Promising Tharusha produces tournament’s best bowling feat 

by Reemus Fernando  

Gurukula College, Kelaniya paceman Tharusha Kodikara is the leading wicket taker of the Inter School Under 17 Division I Cricket tournament which was abruptly halted last week for Sri Lanka Cricket to conduct the Inter Provincial Under 17 tournament.

Kodikara had a rich haul of over 20 wickets in six matches from the schools tournament when he was selected for the Colombo North team to compete in the Inter Provincial tournament. In his first outing in the SLC tournament he had just a solitary wicket. But yesterday when Colombo North met Colombo South, Kodikara produced a five wicket haul to rattle the latter for 79 runs.  Kodikara’s five wicket haul is now the best bowling performance in the ongoing tournament.

Mahanama College all rounder Koojana Perera who starred in Colombo North’s first win had his work cut short as Kodikara and Garuka Sanketh shared eight wickets between them to rattle the batting line up. In his only over bowled Perera took one wicket. Colombo North needed just 16 overs to reach the target. In the other match played at Dambulla, Galle registered a 92 runs victory over Dambulla with Dinura Kalupahana producing good all-round performances.

Match Results 

Colombo North beat Colombo South at Dambulla

Scores: 

Colombo South

79 all out in 14.5 overs (Gaviru Senhas 18, Uneth Peiris 29; Tharusha Kodikara 5/29, Garuka Sanketh 3/37 

Colombo North

83 for 4 in 15.4 overs (Sharujan Shanmuganathan 20n.o., Samindu Maduranga 26n.o.; Malith Rupasinghe 2/28) 

Galle beat Dambulla at Welagedara

Scores:

Galle

241 all out in 49.1 overs (Dinura Kalupahana 61, Charya Paranavithana 20, Bhashana de Silva 54, Dinura Abeywickramasinghe 29, Thamindu Pradeeptha 20; Janith Fernando 2/60, R. Newton 3/31, Kevin Shewantha 2/33)

Dambulla

149 all out in 37 overs (Vishwa Rajapaksa 42, Anuradha Ranasinghe 25; Sanju Dilshan 2/38, Dinura Kalupahana 2/37, S. Kabileshwaran 2/28)