Under 19 Cricket  

by Reemus Fernando  

Left-arm spinner Yuri Koththigoda excelled with a match bag of nine wickets as Richmond beat D.S. Senanayake College by an innings and 43 runs in the Under 19 traditional cricket encounter which ended before tea at Dombagoda on Friday.

Koththigoda teamed up with Maheesha de Silva to rattle D.S. Senanayake for a meager total of 57 runs in the first innings. In their essay Richmond posted 233 runs with Janeth Kaushal top scoring with 61 runs.

Batting for the second time DSS were bowled out for 133 runs. This time Koththigoda shared eight wickets with Sharon Abhishek to record their fifth outright victory of the season.  At Reid Avenue, paceman Ranuka Malaviarachchi troubled Cambrians taking four early wickets. Royal restricted Prince of Wales to 136 runs before Dasis Manchanayake top scored with 91 runs for the home team to reach 185 for five wickets at stumps.

Meanwhile, at Sooriyawewa, Maliyadewa topped 400 runs against Mahinda as Gayana Weerasinghe scored 149 runs inclusive of 17 fours and two sixes.  In another traditional match, which ended in a draw, St. Anne’s took first innings honours against St. Joseph Vaz’s as Mahima Kotuwila scored a century to propel their total to 358 runs at Kurunegala.

Results  

Richmond in innings win over DSS at Dombagoda

   Scores: 

DSS 57 all out in 26.2 overs (Maheesha de Silva 5/15, Yuri Koththigoda 5/10) and 133 all out in 42.3 overs (Gaviru Senhas 32, Senura Silva 23, Himantha Keshan 30, Manura Peiris 20; Yuri Koththigoda 4/62, Sharon Abhishek 4/26)  

Richmond

233 all out in 64.2 overs (Tharinda Nirmal 20, Kaveesha Induwara 29, Kavindu Nirmana 23, Janeth Kaushal 61, Maheesha de Silva 30, Thamindu Pradeeptha 35; Abheesha Bandaranaike 3/47, Randisha Bandaranaike 2/63, Poorna Sulakshana 2/39) 

 Malaviarachchi rattles Cambrians top order at Reid Avenue  

Scores: 

Prince of Wales 136 all out in 40 overs (Sumalka Fernando 55, Prince Fernando 34n.o.; Ranuka Malaviarachchi 4/47, Bulan Weeratunga 2/17, Dasis Manchanayake 3/19)  

Royal 185 for 5 in 45.2 overs (Rehan Peiris 40, Ramiru Perera 20, Dasis Manchanayake 91; Oshan de Silva 2/29) 

 Maliyadeva top 400 runs at Sooriyawewa  

Scores: 

Maliyadeva 415 for 7 in 100 overs (Chamathkar Hettiarachchi 48, Pasindu Menaka 34, Chandupa Abeysinghe 38, Amesh Tennakoon 64, Gayana Weerasinghe 149, Jayamin Muthukumarana 38; Shehan Hasaranga 4/84)

Mahima scores a century at Kurunegala 

Scores: 

St. Joseph Vaz’s 218 all out in 93.2 overs (Kavindu Nishara 33, Menusha Perera 27, Dasun Perera 80; Kevin Nanayakkara 3/49, Manaan Muzammil 6/88) and 34 for no loss in 9 overs (Menusha Perera 30n.o.) 

St. Anne’s 358 all out in 101.1 overs (Buddima Sahan 39, Mahima Kotuwila 115, Adithya Nirwan 57, Chamith Sasenjana 86, Manaan Muzammil 26; Janith Fernando2/81, Menusha Perera 2/79, Heshan Kavinda 4/51)