Nethsara scores second century

Under 19 Division I Cricket 

Tharusha Nethsara scored his second century of the tournament and Sithuka Gunawardena and Dasith Senal took three wickets each as Isipatana beat Ananda by 93 runs in the Under 19 Division I limited overs tournament match played at BRC ground on Tuesday.

Nethsara faced 146 balls and scored nine fours and four sixes in his knock and put on a first wicket stand of 134 runs with Naveen Kanishka, who made 47.

In reply to Isipatana’s 241 runs, Ananda were dismissed for 148 as Gunawardena and Senal shared six wickets between them.

At Asgiriya, Rahal Amarasinghe and Theeraka Ranatunga scored less than run a ball half-centuries for Trinity, before the latter produced a four wicket haul for them to register 59 runs win over Nalanda.

In the other match played yesterday, Maliyadewa pulled off eight runs win over St. Anthony’s, Katugastota as Charuka Herath and Gayana Weerasinghe shared seven wickets between them to contain the visitors to 200 runs at Kurunegala.

Results

Isipatana beat Ananda by 93 runs at BRC

Scores:

Isipatana

241 for 9 in 50 overs (Tharusha Nethsara 113, Naveen Kanishka 47, Kevin Samuel 37, Tharuka Ashel 22; Induwara Wijeratne 2/44, Ayesh Shashimal 2/40)

Ananda

148 all out in 37.4 overs (Maleesha Perera 45, Iruth Gimsan 30, Induwara Wijeratne 20; Sithuka Gunawardena 3/20, Dasith Senal 3/40, Kevin Samuel 2/23)

Trinity beat Nalanda by 59 runs at Asgiriya

(45-overs a side match)

Scores:

Trinity

211 all out in 44.1 overs (Rahal Amarasinghe 57, Theeraka Ranatunga 50, Manula Kularatne 42; Janula Indusara 2/27, Eranga Jayakody 2/39, Vinod Kaldera 2/24, Sajith Vithanage 2/28)

Nalanda

152 all out in 41.5 overs (Rusiru Vilochana 70; Theeraka Ranatunga 4/43, Dinuka Tennakoon 2/17)

Maliyadewa beat St. Anthony’s Katugastota by eight runs at Kurunegala

Scores:

Maliyadewa

208 for 6 in 46 overs (Amesh Tennakoon 58, Chamath Hettiarachchi 34, Ushan Bimsara 33n.o.; Kaveesha Piyumal 2/42)

St. Anthony’s

200 all out in 45.5 overs (Mohamed Aaqil 58, Kavindu Heshan 30, Induwara Galapitage 26; Charuka Herath 4/34, Gayana Weerasinghe 3/40, Thavisha Balasooriya 2/35)