Sports
Mahanama, Gurukula record big victories
Under 19 Cricket
by Reemus Fernando
Mahanama, Colombo, Gurukula, Kelaniya and St. Sylvester’s, Kandy scored notable outright victories in the Under 19 Division I Tier ‘A’ and ‘B’ tournament matches while St. Anthony’s Katugastota and St. Joseph Vaz’s Colleges fought back to force draws to their encounters.
For Mahanama, Inuka Karannagoda bagged seven wickets including a five wicket haul in the second innings to lead Mahanama to innings and two runs victory. He was also the top scorer for Mahanama (79). It was Mahanama’s fourth outright victory.
At Uyanwatta, Thathsara Eshan and Poorna Kalhara shared bowling honours for Gurukula to beat St. Servatius’ by innings and 114 runs.
At Darley Road, St. Anthony’s in their second innings were five wickets down for 79 runs at one stage with a deficit still to be covered but Thisara Ekanayake dropped anchor with an unbeaten century and put on an unfinished stand of 139 runs with Induwara Galapitage to force a draw to the tournament match.
In a traditional match, Lumbini registered an outright victory against President’s.
Match Scores and Results
Mahanama beat Maris Stella by innings and two runs
at Kirimandala Mawatha
Scores:
Maris Stella
137 all out in 48.1 overs (Levin Fernando 32, Hasidu Perera 25, Ramith Bandara 24; Chamika Heenatigala 4/28, Inuka Karannagoda 2/25) and 108 all out in 27.4 overs (Inuka Karannagoda 5/38, Rashmika Perera 3/29)
Mahanama
193 for 6 overnight 247 all out in 62.5 overs (Dulnith Sigera 65, Inuka Karannagoda 79, Eshan Withanage 30, Rashmika Perera 27, Koojana Perera 22; Nilesh Perera 3/53)
Gurukula in innings and 114 runs win at Uyanwatta
Scores:
St. Servatius’
132 all out in 26.3 overs (Risinu Kithmuka 52; Thathsara Eshan 5/23, Poorna Kalhara 3/27) and 111 for 9 in 43.4 overs (Viran Chamuditha 29; Thathsara Eshan 4/40, Poorna Kalhara 5/55)
Gurukula
302 for 6 overnight 357 for 9 decl. in 80.2 overs (Poorna Kalhara 33, Mohomed Mursad 62, Denura Dimansith 80, Thathsara Eshan 61, Janith Mihiranga 48n.o.; Viran Chamuditha 6/113)
Lumbini in innings win at Colts Ground
Scores:
President’s
84 all out in 37.4 overs (Daham Usindu 23; Shahan Kaushalya 5/20) and 126 all out in 44.5 overs (Isara Kanchana 46; Praveen Maneesha 5/52)
Lumbini
377 for 6 overnight 514 for 9 de. in 89.3 overs (Bimsara Weerasinghe 57, Shahan Kaushalya 206, Praveen Maneesha 31, Pasindu Maheesha 42, Ashan Shanilka 76; Sithum Oshanda 4/123)
Isuru, Dasun help St. Joseph Vaz’s force a draw at Kadirana
Scores
Ananda 366 for 8 decl. in 79 overs (Kithma Withanapathirana 130, Kenul de Zoysa 100, Ravishan Perera 35; Himal Ravihansa 3/91, Vishwa Rajapaksa 2/75)
St. Joseph Vaz’s
52 for 2 overnight 209 all out in 69.3 overs (Hansa Mihiranga 57; Yasandu Kiriella 3/49, Ashinsa Nainayaka 3/42) and 149 for 5 in 41 overs (Isuru Jayasekara 42, Dasun Perera 82; Ashinsa Nainayaka 4/21)
St. Sylvester’s pull off four wickets win
at Pannipitiya
Scores:
Dharmapala
147 all out in 56 overs (Thimoth Pathinayake 31n.o.; Isuru Gunasekara 3/25, Nimesha Silva 3/42) and 192 for 8 decl. in 47 overs (Praveen Ranhiru 76)
St. Sylvester’s
125 for 7 overnight 162 all out in 50.1 overs (Adithya Waduge 35, Akila Wickramasinghe 47; Chithum Baddage 4/58) and 181 for 6 in 42 overs (Kashyapa Dissanayake 93, Arusha Jayasinghe 29n.o.)
