Seventh wicket stand helps Trinity recover

Under 19 Division I Tier ‘A’ Cricket

by Reemus Fernando

Skipper Manula Kularatne dropped anchor with 188-ball 93 runs for Trinity to post 267 for eight wickets declared after being six wickets down for 128 runs at one stage on day one of the Under 19 Division I Tier ‘A’ cricket quarter-final against D.S. Senanayake at Surrey Village ground on Monday.

Kularatne put on a seventh wicket stand of 113 runs with Janith Ravishka for Trinity to recover. He scored just seven fours in his innings. Ravishka was unbeaten on 69 runs when the declaration came.

In reply DSS were 15 for two wickets at stumps.

Scores:

Trinity

267 for 8 decl. in 90 overs (Supun Waduge 20, Dinusha Peiris 29, Manula Kularatne 93, Janith Ravishka 69n.o.; Akmal Fazly 2/23, Randisha Bandaranayaka 4/81, Chenuka Peiris 2/66)

DSS

15 for 2 in 7 overs

Kaveesha, Thisara fightback for St. Anthony’s

Kaveesha Piyumal and Thisara Ekanayake shared seven wickets between them for St. Anthony’s to fight back as they restricted Mahanama to 110 for seven wickets at close after bring bowled out for 205 runs on day one of the Under 19 Division I Tier ‘A’ tournament quarter-final match at Mount Lavinia on Monday.

Scores:

St. Anthony’s, Katugastota

205 all out in 55.1 overs (Anjana Dineth 24, Thisara Ekanayake 35, Kaushika Kumarasinghe 23, Charuka Ekanayake 53, Januka Rathnayake 23; Duvindu Ranatunga 2/52, Chamika Heenatigala 4/12, Gimantha Dissanayake 2/30)

Mahanama

110 for 7 wickets in 38 overs (Dulnith Sigera 25, Kaveesha Piyumal 3/30, Thisara Ekanayake 4/21)