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Kusal’s century likely to keep top spot for Trinity
Under 19 Cricket
by Reemus Fernando
Trinity opener Kusal Wijetunga scored the 18th century of the series for his school as the visitors posted 300 runs against Royal in the 130th Royal-Trinity Under 19 cricket encounter at Reid Avenue on Wednesday.
According to Royal College statistician M.L. Fernando, this series which commenced way back in 1893 had witnessed batsmen scoring 17 centuries for Trinity against Royal’s 31. Yesterday, Wijetunga anchored the top order with the latest century of the series for his school to post a competitive total. Trinity will now look to keep the top spot of the group in the ongoing Under 19 tournament against second placed Royal, who are playing their last match of the league.
This fixture is both a traditional encounter and a tournament match. If Trinity win first innings points in this match they will be able to keep the top spot. If Royal win on first innings then they can overtake Trinity. However, Trinity have one more match remaining in the league to fight for the top spot.
With regard to the traditional series, Royal lead the victory tally 44-25. While 59 matches have ended in draws, there had also been a tie in the series.
Royal registered their last victory of the series in 2015 when Harith Samarasinghe was their captain, Trinity last won in the 2016 season when R.K. Sayer and N.K. Weerasinghe were their captains.
This is the second longest cricket series for Trinity, while their series against Wesley (131 editions) is their oldest.
Meanwhile, in the other matches started on Wednesday, Thurstan were 142 for two wickets at stumps in reply to Mahinda’s 161 runs at Galle. St. Thomas’ Matara amassed 378 runs for seven wickets at stumps against St. Sylvester’s at Boyagane thanks to an unbeaten knock of 136 runs by Jimuth Iddamalgoda.
Scores of Matches
Kusal’s century propels Trinity at Reid Avenue
Scores:
Trinity
300 all out in 78 overs (Kusal Wijetunga 103, Rahal Amarasinghe 48, Lakwin Abeysinghe 21, Jayavi Liyanagama 61; Dan Poddiwela 2/32, Anush Polonnowita 2/26, Nethwin Dharmarathne 2/78, Ovina Ambanpola 3/24)
Royal
50 for no loss in 15 overs (Sanvindu Seneratharachchi 30n.o.)
Thurstan strongly placed at Galle
Scores:
Mahinda 161 all out in 59.5 overs (Hareen Achintha 45, Pramesh Madhubashana 39; Thanuga Palihawadana 7/34)
Thurstan
142 for 2 in 40 overs (Ramika Sonal 20, Thanuga Palihawadana 27, Shanikya Deshapriya 54n.o., Thenuka Dewapriya 30n.o.; Arosha Udayanga 2/24)
St. Thomas’ Matara amass 378 against St. Sylvester’s at Boyagane
Scores;
St. Thomas’
378 for 7 in 100 overs (Ochintha Chamika 63, Pesandu Sanjana 64, Jimuth Iddamalgoda 136n.o., Senura Perera 61n.o.; Isuru Gunasekara 2/35, K.S. Bandara 2/95)
Playing just his second Test and the first in his team’s starting XI, Pasindu Sooriyabandara made Sri Lanka dream of the rarest of possibilities, but reality imposed itself on the SSC late on day four as India regained their grip on a Test match that had seemed to spiral out of control after the threat of bad weather led them to enforce the follow-on.
After Sooriyabandara put on 58 with Kamil Mishara for the second wicket and 115 with Kamindu Mendis for the third, Sri Lanka were at one stage 209 for 3, or just four runs behind with seven second-innings wickets in hand, on a day-four pitch that was still looking excellent for batting. India’s bowlers were into their 149th over across two consecutive innings, and looking short of both penetration and inspiration against a top order that had never allowed them to settle into their lengths.
Just then, however, Manav Suthar, who had borne the brunt of Sri Lanka’s positive intent, dismissed Dhananjaya de Silva and then Sooriyabandara in the space of two overs, the latter out eight short of a maiden Test hundred. Soon after, Saransh Jain trapped Niroshan Dickwella lbw, and Sri Lanka were effectively 5 for 6. By the time rain arrived to bring an early end to the day, Sri Lanka’s seventh-wicket pair had only added a further 11 runs to their tally.
If Sri Lanka still retain any hope going into the final day of this series, it will rest on the shoulders of Sonal Dinusha, batting on 7 in his final innings of a remarkable series. Earlier in the day, he had converted his overnight 85 into his second century of the series, with his only other completed innings bringing him 84.
Scores:
Sri Lanka 290 in 89.4 overs (Pasindu Sooriyabandara 80, Sonal Dinusha 103; Prasidh Krishna 3-52, Manav Suthar 3-85) and 229 for 6 in 72.4 overs (f/o) (Pasindu Sooriyabandara 92, Kamindu Mendis 55, Sonal Dinusha 7*; Manav Suthar 2-81) lead India 503 for 9 dec by 16 runs
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