Tharupathi shines as Richmond beat Maliyadeva  

Under 19 Division I Cricket  

by Reemus Fernando  

Malsha Tharupathi recorded one of the top all-round performances in the tournament when he hammered an unbeaten 47 runs (in 30 balls) after taking five wickets for 35 runs (10-1-35-5) to lead Richmond to five wickets win over Maliyadeva in the Under 19 Division I Tier ‘A’ match played at Galle International Stadium on Friday.

Deciding to bat first Maliyadeva lost their first five wickets for 45 runs. While Maheesha Vethmin and Tharinda Nirmal bowled economical spells, Tharupathi wreaked havoc taking five wickets. Maliyadeva reached their eventual total of 161 runs thanks largely to a valuable knock of 72 runs by Ushan Bimsara.

In reply, Richmond reached the target with many overs to spare. In the other Tier ‘A’ matches, St. Sebastian’s scored a two wickets victory over De Mazenod and S. Thomas’ romped to a 164 runs win over D.S. Senanayake at Mount Lavinia.

In the match played at Mount Lavinia, Mahith Perera top scored with 64 runs before quick-fire knocks by tail-enders Shenesh Hettiarachchi, Akash Fernando and Kavindu Dias propelled the Thomians to 244 runs. In their essay, D.S. Senanayake were shot out for 80 runs as Rajindu Thilakaratne and Charuka Peiris shared seven wickets between them. In a Tier ‘B’ match at Lake View, St. Servatius’ posted 296 runs before Chathum Kulasekara and Viran Chamuditha shared six wickets between them to contain St. Sylvester’s to 117 runs.

Match Results  

Tier A 

Richmond beat Maliyadeva by five wickets at Galle.   

Scores: 

Maliyadeva 161 all out in 48.2 overs  (Amesh Thennakoon 36, Ushan Bimsara 72; Maheesha Vethmin 2/19, Malsha Tharupathi 5/35) 

Richmond 163 for 5 in 37.2 overs (Helith Edirisinghe 22, Thamindu Pradeeptha 36, Malsha Tharupathi 47n.o.; Themiya Bandara 2/37) 

St. Sebastian’s beat De Mazenod by two wickets at Kandana

Scores:

De Mazenod 138 all out in 47.3 overs (Hasith Sandeepa 19, Neshan Dias 33, Uvindu Perera 27, Mishen Fernando 21; Sandesh Fernando 2/35, Nadeesh Fernando 2/20, Ryan Dissanayake 2/05) 

St. Sebastian’s 140 for 8 in 39.5 overs (Aloka Fernando 29, Sanesh Fernando 21, Nadeesh Fernando 17n.o.; Kavindu Kaushalya 2/22, Sithum Fernando 4/25) 

 S. Thomas’ beat DSS by 164 runs at Mount Lavinia

  Scores: 

S. Thomas’ 244 for 9 in 50 overs (Romesh Mendis 39, Avinash Fernando 24, Dineth Goonewardene 37, Mahith Perera 64, Shenesh Hettiarachchi  24, Akash Fernando 22; Poorna Sulakshana 4/57, Akida Weerasuriya 2/36) 

DSS 80 all out in 28.1 overs (Deshan Hettige 17; Nathan Caldera 2/19, Rajindu Thilakaratne 4/29, Charuka Peiris 3/10) 

Tier ‘B’  

St. Servatius’ beat St. Sylvester’s by 179 runs at Lake View

Scores: 

St. Servatius’ 296 all out in 49.2 overs (Denuwan Pramod 27, Mithila Minsara 40, Kushan Wijerama 41, Chirath Neththaru 77, Vishwa Supun 20; Isuru Gunasekara 2/53, Kavishka Imesh 3/68) 

St. Sylvester’s 117 all out in 37.3 overs (Dion Fernando 23, Chandupa Waduge 27, Sahan Dissanayake 23; Chathum Kulasekara 3/29, Viran Chamuditha 3/05)