St. Anthony’s triumph, Sasanka, Mahith score centuries 

Under 19 Cricket  

by Reemus Fernando  

St. Anthony’s registered their second win within a week, Sasanka Nirmal and Mahith Perera scored centuries for their respective teams while Pramesh Madubashana and Dinura Kalupahana put Mahinda in a strong position with a 111 runs stand in the Under 19 matches continued on Tuesday.

St. Anthony’s registered 157 runs win over Kingswood as Jayodya Amarasena, Lahiru Abeysinghe and Asitha Wanninayake did well to restrict them to 152 runs in their second essay. Amarasena and Abeysinghe bagged seven and six wickets respectively. It was the second consecutive win for the Katugastota team after winning against St. Servatius’ last week. For Kingswood Oshan Viranjana was the top scorer for the second time in the match as he followed up his half century with 44 runs.

In Jaffna, Romesh Mendis scored 93 (in 124 balls, 12x4s) and Mahith Perera made an unbeaten century (in 129 balls, 10x4s, 4x6s) for S. Thomas’ to post 279 for seven wickets declared after being 95 for five wickets overnight in their traditional match against St. John’s.

The match between Isipatana and St. Servatius’ ended in a draw after the home team posted 316 for eight in reply to Patana’s 285 at Uyanwatta Stadium.

Sasanka Nirmal, who was in the Sri Lanka Under 19 last 25 member squad for the last Youth World Cup produced a notable century for Devapathiraja to post 337 against Gurukula in their match at Sooriyawewa.

At Galle, Mahinda were in a strong position after restricting Dharmasoka to 210 runs thanks to a second wicket stand of 111 runs between Pramesh Madubashana and Dinura Kalupahana who helped the home team reach 146 for one wicket at stumps. The duo scored at a rate above five runs an over. Madubashana scored 78 runs not out in 73 balls (12x4s), while Kalupahana was unbeaten on 52 (in 62 balls 10x4s).

Match Scores

Mahith scores century for Thomians

Scores:

St. John’s

132 all out in 58.2 overs (Sachin Anderson 25; Aathif Siddhique 5/44, Mahith Perera 3/22) and 241 all out in 56.1 overs (Nezakumar  Jezial 31, Anthonypilley Sukethan 39, Sangeeth Greme Smith 41, Anton Abhishek 77; G. Caniston 2/55, Ryan Fernando 4/08) 

S. Thomas’

95 for 5 overnight 279 for 7 decl. in 64.1 overs (Ryan Fernando 25, Romesh Mendis 93, Mahith Perera 100n.o.; Anton. Abhishek 2/27, J.E. Adhnath 2/63) and 17 for 2 in 6 overs  

 A draw at Uyanwatta 

Scores:

Isipatana 244 for 7 overnight 285 all out in 78.4 overs (Tharushka Ashel 124, Thinula Liyanage 19, Yuneth Senevirathne 78, Ameesh Rahul 23, Kevin Samuel 22n.o.; Damimdu Sankalpa 5/82, Kushan Wijerama 3/34)

St. Servatius’

316 for 8 in 92 overs (Hasitha Amarasinghe 39, Denuwan Pramod 58, Malith Charles 29, Kushan Wijerama 58, Vishwa Supun 61n.o.; Sithuka Gunawardana 4/97) 

St. Anthony’s triumph at Katugastota

 Scores: 

St Anthony’s 359 for 7 decl. in 67 overs (Thisara Ekanayake 32, Kavindu Shehan 45, Asitha Wanninayake 36, Iduwara Galapitage 23, Lahiru Abeysinghe 29, Chandimal Herath 116, Ryan Anthony 50n.o.; Hasintha Polkotuwa 2/93, Mayuranga Rajapaksha 2/56) and 49 for 5 decl. in 9 overs (Kavindu Shehan 20n.o.; Chamudika Abeyrathna 2/20, Kavija Gamage 2/23)

Kingswood

88 for 7 overnight 99 all out in 27.5 overs  (Oshan Viranjana 54; Lahiru Abeysinghe 3/39, Induwara Galapitage 2/19, Jayodya Amarasena 3/15) and 152 all out in overs (Oshan Viranjana 44, Kavija Gamage 37, Hasintha Polkotuwa 23; Jayodya Amarasena 4/35, Lahiru Abeysinghe 3/31, Asitha Wanninayake 3/44) 

Pramesh, Dinura put Mahinda on strong

position at Galle

Scores:

Dharmasoka

210 all out in 59.3 overs (Hasitha Rajapaksha 30, Manasa de Silva 86, Chanaka Jananga 27; Dinura Kalupahana 2/40, Shehan Hasaranga 2/35, Kushan Madusha 3/61, Ranmina Hettiarachchi 2/26) 

Mahinda

146 for 1 in 25 overs (Pramesh Madubashana 78n.o., Dinura Kalupahana 52n.o.) 

 Sasanka century propels Devapathiraja

at Sooriyawewa  

Scores:

Devapathiraja 337 all out in 87.4 overs (Pawan Sandesh 51, Matheesha Saranga 32, Sasanka Nirmal 105, Irushka Thimira 66; Janitha Shehan 2/45, Yuwaneth Madusanka 2/51, Hiruna Fernando 2/55)

Gurukula

17 for no loss in 5 overs