Jaffna Central win Under 19 Division III Tier ‘A’ cricket title

Jaffna Central College won the Under 19 Division III Tier ‘A’ two-day cricket tournament title with a first-innings win over Maris Stella College Thimbirigaskatuwa in the final at Darley Road on Tuesday.

In reply to Jaffna Central’s 223 runs Maris Stella were bowled out for 181 runs as Sutharshan Anushanth (5/38) and Vikneswaran Paruthi shared eight wickets between them.

Scores:

Jaffna Central

223 all out in 45.4 overs (Ranjithkumar Newton 82, Jegatheeswaran Vithusan 32, Sutharshan Anushanth 32, Nishanthan Ajay 20; Vishwa Peiris 6/72, Yohan Fernando 2/29, Savindu Perera 2/52) and 216 in 42.4 overs (Ananthan Kajan 62, Thakuthas Abilash 46 n.o., Sathakaran Similtan 40, Shakadevan Sayanthan 22; Vishwa Peiris 7/82, Savindu Perera 3/87)

Maris Stella Thimbirigaskatuwa

181 all out in 66.5 overs (Sonal Nethmina 59, Savindu Perera 32; Sutharshan Anushanth 5/38, Vikneswaran Paruthi 3/61) and 60 for 2 in 17 overs (Savindu Perera 18 n.o., Vinila Perera 18 n.o.)