Ananda suffer fourth straight defeat, Nalandian Vilochana passes 1000 runs milestone

Under 19 Cricket

by Reemus Fernando

Ananda, once considered an impregnable stronghold in schools cricket, suffered their fourth consecutive defeat as spinner Malsha Tharupathi bagged nine wickets for Richmond to record 112 runs victory in the Under 19 traditional cricket encounter at Dombagoda on Tuesday.

A match bag of ten wickets by Kithma Withanapathirana was the only bright spot for Ananda who failed in the batting department once again. After suffering three consecutive defeats, they did well to contain Richmond to 70 runs in the first innings. But that joy did not last long as they were dismissed for 42 runs, one of the lowest totals by them in recent history. In their second essay Richmond made 222 for seven wickets declared with Tharinda Nirmal leading from the front with a top score of 91 runs before Tharupathi picked up five wickets to dismiss Ananda for 138 runs.

At Campbell Park, Nalanda were forced to follow on but a century by Rusiru Vilochana helped them force a draw against Wesley. Incidentally, the wicketkeeper-batsman passed the thousand runs milestone for the season with that match-saving knock.

With his second century of the season, Vilochana now has 1027 runs against his name this season. He has included six half-centuries in his tally and has maintained an average of 60.4 runs. Vilochana achieved the milestone in 11 matches (20 innings).

Following on, Nalanda reached 302 for six wickets at stumps.

Results

Richmond hand Ananda their fourth consecutive defeat

Scores:

Richmond

70 all out in (Kaveesha Induwara 21; Nethma Samaraweera 3/15, Kithma Withanapathirana 5/13) and 123 for 2 overnight 222 for 7 decl. in 76 overs (Tharinda Nirmal 91, Thamindu Pradeeptha 38, Kavindu Nirmana 24, Janeth Kaushal 20; Kithma Withanapathirana 5/86)

Ananda

42 all out in 23.2 overs (Ashinsa Nainayake 19; Sihath Ramanayake 2/04, Maheesha de Silva 2/10, Yuri Koththigoda 2/17, Malsha Tharupathi 4/09) and 138 all out in 53 overs (Vilash Karunarathna 33, Iruth Gimshan 21, Maleesha Perera 20; Tharinda Nirmal 2/19, Yuri Koththigoda 2/32, Malsha Tharupathi 5/34)

Vilochana century helps Nalanda force a draw at Campbell Park

Scores;

Wesley

315 all out in 67.4 overs (Sanithu Amarasinghe 96, Ashan Sudharshana 25, Linal Subasinghe 50, Rashmika Amararathna 57n.o.; Jathon Wyman 27; Minod Caldera 7/100)

Nalanda

83 for 6 overnight 210 all out in 68.4 overs (Yasiru Samarakoon 23, Sadew Samarasinghe 36, Eranga Jayakody 85, Sajitha Vithanage 22; Sanithu Amarasinghe 5/63, Libal Subasinghe 3/33) and 302 for 6 in 59.1 overs (Rusiru Vilochana 106, Yasiru Samarakoon 60, Kushmitha Silva 54, Eranga Jayakody 20, Senesh Wijesinghe 46; Shakesh Minon 5/111)