Adishtan’s century powers Maliyadeva to high score

Under-19 Cricket

by Reemus Fernando

Rishi Adishtan scored a century inclusive of 12 fours and a six as Maliyadeva beat Prince of Wales by 36 runs in the Under-19 Division I Tier ‘A’ match at Kurunegala on Thursday.

Adishtan, who is in the Provincial Under-19 squad only as a standby, sent a strong message to the selectors with his match defining century which came in 112 balls. The valuable knock was also vital for them to post the tournament’s highest team total.

In reply to Maliyadeva’s 289 runs, the Cambrians could muster only 253 runs.

In a Tier ‘A’ match played at the CCC, Mahanama registered a 88 runs victory over St. Joseph’s as skipper Pavan Rathnayaka top scored with 93 runs before Achintha Supun, Sadishan Chamodya and Sethum Kenula shared bowling honours to contain the Darley Road team to a below par 125 runs. Sheran Fonseka (24) was the only batsman to top 20 runs for the Joes. Three top order batsmen failed to reach double figures.

In Tier ‘B’ matches played on Thursday, Isipatana and St. Servatius’ recorded victories.

In the traditional matches played yesterday, Yasiru Rodrigo picked up five wickets for S. Thomas’ to contain Ananda to 217 runs at Mount Lavinia. In reply, the Thomians were 25 for one wicket at stumps in this match played for the Halangoda –Atapattu trophy.

At Bambalapitiya, Manula Kularathne (5/60) and Abhishek Anandakumara shared eight wickets between them for Trinity. But half centuries by Nipunaka Fonseka and Shenal Botheju helped the Petes reach 277 for nine wickets declared.

Results

Tier ‘A’

Maliyadeva beat Prince of Wales at Kurunegala

Maliyadeva

289 for 8 in 50 overs (Thimira Chandrasena 58, Rishi Adishtan 100, Kalindu Ranmal 38, Chaluka Atapattu 31n.o.;)

Prince of Wales

253 all out in 47.1 overs (Ashan Fernando 56, Vidath Direndra 43, Anupa Bandara 33, Omesh Mendis 28; Chaluka Atapattu 2/22, Hasindu Ruwanpura 2/46

Mahanama outdo St. Joseph’s at CCC

Mahanama

213 for 8 in 50 overs (Pulshan Rohana 23, Savindu Kavinda 36, Pavan Rathnayaka 93; Vimukthi Seneviratne 2/26, Yesith Rupasingha 3/38, Dunith Wellalage 2/42)

St. Joseph’s

125 all out in 35.1 overs (Sheran Fonseka 24, Yesith Rupasingha 19; Sethum Kenula 2/16, Achintha Supun 3/15, Sadishan Chamodya 2/15)

Tier ‘B’

Isipatana beat St. Joseph Vaz at BRC

St. Joseph Vaz

155 all out in 49.3 overs (Vishwa Rajapaksha 54; Randunu Gunarathne 2/32, Thevindu Dickwella 5/21, Kavindu Amantha 2/26)

Isipatana

156 for 3 in 30.5 overs (Tharush Nethsara 90, Savindu Uthsara 38n.o.;

St. Servatius’

beat Dharmasoka at Uyanwatta

Dharmasoka

115 all out in 36.1 overs (Kaveen Samarahewa 43, Maneesha Rashmika 23; Madushan de Silva 4/22, Kushan Wijerama 3/24, Damimdu Sankalpa 2/21)

St. Servatius’

116 for 8 in 46 overs (Diniru Abeywickramasinghe 47, Chirath Neththaru 20; Aroshana de Silva 2/18, Sahan Sankalpa 2/31)

Traditional 2-Day Matches

Ananda V S. Thomas’ at Mount Lavinia

Ananda

217 all out in 74.2 overs (Anuda Jayaweera 45, Hansaja Jayasinghe 47; Yasiru Rodrigo 5/ 63)

S. Thomas’

25 for 1 in 13 overs (Shalin de Mel 14 not outn.o.)

St. Peter’s V Trinity at Bambalapitiya

St. Peter’s

277 for 9 decl. in 72.5 overs (Nipunaka Fonseka 76, Shenal Botheju 51, Wanuja Kumara 45, Shanuka Galagoda 26, Niman Umesh 24, Manula Kularathne 5/60, Abhishek Anandakumara 3/81)

Trinity

85 for 2 in 20 overs (Umair Raizan 30n.o., Thewin Amarasingha 28, Pawan Pathiraja 20n.o.)