Ponkuwan’s unbeaten century powers Lyceum to semis  

Under 17 Division II Cricket

by Reemus Fernando  

Karunyan Ponkuwan scored an unbeaten century to help Lyceum International, Nugegoda join Christ King, Ja-ela, Royal College, Panadura and Royal College (B), Colombo in the semi-finals of the Under 17 Division II Cricket tournament continued on Thursday.

In the match played at Wickramashila Ground Giriulla, St. Patrick’s College, Jaffna made 206 for nine wickets in their allotted 50 overs. In reply Lyceum reached the target for the loss of three wickets with 11 overs to spare. Ponkuwan scored 16 fours and a six in his (109 balls) knock as he anchored the batting line up to seal the semi-final berth.

In another quarter-final played in Colombo Royal College, Panadura earned the semi-final spot by beating ‘B’ team of St. Joseph’s Darley Road. They restricted the Joes to 168 runs in reply to their 189 runs through the efforts of Sethika Dilmith and Kaveesha Perera who shared five wickets between them. Royal College (B), Colombo booked their semi-final ticket when they contained St. Peter’s ‘B’ team to 229 runs to record 33 runs victory.

Samindu Maduranga and Sharith Sudeena were the heroes of Christ King Ja-Ela as they fought back after being bowled out for 213 runs in the 40th over to record an 18 runs victory over Wayamba Royal, Kurunegala.

Match Results  

Lyceum beat St. Patrick’s at Giriulla

Scores: 

St. Patrick’s

206 for 9 in 50 overs (P. Mathusan 47, J. Mehavarshigan 41, D. Abilash 40, K. Sarushan 22; Abilash Sasidarma 5/20, Sethika Balasooriya 3/57)

Lyceum (Nugegoda)

208 for 3 in 39 overs (Karunyan Ponkuwan 100n.o., Aritha Vinnal 29n.o.) 

Christ King  beat Wayamba Royal at Darley Road

Scores:  

Christ King

(Ja-Ela) 213 all out in 40 overs (Sarith Sudeena 47, Samidu Maduranga 25, Avishka Nirmal 46, Pramod Chamika29; Kavindu Shehan 3/23, Kavishan Karunarathne 3/46, Kavindu Dulanjana 3/45) 

Wayamba Royal (Kurunegala)

195 all out in 45.5 overs (Kavindu Dulanjana 39, Matheesha Pankaja 24, Dinusha Tennakoon 30 ; Samidu Maduranga 4/30, Sarith Sudeena 3/33) 

Royal (Panadura) beat St. Joseph’s (B) at Reid Avenue

Scores: 

Royal (Panadura)

189 all out in 48.4 overs (Sehandu Ranmira 65, Sadew Wijerathna 38, Kushan Dewaka 30, Nirvana Abeysekara 4/27, Demian de Silva 2/20, Kyle Makalanda 2/21) 

St. Joseph’s ‘B’

168 for 9 in 50 overs  (Leson Liou 23, Kanishka Dissanayeka 20, Chamath Perera 41, Kyle Makalanda 27n.o.; Sethika Dilmith 3/29, Kaveesha Perera 2/40) 

Royal (Colombo) ‘B’ beat St. Peter’s ‘B’ at Moratuwa

Scores: 

Royal (Colombo) ‘B’

252 for 9 in 50 overs (Dimuth Karunarathne 57, Immadh Meezan 45, Khalid Rahimdeen 40, Dilith Wijethunga 30n.o.;  Tharin Senvidu 2/49, Senesh Wijerathna 2/52) 

St. Peter’s ‘B’

229 all out in 48.3 overs  (Savi Fernando 32,Dineth de Silva 56, Dimalsha Jayawardana 24, Enosh Karunanayake 32, Movin Amarasinghe 25; Eranga Weerakkody 2/21, Khalid Rahimdeen 2/31, Menaka Heiyanthuduwa 2/41, Mahith Rajapaksha 3/44)