Malintha spins Sebs to victory

Under 19 Cricket

by Reemus Fernando

Malintha Silva produced an eight wicket haul in the second innings as he completed a match bag of 12 wickets to lead St. Sebastian’s to a notable four wickets victory against D.S. Senanayake College in the Under 19 Division I Tier ‘A’ Tournament match at the DSS ground in Colombo on Tuesday.

In the Tier ‘B’ Tournament, St. Peter’s (against St. Aloysius’) and Isipatana (against St. Anthony’s, Wattala), recorded outright victories while Holy Cross College, Kalutara (against Ananda) and Lumbini (against St. Joseph Vaz’s) earned first innings points.

Match Results

Tier A

Sebs beat DSS in Colombo

Scores:

DSS

265 all out 55 overs (Pesandu Weerasinghe 32, Malitha Perera 92, Chanul Aathale 43; Manuja Chanthuka 4/69, Malintha Silve 4/63) and 118 all out in 33.4 overs (Malintha Silva 8/51, Manuja Chanthuka 2/54)

St. Sebastian’s

173 for 7 overnight 241 all out in 67 overs (Vimath Dinsara 79, Tharindu Dilanka 48; Akmal Fazly 3/50) and 143 for 6 in 36.4 overs (Ryan Dissanayake 48n.o.; Gaviru Senhas 3/36)

Mahanama win by nine wickets at Kurunegala

Scores:

St. Anne’s

120 all out in 47 overs (Niduwara Dissanayake 46, ; Duvindu Ranatunga 3/43, Inuka Karannagoda 4/23, Koojana Perera 2/11) and 103 in 42.4 overs (Sanuja Niduwara 48, Shehan Kumara 20; Chamika Heenatigala 5/36, Inuka Karannagoda 2/31)

Mahanama

168 for 9 overnight 171 all out in 51.4 overs (Rashmika Perera 76, Inuka Karannagoda 48; Geethika de Silva 3/35, Shehan Kumara 3/43) and 53 for 1 in 14 overs (Dulnith Sigera 29n.o.)

St. Anthony’s Katugastota beat Nalanda at Campbell Place

Scores:

Nalanda

103 all out in 38 overs (Hasith Rathnayake 24; Bimash Vidudaya 5/46, Charuka Ekanayake 2/05, Thisara Ekanayake 2/16) and 186 all out in 71 overs (Sandew Samarasinghe 51; Sahan Lithmina 41; Kewan Ramika 3/21, Thisara Ekanayake 3/28)

St. Anthony’s Katugastota 196 for 5 overnight 277 all out in 74.5 overs (Thisara Ekanayake 102n.o., Kaushika Kumarasinghe 36, Januka Rathnayake 33, Charuka Ekanayake 39) and 14 for no loss in 2.5 overs

Richmond in first innings win at Kadirana

Scores:

Richmond

299 all out in 80.2 overs (Chehan Subasinghe 45, Nikil Jayaweera 63, Thamindu Pradeeptha 103, Sihath Ramanayake 37n.o.; Ramiru Perera 7/93 Yenula Bandara 2/67) and 79 for 1 in 18 overs (Nikil Jayaweera 52n.o.)

Royal

24 for no loss overnight 270 all out in 114.3 overs (Isula Geeganage 56, Rehan Peiris 95; Sheran Abhishek 5/90, Malsha Tharupathi 4/62)