Under 19 Cricket

by Reemus Fernando

Abheeth Paranawidana took five wickets for S. Thomas’ to fight back after being bowled out for 99 runs, but St. Anthony’s Katugastota were ahead as they posted 129 runs on day one of their Under 19 cricket encounter at Mount Lavinia on Friday.

In a Tier ‘A’ match played at Campbell Place, Nalanda scored first innings points against Gurukula as Malsha Fernando took five wickets to restrict the visitors to 154 runs. In their second essay the home team were 187 for seven wickets at stumps.

At Thurstan ground, Thurstan earned first innings points against Mahinda as Sethru Fernando with five wickets and Thanuga Palihawadana with three wickets restricted the visitors to 205 runs.

In the other Tier A match which commenced at Moratuwa, St. Sebastian’s were in the box seat as they reached 243 for two wickets at stumps after restricting Royal to 222 runs. Ryan Dissanayake top scored with an unbeaten 92 runs inclusive of six sixes and seven fours.

Match Scores At Mount Lavinia

Scores:

S. Thomas’ 99 in 42.2 overs (Avinash Fernando 21, Sadev Soyza 15, Dineth Goonewardene 31; Charuka Ekanayake 4/27, Dinura Ganegoda 2/16, Imeth Rajapakshe 2/27) and 27 for 1 in 13 overs

St. Anthony’s 129 all out in 39.1 overs (Sanuka Kalpana 31, Kaushika Kumarasinghe 33; Abheeth Paranawidana 5/42, Aaron de Silva 2/17, Anshen De Silva 2/06)