Rishma anchors Joes to safety

Under 19 Cricket

Rishma Amarasinghe anchored the tail for St. Joseph’s to post 217 for nine wickets declared against Ananda before the traditional Under 19 cricket encounter ended in a no decision at Ananda Mawatha on Tuesday.

With the wet ground conditions preventing play in the morning session the match was already heading for a no decision when Amarasinghe decided to anchor the tail. He remained unbeaten on 72 runs.

In their essay Ananda were 63 for one wicket at stumps.

It was a notable recovery by the Joes who were 103 for six wickets at one stage.

Meanwhile, S. Thomas’ were helped by Dineth Goonewardene who top scored with 62 runs to post 217 runs against Mahinda on day one in their traditional match at SSC ground.

Match Scores

No decision at Ananda Mawatha

Scores:

St. Joseph’s

162 for 7 overnight 217 for 9 decl. in 59.4 overs (Rishma Amarasinghe 72n.o., Aveesha Samash 32, Abishek Jayaweera 32; Ashinsa Nainayake 5/51, Kaveesha Mendis 2/40)

Ananda

63 for 1 in 17 overs (Nethula Edirimanne 23n.o., Mihin Munasinghe 23n.o.)

Dineth’s half century helps Thomians at SSC

Scores: S. Thomas’

217 all out in 74.3 overs (Thisen Eheliyagoda 31, Mithila Charles 28, Dineth Goonewardene 62, Nathan Caldera 26, Anshen de Silva 39; Kaveen Rukshan 4/51, Arosha Udayanga 3/39)

Mahinda

1 for no loss in 1 over