Halambage shines again as Petes record sixth win

Under 19 Division I Cricket

by Reemus Fernando

Vishen Halambage scored his second century of the tournament as St. Peter’s registered their sixth consecutive victory to extend their unbeaten run in the Under 19 Division I Tier ‘B’ tournament at Bambalapitiya on Saturday.After St. Joseph Vaz’s last wicket pair put on 56 runs for them to post 182 runs in the 49-overs-a-side affair, Halambage cracked an unbeaten 117 for Petes to seal the victory with seven wickets to spare in the 31st over.

He scored 12 fours and five sixes in his unbeaten knock which came in 92 balls. Skipper Nimuthu Gunawardena added 37 runs after picking up four wickets. Halambage produced three wickets earlier.For St. Joseph Vaz’s, Janith Shehan was the standout performer as he took all three wickets to fall in the Petes’ innings.

Batting first the visitors were 126 for nine wickets at one stage before Shehan and Ravindu Thushara added a vital last wicket stand to reach their eventual total. Shehan scored an unbeaten 46 (in 48 balls), while Thushara contributed with nine runs (in 41 balls).In the matches played on Sunday, Richmond scored 38 runs victory against D.S> Senanayake according to Parabola Method.

Results

St. Peter’s beat St. Joseph Vaz’s by seven wickets

Scores:

St. Joseph Vaz’s 182 all out in 48.1 overs (Janith Shehan 46n.o, Rishitha Menusha 33, Ruchira Pawan 21; Minimuthu Gunawaradana 4/37, Vishen Halambage 3/30)

St. Peter’s 188 for 3 in 31 overs (Vishen Halambage 117n.o., Nimuthu Gunawaradana 37, Sanshay Gunathilaka 27n.o.; Janith Shehan 3/34)

St. Thomas’ Matara beat St. Joseph’s by 5 runs according to Parabola Method at Darley Road on Saturday

Scores:

St. Thomas’ 185 for 8 in 50 overs (Abdul Maajid 29, Sasindu Jayasekara 25, Pesandu Sanjan 66)

St. Joseph’s 125 for 2 in 27 overs (Sadeesh Jayawardena 67n.o., Horan Jayasundara 45)

Richmond beat D.S. Senanayake by 38 runs according to Parabola Method at Galle on Monday

Richmond 189 for 7 in 33 overs (Samindu Pradeeptha 72, Helith Edirisingha 41, Tharinda Nirmal 40; Randeesha Bandaranaike 2/28, Adeesha Bandaranaike 2/33

DSS 108 for 7 in 23 overs (Manura Peiris 35, Gaviru Senhas 31; Malsha Tharupathi 2/08, Manuja Dulneth 2/30, Sihath Ramanayaka 2/32