Under 19 Cricket

by Reemus Fernando

In a rare piece of new-ball bowling left-arm paceman Kalana Pathum picked up seven wickets to rattle St. Benedict’s for 47 runs as St. Aloysius’ fought back to record five wickets victory in the Under 19 cricket encounter at Kotahena on Tuesday.

St. Aloysius’ had a first innings deficit of 45 runs but after Pathum dismissed the home team for scanty 47 runs they had a target of just 93 runs to chase. He was on a hat trick twice.

Visitors were troubled early in their run chase by Mewan Dissanayake. They lost wickets at regular intervals but the sixth wicket pair of Vidura Lakshan and Induwara Udena posted an unbroken stand of 56 runs to seal the victory with more than a session to spare. Udena was aggressive as he hammered four sixes in his unbeaten 40 which came in 36 balls.

At Colts ground, Randul Samarahewa top scored with 85 runs for Dharmasoka to record a fist innings win over Lumbini.

Despite a six wicket haul by Sajitha Vithanage, Richmond managed to take first innings honours against Nalanda at Dombagoda as they posted 165 runs in 67 overs against Nalanda’s 158 runs for which they consumed 99 overs.

At Uyanwatta, Devapathiraja forced St. Thomas’ to follow on as they restricted the home team to 97 runs in the first innings.

At Kandana, put to bat, De Mazenod were rocked by Venusha Akash who took early wickets to place them wobbling at three wickets down for nine runs. Later they slumped further to be placed five wickets down for 47 runs before Sithum Fernando (55), Thareen Sanketh (41) and Maleesha Mihishan (31n.o.) made useful contributions for them to recover.

Match Details

St. Aloysius’ beat St. Benedict’s by

five wickets at Kotahena

Scores:

St. Benedict’s

151 all out in 46.2 overs (Sheron Kannangara 43, Arshan Joseph 23, Kojitha Himsara 24; Kalana Pathum 2/19, Dumindu Naveen 2/31, Induwara Udena 2/23, Kavindu Kesara 3/24) and 47 all out in 19.2 overs (Kalana Pathum 7/21, Dumindu Naveen 2/12)

St. Aloysius’

106 all out in 47 overs (Charya Paranavithana 20, Oshanda Devinda 30; Chamath Chathurya 2/22, Vihara Aththanayake 2/26, Mewan Dissanayake 2/23) and 94 for 5 in 23.2 overs (Vidura Lakshan 31n.o., Induwara Udena 40n.o.; Mewan Dissanayake 4/49)

Samarahewa shines for Dharmasoka

at Colts ground

Scores:

Lumbini

171 all out in 61.2 overs (Dhanitha Sandeth 26, Yasiru Yugath 47, Pasindu Mahisha 15, Malith Kawindu 18; Pathum Malitha 5/35, Chanaka Jananga 3/49, Senitha Halambage 2/26) and 117 for 7 decl. in 47.4 overs (Pasindu Mahisha 52; Pathum Malitha 3/19, Senitha Halambage 2/31)

Dharmasoka

28 for no loss overnight 195 all out in 56.3 overs (Randul Samarahewa 85, Chanuka de Silva 39; Dumindu Sewmina 2/38, Malith Kawindu 4/15) and 25 for no loss in 3 overs (Randul Samarahewa 21n.o.)

Richmond take first innings honours against Nalanda at Dombagoda

Scores:

Nalanda

158 all out in 99 overs (Rusiru Vilochana 29, Eranga Jayakody 33; Malsha Tharupathi 6/45) and 121 for 3 in 43 overs (Rusiru Vilochana 66n.o., Sadew Samarasinghe 29; Yuri Koththigoda 2/39)

Richmond

165 all out in 66.4 overs (Tharinda Nirmal 31, Kavindu Nirmana 21, Sharon Abhishek 39, Maheesha de Silva 33; Sajitha Vithanage 6/61)

Devapathiraja take major honours at

drawn encounter at Matara

Scores:

Devapathiraja

230 for 3 overnight 277 for 9 decl. in 75.3 overs (Sandaru Theekshana 97, Pawan Sandesh 25, Dinitha Prabanka 30, Jeewaka Shashen 89; Bhanuka Insamal 3/64, Navija de Seram 4/80)

St. Thomas’

97 all out in 38.4 overs (Shashindu Jayasekara 18; Pathum Shaminda 3/29, Irushka Thimira 5/21) and 126 for 2 in 34 overs (Dumindu Sakshara 31, Abdul Maajid 34, Pesandu Sanjan 39n.o.;

Middle order fight back after Akash trouble De Mazenod at Kandana

Scores:

De Mazenod

175 for 7 in 66 overs (Neshan Dias 23, Sithum Fernando 55, Thareen Sanketh 41, Maleesha Mihishan 31n.o.; Venusha Akash 3/28)

Royal

St. Anthony’s take upper hand against Thurstan at Katugastota

Scores:

St. Anthony’s

234 all out in 64.1 overs (Thisara Ekanayake 63, Lahiru Abeysinghe 26, Ravindu Kapukotuwa 65, Janith Rathnasiri 26; Gagana Perera 3/27, Thanuga Palihawadana 3/49)

Thurstan

65 for 5 in 31 overs (Charuka Ekanayake 2/07)