SL Youth players shine as Nalanda, St. Joseph’s continue unbeaten run

by Reemus Fernando

Sri Lanka Under 19 players including skipper Dunith Wellalage, Raveen de Silva, and Vinuja Ranpul excelled for their respective schools as St. Joseph’s and Nalanda concluded the league stage as group champions of the Under 19 Division I cricket tournament Tier ‘A’ competition on Tuesday.

At the match played at Hambantota, Raveen de Silva produced one of the best all-round performances of the tournament when he picked up four wickets after top-scoring with 104 runs to lead Nalanda to 57 runs victory over Richmond.

De Silva was ably supported in the batting department by Sri Lanka Youth cap Ranpul with whom he put on 194 runs for the third wicket. Their efforts powered Nalanda to 291 runs. While Ranpul scored seven fours and a six in his century, De Silva hammered 11fours and three sixes in his 81 ball knock.

Nalanda concluded the league stage unbeaten with five victories against their name. They are the champions in group ‘Y’. Richmond remain in the second place with three victories.

At Kotahena, the Joes overcame a fighting century by Sharujan Shanmuganathan to beat St. Benedict’s by 49 runs. Valuable half-centuries by Wellalage and Hiran Jayasundara helped the Darley Road team post 316 runs before Deshan Seneviratne led the bowling attack with a three-wicket haul to restrict the home team to 267 runs. Sri Lanka Youth Cap Shevon Daniel came up with good all round performances. The Joes concluded the league as champions in group ‘X’.

In Tier ‘B’, Isipatana regained the top position in group ‘Y’ as their late order batsmen helped them reach a target of 188 runs for the loss of seven wickets to beat St. Joseph Vaz’s College.

Lahiru Dawatage was the hero for St. Peter’s as his century helped the home team post 275 runs before cruising to 181 runs win over Dharmapala. The victory means the Petes further cement their top position in group ‘X’.

In the other Tier ‘B’ group ‘X’ match played yesterday, Mahinda registered a 79 run victory over St. Anthony’s, Wattala.

Match Results

Joes defy Sharujan to win at Kotahena

Scores:

St. Joseph’s

316 for 8 in 50 overs (Abishek Jayaweera 25, Shevon Daniel 29, Muditha Lakshan 25, Dunith Wellalage 74, Hiran Jayasundara 78n.o.; Sachin Senanayake 3/63)

St. Benedict’s

267 for 9 in 50 overs (Sharujan Shanmuganathan 108, Ashen De Soyza 33, Shenel Samarathunga 65, Yohan Soyza 21; Deshan Senaviratne 3/52, Shevon Daniel 2/58, Muditha Lakshan 2/50)

Raveen, Vinuja score centuries for Nalanda at Hambantota

Scores:

Nalanda

291 for 6 in 50 overs (Rusiru Vilochana 40, Vinuja Ranpul 100, Raveen de Silva 104; Kalpa Nethsara 2/48, Sharon Abhishek 2/65)

Richmond

234 all out 46.3 overs (Vishara Fernando 85, Janeth Kaushal 39, Malsha Tharupathi 30; Sajitha Vithanage 2/44, Raveen de Silva 4/53)

Tier ‘B’

Mahinda beat St. Anthony’s at Galle

Scores:

Mahinda

206 for 9 in 50 overs (Hareen Achintha 30, Pramesh Madubashana 45, Tharusha Dilshan 50, Ranmina Hettiarachchi 24n.o.; Pathum Vihaga 4/24, Amitha Sandeepa 4/36)

St. Anthony’s

127 all out in 42.3 overs (Abdul Rahuman 64; Tharusha Dilshan 4/30, Kushan Madusha 2/24, Hiruna Mandila 2/10)

Petes beat Dharmapala by 181 runs at Bambalapitiya

Scores:

St. Peter’s

275 all out in 49.3 overs (Lahiru Dawatage 117, Wanuja Kumara 29, Nimuthu Gunawardana 31, Niman Umesh 42; Ushan Galagedara 3/39, Thisara Sishara 3/52)

Dharmapala

94 all out in 29 overs (Pasindu Theekshana 24; Danal Hemananda 2/15, Wanuja Kumara 2/11, Niman Umesh 2/21, Shannon Rodrigo 2/06)

Isipatana win by three wickets at BRC

Scores:

St. Joseph

Vaz’s 187 all out in 44.4 overs (Chamath Fernando 76, Vishwa Rajapaksha 44; Akash Balakrishnan 3/21, Randunu Ganganath 3/23)

Isipatana

189 for 7 in 35.2 overs (Tharusha Nethsara 35, Yasith Kalupahana 44, Themiya Gunarathne 28, Randunu Ganganath 20n.o. ; Kaushan Wijerathne 2/42, Dhanuka Nirmal2/35, Raveen Chethana 2/35)