Here’s a brief round up of the matches which took place in the U19 Singer Div I Cricket Tournament today.
St Joseph’s College vs St Anthony’s College
Half centuries from skipper Jehan Daniel, Nipun Sumanasinghe and Dineth Jayakody propelled St Joseph’s to 299 for 7 in their first innings against St Anthony’s College at Darley Road. Jehan, coming back from national duty stroked a brilliant 77, announcing himself in the school cricket arena.
In reply at stumps, the visitors were struggling at 93 for 4 in their 1st innings. Kavinda Stouter opened the batting and played a quick cameo of 40 before the spinners came on and put the brakes on the run flow.
St. Joseph’s College, Colombo 299/7 d (70) Jehan Daniel 77, Nipun Sumanasinghe 63, Dineth Jayakody 53, Revan Kelly 29, Kalhara Senarathne 3/79,
St. Anthonys College, Kandy 93/4 (19) Kavinda Stouter 40, Dunith Wellalage 2/26
St. Peter’s College vs St Benedict’s College
St Peter’s took honours on day 1 in their traditional encounter against St. Benedict’s at Bambalpitiya. In preparation for the big match they batted out 61 overs to post 259 for 7 with half centuries from Shanon Fernando and Ranmith Jayasena.
In reply, Bens were in a spot of bother at 65 for 3 in their first innings.
St. Peter’s College, Colombo 259/7d (61) Shannon Fernando 77, Ranmith Jayasena 58, Shivan Perera 37*, Prithvi Jegarajasingham 2/40, Indika Wanasinghe 2/58, Maheesh Theeksha 2/78
St. Benedict’s College, Colombo 65/3 (34)
Maliyadewa College vs Thurstan College
Nipun Lakshan’s century helped Thurstan College to take the upper hand in their traditional encounter against Maliyadeva College at Kurunegala. Yeshan Wickramarachchi bagged a 5-for to restrict the hosts to 135 runs after they were put to bat first by the visitors.
Nipun Lakshan remained unbeaten on 107* as the day ended with 313 for 9 on board for Thurstan College and a lead of 177 runs.
Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala 135 (33.5) Chalaka Atapaththu 42, Brian Karunanayaka 41, Yeshan Wickramarachchi 5/26, Bimara Ranathunga 3/31
Thurstan College, Colombo 313/9 (61) Nipun Lakshan 107*, Nimesh Perera 57, Bawantha Jayasingha 51, Yoshan Wickramaarachchi 27, Imesh Viranga 20, Pasindu Thennakoon 2/40
Dharmasoka College vs St. Sebastian’s College
This group B clash unravelled at Moratuwa today. St. Sebastian’s coming back from a dominant performance against St. Benedict’s last week managed to continue their good run of form this week. After winning the toss and electing to field first, Praveen Jayawickrama led the hunt from front with taking 4 for 23 as the visitors bundled out for 76 runs.
In reply, Sebs posted a mammoth 321 runs which included a half century from U19 national cap Nuwanidu Fernando and a few good cameos from the rest.
Dharmasoka College, Ambalangoda 76 (34) Chamindu Dilshan 24, Praveen Jayawickrama 4/23, Thasik Perera 2/17
St. Sebastians College, Moratuwa 321 (60.4) Nuwanidu Fernando 55, Praveen Cooray 46, Shenal Fernando 42, Malintha Pieris 42, Tharusha Fernando 33, Praveen Jayawickrama 31, Gihan Senanayake 25, Nimesh Mendis 3/36, Sanjana Mendis 3/59, Kavindu Nadeeshan 3/98
St Johns College vs Isipathana College
Group B encounter between St John’s and Isipathana took place in Colombo. After winning the toss, Isipathana College managed to restrict St. John’s to 179 runs. Madushika Sandruwan and Ayana Siriwardane starred with the ball for the green army.
In reply at stumps, Isipathana were 82 for 3 in Tier first innings.
St. Johns College, Panadura 179 (62) Praveen Sandmal 56*, Pasan Perera 42, Rukshan Dissanayake 20, Ashan Dilhara 20, Madushika Sandaruwan 4/35, Ayana Siriwardena 3/37, Eshan Fernando 2/17
Isipathana College, Colombo 82/3 (32.2) Sanjula Bandara 32, Thamindu Wickramarachchi 2/16
Mahanama College vs Maris Stella College
Another Group B encounter took place at Kadirana between Mahanama College and Maris Stella College today. Maris Stella won the toss and elected to field first. Sonal Dinushka’s unbeaten 123 helped Mahanama College to reach 250 all out in 91 overs.
In reply, Maris Stella was 2 for no loss at stumps
Mahanama College, Colombo 250 (91) Sonal Dinusha 123*, Pawantha Weerasinghe 31, Pathum Boteju 23, Pasindu Ushetti 4/68, Ravindu Fernando 3/61, Aveesha Keshan 2/37,
Maris Stella College, Negombo 2/0 (2)
