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Asitha heroics earn St. Anthony’s knockout stage berth

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4 years ago

2022/03/24

Sahan Weerasooriya

Under 19 Division I Cricket

by Reemus Fernando

Asitha Wanninayake produced good all round performances as St. Anthony’s, Katugastota secured the runners up position in group ‘X’ with a win over St. Sebastian’s in the Under 19 Division I Tier ‘A’ cricket tournament on Wednesday.

Wanninayake top scored with 42 runs and took four wickets for 36 runs to restrict the home team to 176 runs. That was the fourth win registered by the team from Katugastota and they are through to the knock out stage by virtue of their runner up position in the group.

While St. Anthony’s finished second behind St. Joseph’s to advance from Group ‘X’, De Mazenod secured the quarter-final berth from Group ‘Z’ when they beat Prince of Wales by two wickets and ended up as the runners up to Mahanama. Ruveen Fonseka (43), Lester Jayaweera (41) and Salindu Pathirana (39) made vital contributions with the bat to reach a target of 208 runs with many overs to spare. It was De Mazenod’s third win.

Mahanama were already the champions in their group when they encountered Maliyadeva yesterday. Devindu Kekirideniya and Inuka Karannagoda shared seven wickets between them to ensure that they complete the group stage unbeaten. The duo restricted Maliyadeva to 195 runs before their reliable batting line up helped them reach the win need for the loss of six wickets.

Meanwhile, in Tier ‘B’ St. Sylvester’s rocked their group with a six wicket victory over St. Aloysius’ at Lake View where a quick fire 63 runs by Maleesha Silva was the highlight. Silva cracked an unbeaten 63 runs inclusive of five fours and five sixes for them to reach a target of 153 runs with many overs to spare. The victory has elevated them to the second position temporarily. Thurstan, who are the leading team in group (Z) and the third placed team Ananda, who also have three wins against their names will have an opportunity to earn more points as they have one match remaining.

In the other matches played yesterday, Lumbini, Wesley and Trinity registered victories.

Match Results

St. Antony’s beat St. Sebastian’s

at Moratuwa

Scores:

St. Anthony’s

222 for 9 in 50 overs (Mohameed Aaqil 32, Chandimal Herath 21, Asitha Wanninayake 42, Chamindu Wickramasinghe 38, Treveen Mathew 32; Kushan Herath 2/49, Sandeesh Fernando 2/36, Shenith Fernando 2/44)

St. Sebastian’s

176 all out in 44.3 overs (Bihanga Mendis 50, Sanesh Fernando 35, Shenith Fernando 24; Lahiru Abeysinghe 3/37, Asitha Wanninayake 4/36)

De Mazenod win at Kandana

Scores:

Prince of Wales

207 for 9 in 50 overs (Tharindu Amarasingha 69, Sumalka Fernando 62; Thushan Udayanga 2/27, Senash Fernando 2/21, Salindu Pathirana 2/11)

De Mazenod

210 for 8 in 32.5 overs (Ruveen Fonseka 43, Lester Jayaweera 41, Salindu Pathirana 39, Ashen Silva 23; Sumalka Fernando 2/30, Tharindu Amarasingha 3/29)

Mahanama register fifth win

at Kurunegala

Scores:

Maliyadeva

195 for 9 in 50 overs (Thimira Viraj 27, Jayamin Muthukumarana 20, Matheesha Weerasinghe 23, Amesh Thennakoon 29, Charuka Herath 35; Devindu Kekirideniya 4/29, Inuka Karannagoda 3/44)

Mahanama

196 for 6 in 47.5 overs (Koojana Perera 21, Kavindu Amameth 30, Nihindu Perera 31, Sachira Weliwatta 37, Anjala Bandara 25, Inuka Karannagoda 25; Sakindu Wijerathne 2/30)

Trinity beat Gurukula at Asgiriya

Scores:

Gurukula

204 all out in 50 overs (Poorna Kalhara 20, Thathsara Eshan 42, Sithija Chamod 26, Denura Demansith 24, Bimsara Hirushan 22,; Matheesha Pathirana 2/35, Vibhawith Ehelepola 3/41, Pawan Pathiraja 2/31)

Trinity

207 for 6 in 37.5 overs (Viduka Dhammage 36, Vibhawith Ehelepola 29, Pawan Pathiraja 41, Rahal Amarasinghe 44; Thathsara Eshan 2/52)

Wesley record four wickets win

at Campbell Park

Scores:

St. Anne’s 120 all out in 33 overs (Manaan Muzammil 28; Uvin Perera 2/21, Pahan Brito 2/19, Semila Liyanage 3/22, Ravindu Sigera 2/12)

Wesley

123 for 6 in 26.4 overs (Sahil Dias 63, Linal Subasinghe 20n.o.; Risitha Perera 2/09, Manaan Muzammil 3/33)

Lumbini in six wickets win

at Ace Capital ground

Scores:

Devapathiraja

123 all out in 38.3 overs (Matheesha Saranga 30, Extras 29; Basika Sathmin 2/26, Sakuna Liyanage 2/18, Dumindu Sewmina 2/21, Yasiru Yugath 3/21)

Lumbini

125 for 4 in 27.1 overs (Nabeel Rajudeen 20, Deneth Anjana 45, Sakuna Liyanage 26n.o.; Pathum Shaminda 3/31)

St. Sylvester’s record six wickets

win at Lake View

Scores:

St. Aloysius’

152 all out in 41.4 overs (Kalana Pathum 22, Hasitha Suranga 21; Malith Lakshan 2/24, Akila Wickramasinghe 3/14,

St. Sylvester’s

157 for 4 in 29.4 overs (Malith Lakshan 25, Maleesha Silva 63n.o.; Induwara Udena 2/36)

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India Under 19s 352/8 in 50 overs (Vihaan Malhotra 109*, Vaibhav Sooriyawanshi 52, Abhigyan Kundu 61; Panashe Mazai 2-86, Tatenda Chimugoro 3/49, Simbarashe Mudzengerere 2-51) beat Zimbabwe Under 19s 148 in 37.4 overs (Leeroy Chiwaula 62; RS Ambrish 2-19. Ayush Mhatre 3-14, Udhav Mohan 3-20) by 204 runs[Cricbuzz]