Dhanuka shines with all-round performances  

Global Cricket Club Junior U13 Championship 

Dhanuka Hettiarachchi produced the best all-round performance of the second set of matches in the Global Cricket Club Junior U13 Championship played over the weekend and on Monday.

Hettiarachchi scored 51 runs to propel Colts Blue to 130 runs (for seven wickets) before completing a five-wicket haul for just 20 runs to reduce New Generation Academy to 80 runs. Nomin Rathnayake with 34 runs and Sanuka Gunasekara taking three wickets for 14 runs were the others to excel in Colts Blue’s 50 run victory.

The championship recommenced over the weekend after a short break on account of bad weather. Eight matches were completed while a further four had to be abandoned due to bad weather.

Sanuga Gamage (50 off 52 balls), Deshan Madushanka (31 runs and 4/23), Ganeesha Wickramasinghe (78 runs), Chenuka Rehan (46 and 4/19), Janadeep Okash (71), Miyuru Bandara (68n.o.) and Yumeth Jewan (3 wickets) came up with crucial performances for their respective teams in the matches which ended in results, while Vijith Hettiarachchige excelled with an unbeaten 67 runs (in 38 balls) in a match which was abandoned due to wet weather.

Match Results 

SCC Cricket Academy beat HR Cricket Academy by seven wickets.

Batting first, HR were all out for 68 runs, with the bulk of the scoring done by Sanuga Gamage with 50 off 52 balls. SCC replied with 71 for 3, with Chethina Kavinda scoring a brisk 21 off just eight balls. 

Max Cricket Academy beat SR Cricket Academy by five wickets.

SR were all out for 93, with Nudun de Silva scoring 32. Max CA reached the target for the loss of five wickets. Max CA’s Deshan Madushanka performed with bat all ball, scoring 31 runs and picking up four wickets for 23 runs. 

AS Cricket Academy (192/3), beat RI Cricket Academy (47/10) by 145 runs.

Openers Ganeesha Wickramasinghe (78) and Malith Shanuka (42) top-scored for AS Academy. 

C and D Cricket Academy (144/6) beat MD Cricket Academy (70), by 74 runs.

C and D skipper Chenuka Rehan scored 46 and picked up four wickets for 19 runs. He was supported by HF Neja Dewan who scored 32. Anuhas Wickrema was the only batter to get into double figures for MD Academy, scoring 26 runs. 

Falcon RC (180/2), defeated Berms Cricket Academy (53 all out) by 127 runs.

Janadeep Okash (71), Dinet Nimsara (44), and Dulana Iduwara (39 not out) top scored for C and D.

Colombo Premier CF (99/2) beat Champ Academy (98 all out) by eight wickets.

For Champ Academy Suhen Peiris remained unbeaten on 37. Charith Hansana (3 for 9 runs) and Janith Rukman (3 for 24) of CPCF were the main destroyers. CPCF’s Miyuru Bandara (who also picked up a wicket) then scored an unbeaten 68 to take CPCF comfortably home.

Mighty Cricket Academy (52/2) defeated New Generation (49 all out) by eight wickets.

For Mighty, Yumeth Jewan picked up three wickets, while M Sawan and Navinu Fernando picked up two wickets each. Aken Dias was not out on 26 when Mighty scored the winning runs.