Lumbini romp to semis with crushing innings win

Under 19 Division I Tier ‘B’ Cricket

by Reemus Fernando

Praveen Maneesha scored his second consecutive century as Lumbini College romped to a comfortable innings and 114 runs victory over Moratu Vidyalaya in the Under 19 Division I Tier ‘B’ quarter-final cricket encounter at Wijerama Mawatha on Tuesday.

The crushing win was registered minutes after the lunch break as Lumbini bundled out the opponents for 50 runs in the second innings.

It was Lumbini’s eighth outright victory of the season as the team coached by Dinesh Weerasinghe edged closer to Tier ‘A’ promotion.

Commencing from the overnight score of 191 for five wickets, Praveen Maneesha anchored the tail to complete a valuable century as the last five batsmen added over 70 runs to the total on day two morning.

Maneesha faced 151 balls for his century and hit 13 fours and a six. It was the second consecutive century for the all rounder following the 142 runs made in their traditional encounter against Isipatana.

Nishitha Dulanjana, who picked up four wickets, was the most successful bowler for Moratu Vidyalaya.

In their second essay Moratu Vidyalaya were dismissed within 19 overs as a collective bowling effort sealed the victory with almost two sessions to spare.

Lumbini will now face Thurstan in the semi-final. The winners of the semi-final will secure their promotion to the top Tier.

Scores

Moratu MV

105 all out in 32.1 overs (Kanchana Nimshan 24; Dumindu Sewmina 3/17, Shahan Kaushalya 5/22) and 50 all out in 18.4 overs (Dumindu Sewmina 2/07, Shahan Kaushalya 2/12, Ushan Sathsara 4/13, Praveen Maneesha 2/09)

Lumbini

191 for 5 overnight 269 all out in 63.5 overs (Ashan Shanilka 20, Dinitha de Silva 55, Praveen Maneesha 100, Dumindu Sewmina 31; Himash Tharushka 2/41, Nishitha Dulanjana 4/53, Nidharshana Fernando 2/54)