Kawshitha, Pavan score centuries

Under-19 Cricket

by Reemus Fernando

Kawshitha Kodithuwakku led the way with a century and Sandew Induwara and Rashmika Madushanka scored half centuries as Mahinda beat Moratu Vidyalaya by a massive 183 runs in their Under-19 Division I limited overs tournament tier ‘B’ match played at Galle on Friday.

Mahinda succeeded in earning much needed bonus points to remain in contention for the knockout stage berth by restricting the visitors to 158 runs in reply to their 341 runs.

Guiding the team to their massive total, Kodithuwakku scored 124 runs inclusive of 16 fours and three sixes.

In the other Tier ‘B’ match played yesterday, Upendra Warnakulasooriya grabbed five wickets to set the stage for Dharmaraja to record a four wicket win over St. Aloysius’.

The victory for Mahinda means that they occupy the top position in the points table of Group ‘X’. However they have only one match remaining.

The second placed St. Peter’s who have won all their three matches have two more matches to conclude the league stage.

Meanwhile, in a traditional two-day match skipper Pavan Rathnayake scored a century to lead Mahanama to 210 runs against Thurstan.

Results

Tier B

Mahinda beat Moratu Vidyalaya at Galle

Mahinda 341 for 4 in 50 overs (Kawshitha Kodithuwakku 124, Sandew Induwara 96, Rashmika Madushanka 53n.o., Dhanuja Induwara 28n.o.)

Moratu MV 158 for 8 in 50 overs (Vishwa Didulana 24, Sukitha Dewthilina 29, Niraj Kavishka 24n.o.; Kushan Madusha 4/34)

Dharmaraja beat St. Aloysius’ at Lake View

St. Aloysius’ 139 all out in 38.4 overs (Dulmina Dasun 21, Archana Udugampola 30, Shanuka Nikeshala 42, Omal Sadith 24; Upendra Warnakulasooriya 5/13)

Dharmaraja 141 for 6 in 46.1 overs (Pulidu Perera 31, Malitha Hapuarachchi 30, Shan Siriwardana 36; Archana Udugampola 2/19, Sandun Madushanka 2/32)

Traditional 2-Day Matches

Mahanama V Thurstan at Thurstan ground

Mahanama 210 all out in 67.1 overs (Pavan Rathnayake 104, Vinuka Rubasinghe 33, Chamath Chamupathi 34; Bawantha Jayasinghe 4/42, Punthila Kumara 5/71)

Thurstan 40 for 2 in 21 overs (Dineth Bandara 19n.o.)