Birthday boy Eveen rattles Mahinda with hat trick

Under 19 Division I Cricket  

by Reemus Fernando  

Left-arm paceman Eveen Kalhara rattled formidable Mahinda with a five wicket haul which included a hat trick as Maris Stella registered their second consecutive victory in the Under 19 Division I Cricket tournament on Thursday.

In reply to Maris Stella’s 181 for nine wickets, the home team were dismissed for just 62 runs as Kalhara broke the backbone of the Mahinda batting line up with his hat trick. After Hansaja Hiruna did early damage, Kalhara, who came in as the first change bowler took the fourth, fifth and sixth wickets in consecutive deliveries to rattle the batting line up.

“This is my best bowling performance. I am happy to have achieved that,” Kalhara who celebrated his 19th birthday on Thursday told The Island. Kalhara’s final bowling figures read 5.1-2-9-5.

Incidentally, it was the second consecutive defeat suffered by Mahinda in this tournament.

Meanwhile Mahanama, De Mazenod, St Servatius and Moratu Vidyalaya also registered victories on Thursday.

Match Results

Maris Stella beat Mahinda

at Galle

Maris Stella

181 for 9 in 36 overs (Sadew Rathnayaka 30, Mahindu Malith 54; Dinura Kalupahana 2/44, Kaveen Rukshan 3/37, Hiruna Mandila 2/28) 

Mahinda

62 all out in 14.1 overs (Dhanuja Induwara 36; Hansaja Hiruna 4/27, Eveen Kalhara 5/09) 

Mahanama beat

Prince of Wales at CCC

Mahanama

277 for 9 in 50 overs (Koojana Perera 84, Kavindu Amameth 59, Viranga Yeshan 31, Inuka Karannagoda 22, Anuka Wijewardana 25n.o.; Chenuka Mandiv 2/38, Rivith Jayasuriya 2/50, Tharindu Amarasingha 3/42)  

Prince of Wales

157 for 8 in 50 overs (Omesh Mendis 37, Sumalka Fernando 57n.o.; Devindu Kekirideniya 4/15, Koojana Perera 2/15) 

De Mazenod beat

Gurukula at Kandana

Gurukula

187 all out in 49 overs (Purina Kalhara 38, Neluka Heshan 39, Sithija Chamod 23, Navodya Mendis 29, Chanuka Silva 2/23, Sihina Sithumina 2/36, Senash Fernando 2/27, Sithum Fernando 2/28) 

De Mazenod

189 for 3 in 36.1 overs (Ruveen Fonseka 51, Mithul Senerath 21, Ashen Silva 33n.o., Salindu Pathirana 50n.o.)  

 St. Servatius’ beat

St. Joseph Vaz’s at Matara

St. Servatius’

189 for 9 in 48 overs (Hasitha Amarasinghe 21, Diniru Abeywickramasinghe 68; Vishwa Rajapaksha 3/50, Raveen Chethana 2/30) 

St. Joseph Vaz’s

100 all out in 26.2 overs (Vishwa Rajapaksha 46; Hasitha Amarasinghe 3/08)  

Moratu Vidyalaya beat

Devapathiraja at Moratuwa

Devapathiraja

205 all out in 44.5 overs (Gimhan Rasanjana 24, Chavindu Achintha 27, Jeewaka Shaheen 91n.o.; Hosada Dananjaya 2/30, Isuru Nidarshana 3/27) 

Moratu MV

207 for 3 in 48.5 overs (Isuru Nidarshana 44, Deneth Sithumina 89n.o., Sukitha Dewthilina 46n.o.)