Rukshan bags 17 wickets as Mahinda win

Under 19 Cricket

by Reemus Fernando

Right-arm leg spinner Kaveen Rukshan collected a match-bag of 17 wickets – the highest number of wickets by a bowler in a single match this season – as Mahinda College recorded a crushing 145 runs victory against St. Sylvester’s College in an Under 19 Division I Tier ‘B’ match at Army Ground Boyagane on Wednesday.

Rukshan almost single handedly demolished St. Sylvester’s when he picked up nine wickets in the first innings.

In the second innings he picked up eight wickets to skittle out the opponents for 40 runs.

At Moratuwa, batting opener Heshan Madhushanka’s 173-ball innings was in vain for St. Servatius’ College, Matara as St. Sebastian’s College registered an innings and 19 runs win in the Under 19 Division I Tier ‘A’ tournament match.

Commencing their second innings with a deficit of 146 runs, the visitors had Madhushanka and Vishwa Supun waging lone battles to delay the outcome. St. Servatius’ batted for 57 overs in the second innings. Madhushanka anchored the innings for 54 overs.

Manuja Chanthuka who took six wickets in the first innings ended up with a match bag of nine wickets.

Match Results

Rukshan bags seventeen wickets as Mahinda win at Boyagane

Scores:

Mahinda

164 all out in 59.3 overs (Chandupa de Silva 65, Ranindu Nimsara 20, Akila Wickramasinghe 5/60) and 185 all out in 34.4 overs (Pramesh Madhubhashana 76, Chandupa de Silva 51; Akila Wickramasinghe 5/52, Arusha Mendis 4/58)

St. Sylvester’s

108 for 8 overnight 164 all out in 42.4 overs (Wageesha Hansala 36, Gagana Dissanayake 36, Kaveen Rukshan 9/20) and 40 all out in 21.1 overs (Piyumaka Karunarathne 25 n.o., Kaveen Rukshan 8/17)

Sebs beat St. Servatius’

Scores:

St. Servatius’

113 all out in 47.4 overs (Diniru Abeywickramasinghe 27, Vishwa Supun 25; Manuja Chanthuka 6/44) and 127 all out in 57.1 overs (Heshan Madhushanka 47, Vishwa Supun 46n.o.; Yashin Fernando 2/13, Manuja Chanthuka 3/29, Navod Fernando 3/43, Vimath Dinsara 2/23)

St. Sebastian’s

259 all out in 69.5 overs (Ushrn Silva 32, Tharindu Dilanka 27, Vimath Dinsara 75, Nadeesh Fernando 31, Manuja Chanthuka 45; Samiru Gimhan 2/48, Praveen Madusanka 4/40, Ravin Kavintha 4/68)

Mahanama in first innings win at Katunayake

Scores:

Prince of Wales

197 all out in 74 overs (Oshan de Silva 64, Uneth Peiris 33, Rivith Jayasuriya 27, Naveen Pramesh 27; Inuka Karannagoda 4/72) and 82 for 3 in 19 overs (Rivith Jayasuriya 36; Inuka Karannagoda 2/37)

Mahanama

67 for 4 overnight 287 all out in 111.1 overs (Gimantha Dissanayake 92, Eshan Withanage 55, Inuka Karannagoda 42, Kavindu Amameth 21; Achala Perera 4/50)