Pathum rattles Dharmasoka with a six wicket haul

Under 19 Cricket 

by Reemus Fernando  

Bandaranayake brothers taking all ten wickets for D.S. Senanayake on a 30-wickets day, St. Benedict’s scoring an innings and 75 runs victory over St. Anne’s and Kalana Pathum ripping through the Dharmasoka batting line up with a six wicket haul were the highlights in the Under 19 Division I cricket encounters played on Wednesday.

Mevan Dissanayake, Chamath Chathurya and Kojitha Himsara reaped rich hauls of wickets for St. Benedict’s to record a huge victory over St. Anne’s in the Tier ‘A’ match at Kotahena. The result will ensure the Bens a top spot in the points table. The team from Kurunegala will have a huge task ahead after their second consecutive outright defeat as they are ranked last in their group.

Thirty wickets fell on day one at D.S. Senanayake College ground and the home team will have a day to chase a target of 103 runs against De Mazenod. For the home team Bandaranayake brothers Adhisha and Randisha shared all ten wickets to fall in the second innings.

At Ambalangoda, St. Aloysius’ dominated day one proceedings as paceman Kalana Pathum ripped through the batting line up of Dharmasoka with a six wicket haul. He took six wickets for 11 runs to contain the home team to 73 runs.

Match results

St. Benedict’s record innings win over St. Anne’s at Kotahena  

Scores: 

St. Benedict’s

300 all out in 65.3 overs (Viduneth Wilson 58, Sheron Kannangara  53, Sharujan Shanmuganathan 53, Shenel Samarathunga 49, Aarshan Joseph 22; Geethika de Silva 4/52, Manaan Muzammil 3/63, Kalindu Wijesinghe 2/32) 

St. Anne’s

62 for 4 overnight 150 all out in 49.4 overs (Buddima Sahan 24, Manaan Muzammil 48; Kojitha Himsara 3/17, Mevan Dissanayake 5/33) and 75 all out in 24.1 overs (Yomesh Subasinghe 22; Chamath Chathurya 5/12, Kojitha Himsara 2/36, Mevan Dissanayake 3/23) 

A high scoring draw at Reid Avenue  

Scores: 

Royal

378 for 9 decl. in 73 overs (Dasis Manchanayake 200n.o., Uvindu Weerasekara 92, Geeshan Perera 30; Janith Shehan 4/32, Seneshka Nethsara 2/30)  and 172 for 7 in 47  overs (Rehan Peiris 32, Dasis Manchanayake 50, Anush Polonowita 21, Geeshan Perera 45; Tharusha Dilsara 2/34, Naradha Kanchana 3/29) 

Gurukula

89 for 2 overnight 299 all out in 76.4 overs (Poorna Kalhara 27, Mohomad Mursad 76, Janith Shehan 42, Wageesha Amantha 53, Janith Mihiranga 33n.o.; Ranuka Malaviarachchi 2/65, Ramiru Perera 2/60, Nethwin Dharmarathne 5/70) 

Nalanda-Mahinda ends in draw at Campbell Place  

Scores: 

Nalanda

148 all out in 69.3 overs (Rusiru Vilochana 20, Yasiru Samarakoon 25, Kushmitha Silva 28; Shehan Hasaranga 3/40, Savidya Ranmina  3/27) and 102 for 7 in 46 overs (Rusiru Vilochana 32, Senesh Wijesinghe 34; Arosha Udayanga 3/21) 

Mahinda

70 for 1 overnight 215 all out in 89.5 overs (Pramesh Madhubhashana 33, Savidya Ranmina 70, Hiruna Gallage 22, Shehan Hasaranga 22; Osanda Pamuditha 5/51, Janula Indusara 2/10) 

Thirty wickets fall on day one at DSS Ground  

Scores: 

De Mazenod

134 all out in 34.1 overs (Maleesha Mihishan 29, Uvindu Perera 71; Adhisha Bandaranayake 3/24, Randisha Bandaranayaka 2/54, Poorna Sulakshana 3/31) and 68 all out in 21.5 overs (Mishen Sanketh 22n.o.; Adhisha Bandaranayake 4/08, Randisha Bandaranayaka 6/36) 

DSS

100 all out in 30.1 overs (Malitha Perera 35; Tharusha Udayanga 4/31, Sithum Fernando 4/13) 

Kalana Pathum rips through Dharmasoka batting line up at Ambalangoda  

Scores: 

Dharmasoka

73 all out in 23.3 overs (Randul Samarahewa 32; Kalana Pathum 6/11) and 54 for 3 in 15 overs (Randul Samarahewa 25) 

St. Aloysius’

206 all out in 56.1 overs (Oshada Devinda 33, Bhashana de Silva 23, Induwara Udena 34, Dineth Nimsara 30, Kavindu Kesara 20, Kalana Pathum 34; Pathum Malitha 2/19, Amil Agasthi 2/44, Ishan Anuradha 3/45)