Thomians in innings win as Manith bags 11 wickets

Under-19 Cricket

by Reemus Fernando

S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia cruised to a comfortable innings and 35 runs victory over St. John’s College, Jaffna as left-arm spinner Manith Perera collected a match bag of 11 wickets in their first tradition match of the season at Mount Lavinia on Tuesday.

Forced to follow on the visitors were dismissed for 145 runs as Perera took seven wickets. In the first innings Perera and Ryan Fernando shared seven wickets between them to bundle out St. John’s for 61 runs.

Scores:

S. Thomas’ 241 for 7 overnight declared

St. John’s 61 all out in 20.2 overs (T. Dinoshan 21; Manith Perera 4/23, Ryan Fernando 3/2runs, G Caniston 2/21) 145 all out in 33 overs (T. Dinoshan 20, T. Vinojan 34, K Thamilkathir 34, Y. Sangeethanan 22n.o.; Manith Perera 7/ 60, Randiv Gunasekara 2/02)

Nipun takes five wickets

A five wicket haul by Nipun Premaratne helped Thurstan contain Ananda to 149 runs on day one of the traditional cricket encounter at Ananda Mawatha.

Scores:

Ananda 149 all out in 46.3 overs 46.3 overs (Mineth Premarathne 46n.o., Tehaan Perera 23, Kanishka Ranthilakage 21; Nipun Premaratne 5/56, Punthila Kumara 2/32, Vihas Thewmika 2/10)

Thurstan 117 for 1 in 46 overs (Vihanga Jayanama 34, Tharindu Harshana 45n.o.; Saviru Bandara 1/32)

Sadishan, Oshen shine at Dombagoda

Mahanama took major honours against St. Servatius’ as Sadishan Chamodya with a century and Oshen Gamage with a six wicket haul excelled in the traditional Under-19 match at the Ordnance Corps Ground, Dombagoda on Tuesday.

Scores:

Mahanama 219 for 4 overnight 307 for 9 decl. in 89.5 overs (Sadishan Chamodya 104, Pavan Rathnayake 47, Pulshan Rohana 35, Savindu Kavinda 40, Danaja Sandalidu 27, Vinuka Rubasinghe 25; Matheesha de Silva 3/76, Kushan Wijerama 3/78, Kokum Induma 2/88)

St. Servatius’ 88 all out in 50.2 overs (Oshen Gamage 6/18, Achintha Supun 2/14) and 30 for 2 in 21 overs.