Naren, Avintha stand powers Joes

Under 19 Division I Tier ‘A’ semi-finals  

by Reemus Fernando  

Naren Muralidaran hogged the limelight with a century and Avintha de Alwis contributed with an unbeaten 86 as St. Joseph’s reached 294 for three wickets at stumps against St. Benedict’s on day one of the Under 19 Division I Tier ‘A’ semi-final at Mount Lavinia on Monday.

In the other Tier ‘A’ semi-final, Trinity posted 106 for two wickets at stumps after restricting Maliyadeva to 139 runs at Kirimandala Mawatha. Tharana Wimaladharma and Dinuka Tennakoon shared seven wickets between them for Trinity.

At Mount Lavinia, the Joes’ fourth wicket pair of Muralidaran and de Alwis posted an unbroken stand of 157 runs for them to post 294 runs. Muralidaran was unbeaten on 102 runs after having faced 184 balls (8x4s) for his knock.

De Alwis was not out on 86 runs (144 balls, 6x4s 3x6s).

All three wickets to fall in St. Joseph’s innings were taken by Mevan Dissanayake.

Match Details  

St. Joseph’s reach 294 for three at stumps at Mount Lavinia

Scores: 

St. Joseph’s

294 for 3 in 86.4 overs (Sadeesh Jayawardana 44, Sahan Dabare 41, Naren Muralidaran 102n.o., Avintha de Alwis 86n.o.; Mevan Dissanayake 3/42) 

Maliyadeva 139, Trinity 106/2 at Kirimandala Mawatha

Scores: 

Maliyadeva

139 all out in 56.5 overs (Gayana Weerasinghe 65; Tharana Wimaladharma 4/34, Dinuka Tennakoon 3/37, Kaveen Gamage 2/23) 

Trinity

106 for 2 in 21.4 overs (Rahal Amarasinghe 34, Dinusha Peiris 40n.o.)