71, Suwas Fernando 50, Malith Rathnayake 4/42
Trinity College Kandy – 144 (53.2) Janith Ravishka 47, Dimantha Mahavithana 20, Naveen Fernando 4/25, Rivith Jayasooriya 2/6, Prince Fernando 2/45 & 55/1 (10) Viduka Dhammage 29*, Vathila Udara 25
Result – Match Drawn
Ananda College Colombo – 304/8d (74.5) Kaveesha Mendis 105, Kithma Withanapathirana 70, Iruth Gimshan 63, Kanchana De Livera 20, Kaveen Rukshan 3/61, Pramesh Madhubhashana 2/15, Arosha Udayanga 2/108
Mahinda College Galle – 131 (61.3) Randula Mabarana 47, Dineth Pehesara 22, Ashinsa Nainayake 5/24, Daniru Ranasinghe 2/21, Kaveesha Mendis 32/2 & 192/3 (62) Pramesh Madhubhashana 57, Tharusha Dilshan 53, Dineth Pehesara 35*, Randula Mabarana 24, Minaga Perera 2/61
Result – Match Drawn
St. Anthony’s College Kandy – 216 (61.2)Januka Rathnayake 53, Bimash Vidudaya 38, Anjana Dineth 26, Thanuga Palihawadana 5/84, Sethru Fernando 3/60 & 157 (57) Dinura Ganegoda 30*, Ayesh Ebert 29, Bimash Vidudaya 20, Thanuga Palihawadana 6/55, Harith Shalaka 2/42
Thurstan College Colombo – 214 (66) Dinal Induwara 91, Thanuga Palihawadana 26, Kaveesha Piyumal 5/72, Charuka Ekanayake 2/26, Thisara Ekanayake 2/39 & 47/3 (11) Thisara Ekanayake 2/21)
Result – Match Drawn
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