D.S. Senanayake cement top position as Randisha bags 12 wickets

by Reemus Fernando

D.S. Senanayaka College, Colombo are almost certain of retaining their place as the top team in Group ‘Y’ of the Under 19 Division I Tier ‘A’ cricket tournament after spinner Randhisha Bandaranayake bagged 12 wickets to seal a comfortable 90 runs win over Maliyadeva on Saturday.

Off-spinner picked up six wickets each in the two innings to restrict the home team to low scores at Kurunegala.

While Bandaranayake excelled in the bowling department, Pesandu Weerasinghe and skipper Gaviru Senhas contributed with the bat.

The outright victory over Maliyadeva came in what turned out to be their penultimate match of the tournament.

It was their fourth outright victory following wins against St. Anthony’s College, Katugastota (by five wickets), St. Servatius’ College, Matara (by seven wickets) and Wesley College (by nine wickets).

DSS also recorded some notable first innings performances. They took first innings points against St. Joseph’s, S. Thomas’, Mount Lavinia and Gurukula.

Their only blemish in the tournament so far was the defeat to St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa.

While DSS are the current leaders in their group, St. Sebastian’s are placed second. With the Sebs having completed their quota of nine matches, DSS are likely remain in the top position.

They will meet Nalanda in their final group match this week.

Scores:

DSS

155 all out in 44.3 overs (Pesandu Weerasinghe 43, Gaviru Senhas 32, Malitha Perera 23; Dimath Abeysinghe 5/45, Arjun Sathsara 2/23, Thaveesha Balasooriya 2/10) and 167 all out in 64 overs (Pesandu Weerasinghe 44, Gaviru Senhas 22; Dimath Abeysinghe 5/65, Arjun Sathsara 5/80)

Maliyadeva

144 all out in 47.4 overs (Thivanka Dissanayake 31, Gayana Weerasinghe 35, Dimantha Arusha 40; Randhisha Bandaranayake 6/31, Shanal Binuksha 2/24) and 88 all out in 36.3 overs (Praveen Rukunayaka 20; Randhisha Bandaranayake 6/23, Chenuka Peiris 2/06)