Thomians rout Trinity to clinch Ranil Abeynayake Memorial Trophy

Under 19 Cricket

by Reemus Fernando

S. Thomas’ registered crushing innings and 114 runs victory over Trinity as Nathan Caldera and Yatindra Siriwardene collected match bags of eight and seven wickets respectively to dismiss their visitors for meager totals in the traditional Under 19 cricket encounter at Mount Lavinia on Thursday.

The Thomians first win over Trinity since 2018 was achieved in dramatic fashion as they dismissed the Trinity batting line up within 19 overs in the second innings.

The win was sealed in the seventh over in the post lunch session as Thomians grabbed the last five wickets within that period. Trinity had only nine batsmen in the second innings as open batsman Dimantha Mahavithana did not bat due to an injury.

Paceman Caldera who bowled with fire in the first innings completed a match bag of eight wickets. It included an impressive five wicket haul in the first innings where he gave away just six runs.

Thisen Eheliyagoda was the star in the batting department as he top scored with 94 runs on a wicket where Trinity’s top score was Tharana Wimaladharma’s 23 runs.

Scores

Trinity

64 all out in 33.3 overs (Tharana Wimaladharma 23; Nathan Caldera 5/06, Yatindra Siriwardene 5/19) and 58 all out in 18.5 overs (Nathan Caldera 3/15, Yatindra Siriwardene 2/14, Ashen Perera 2/10, Kavindu Dias 2/18) and 58 all out in 18.5 overs (Nathan Caldera 3/15, Yatindra Siriwardene 2/14, Ashen Perera 2/10, Kavindu Dias 2/18))

S. Thomas’

173 for 7 overnight 236 all out in 76.2 overs (Mithila Charles 27, Sadev Soysa 22, Senadhi Bulankulame 23, Thisen Eheliyagoda 94, Ashen Perera 26; Tharana Wimaladharma 4/47, Malith Rathnayake 4/52, Thisal Yapa 2/53)