Spinner Isuru produces tournament’s best figures to beat Ananda

Under 19 Division I Cricket

by Reemus Fernando  

Spinner Isuru Fernando rattled the Ananda batting line up with the tournament’s best bowling figures for Moratu Vidyalaya to record a stunning 17 runs victory in the Under 19 Division I Tier ‘B’ Limited Overs tournament match at Ananda Mawatha on Friday. Chasing a target of 157 runs to win in this 42 overs a side encounter, Ananda were trouble by Fernando in his last spell where he took four wickets to seal the victory in the 38th over.

The off-spinner gave away just 28 runs as he finished with impressive figures 8.1-2-28-6. Fernando was also one of the two batsmen to excel when they batted first. The half centuries by Dineth Sithumina (51) and Fernando (52) stood in good stead for Moratu Vidyalaya as they posted 156 runs.

Induwara Wijeratne with a five-wicket haul and Isuru Ayesh with three wickets did well for the home team.In the other match played at Lake View a 37 ball 59 runs by Pulindu Perera was in vain for Dharmaraja as tailenders of Maris Stella kept their cool to pull off a two wickets win according to the Parabola Method. Maris Stella were chasing a revised target of 138 runs after rain interruptions.

Results

Moratu Vidyalaya beat Ananda by 17 runs at Ananda Mawatha

Scores:  

Moratu MV 156 all out in 41 overs (Dineth Sithumina 51, Isuru Fernando 52; Isuru Ayesh 3/18, Induwara Wijeratne 5/29)

Ananda 139 all out in 37.1 overs (Viduna Wijebandara 23, Sachin Jayasinghe 22, Iruth Gimshan 23; Isuru Fernando 6/28)

Maris Stella beat Dharmaraja by two wickets according to the Parabola Method at Lake View

Scores:

Dharmaraja 161 all out in 40 overs (Pulindu Perera 59, Isuru Pannala 23; Hasindu Perera 2/ 29, Nethum Basnayaka 5/30 )

Maris Stella 141 for 8 in 35.1 overs (Sandew Rathnayaka 25, Kaveen Fernando 29, Shean Adithya 30, Hasidu Perera 22; Rusindu Bandara 2/36, Dulara Bandulasena 4/09)