Under-19 Cricket : :Skipper Saviru picks up six wickets

by Reemus Fernando

Ananda skipper Saviru Bandara picked up six wickets as he bowled the bulk of the overs against Thurstan in the traditional Under-19 match which ended in a draw at Ananda Mawatha on Wednesday.

Bandara bowled 27 overs which included nine maidens and his wickets were vital for Ananda to restrict the visitors to 222 runs in reply to their 149 runs. Thurstan were well placed with an overnight score of 117 for one wicket before Bandara and Shakthi Udara shared eight wickets between them.

In their second essay Ananda were 62 for four wickets when bad light forced an early end to the match.

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) and 62 for 4 in 29.1 overs (Nethma Karunarathne 23 n.o.)

Thurstan

117 for 1 overnight 222 all out in 78.5 overs (Vihanga Jayanama 34, Tharindu Harshana 54, Bawantha Jayasinghe 50, Sandeepa Kalhara 26; Saviru Bandara 6/75, Shakthi Udara 2/51)