Royal win first innings points
at Reid Avenue
Scores:
Royal
251 all out in 83.2 overs (Sineth Jayawardena 102, Ovina Ambanpola 46, Ramiru Perera 57; Manuga Guruge 3/23, Pesandu sanjana 2/55) and 48 for 3 in 9 overs (Ramiru Perera 36)
St. Thomas’ Matara
23 for 1 overnight 241 all out in 101 overs (Kumesh Nuwanjana 58, Loshitha Diksith 57n.o.; Ranuka Malaviarachchi 2/51, Ramiru Perera 2/60, Rayan Sugathadasa 2/45)
Thisara, Induwara save St. Anthony’s
at Darley Road
Scores:
St. Anthony’s
206 all out in 61 overs (Kaveesha Piyumal 54n.o.; Yenula Dewthusa 3/63, Dinuk Serasinghe 3/37, Lahiru Amarasekara 3/52) and 218 for 5 decl. in 51 overs (Thisara Ekanayake 101 n.o., Induwara Galapitage 61n.o.; Lahiru Amarasekara 2/50, Yenula Dewthusa 3/79)
St. Joseph’s
290 all out in 82.3 overs (Abishek Jayaweera 57, Senuja Wakunugoda 87, Dinuk Serasinghe 41; Bimash Vidudaya 3/51, Kaveesha Piyumal 5/92)
Dimantha half century powers Trinity
at BOI ground
Scores
Trinity
196 all out in 73.5 overs (Dimantha Mahavithana 50, Supun Waduge 39; Sihath Ramanayake 3/31, Malith de Silva 2/47, Yuri Koththigoda 2/19)
Richmond
40 for no loss in 17 overs
Dewminda anchors St. Sylvester’s at Galle
Scores
Dharmasoka
183 all out in 55.4 overs (Chanuka de Silva 49; Dulsath Nimviru 5/62)
St. Aloysius’
138 for 5 in 44 overs (Deneth Dewminda 56n.o.)
Twenty-three wickets fall on day one
at Mahinda Ground
Scores:
Mahinda
89 all out in 38.5 overs (Pramesh Madhubhashana 27; Nimna Fernando 5/35, Tharuka Manaram 3/15) and 78 for 3 in 29 overs (Tharusha Dilshan 31, Chandupa de Silva 27)
St. Sebastian’s, Katuneriya
75 all out in 26.1 overs (Sadev Nethmina 4/36)
Thomians amass 300 runs against
Petes at Mount Lavinia
Scores:
S. Thomas’
300 for 8 decl. in 87.3 overs (Akash Fernando 65, Mahith Perera 47, Sadev Soysa 24, Senadhi Bulankulame 28, Nathan Caldera 36, Darien Diego 27n.o., Ashen Perera 22n.o.; Shannon Rodrigo 3/70, Vishen Helambage 3/76)
St. Peter’s
26 for no loss in 10 overs at stumps
The final week of the year is like a Roman feast for the Test cricket fan, and Boxing Day this year promises mouth-watering contests in Melbourne and Centurion but look this way too, will you? Bulawayo is set to host Zimbabwe’s first Boxing Day Test 8n 28 years too, and with unpredictable Afghanistan on the other side, a real tussle is expected between the two teams, who despite their recent underwhelming performances, would feel like they’re favourites. After all, the last time either side won a Test was against each other.
But that was way back 8n 2021. Since then, they have not found a way to win. And one look at the Zimbabwe and Afghanistan squads for this two-Test series suggests that they’re both looking to change that by taking a different direction for 2025 and beyond. A splattering of Test debutants are expected – theoretically, there could be as many 15 debuts across the two XIs – and this series could very well be the one that births a new generation.
Under 19 Cricket
by Reemus Fernando
Mahinda College, Galle took firm control of their two-day Under 19 Division I Tier ‘B’ cricket encounter as they reached 213 for nine wickets at stumps after restricting Moratu Vidyalaya to 96 runs at Galle on Wednesday.
After Arosha Udayanga grabbed five wickets to trouble the visitors, the home team topped 200 runs thanks to a century by open batsman Dulsith Darshana and a half century by Senuka Dangamuwa.
While Darshana scored 13 fours and a six in his 106 which came in 143 balls, Dangamuwa hammered nine fours and a six in his 50 which came in 51 balls.
Mahinda are in search of their first outright victory in the tournament proper after having earned first innings points in two out of the three matches in their group.
Moratu Vidyalaya too have completed three matches and have scored first innings points on one occasion.
Scores
Moratu Vidyalaya
96 all out in 45.2 overs (Sanjana Senavirathna 31, Shehara Fernando 20; Arosha Udayanga 5/35)
Mahinda
213 for 9 in 52 overs (Dulsith Darshana 106, Senuka Dangamuwa 50; Isuru Nidharshana 2/64, Nishitha Fernando 5/45)
by Reemus Fernando
Sri Lanka Athletics has suspended track and field official S. W. Nimalsiri for four years after a three member committee appointed by the sports governing body found him guilty of manhandling leading athletic official G.L.S. Perera within the Sri Lanka Athletics premises in Torrington.
“The executive committee of Sri Lanka Athletics decided to hand Nimalsiri a four year suspension after the three member committee concluded that he was guilty of manhandling the respected official,” Saman Kumara Gunawardhana, the secretary of Sri Lanka Athletics told The Island.
At the time of the suspension Nimalairi was a committee member of Sri Lanka Athletics and is the president of the Ace Athletics Club and secretary of the Colombo District Athletics Association.
The three member committee that inquired the incident involving Nimalairi and Perera was headed by retired district court judge Upali Samaraweera. Others in the committee were former director of sports Padma Siriwardana and disciplinary committee chairman of Sri Lanka Athletics Chandana Ekanayake.
Nimalsiri has also been suspended from officiating in track and field competitions.
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