Malith bags eight wickets as Trinity record first outright victory

Under 19 Cricket

By Reemus Fernando

Spinners Vathila Udara and Malith Rathnayake picked up five wickets each in the second innings as Trinity beat Maliyadewa by an innings and 13 runs in the Under 19 Division I Tier ‘A’ cricket encounter at Asgiriya on Monday.

Forced to follow on after being dismissed for 73 runs, the visitors batted for 43 overs but could not make the home team bat for a second time.

Left-arm spinner Rathnayake bagged eight wickets as the skipper led from the front for Trinity to record their first outright victory of the season.

Trinity have remained unbeaten this season after four tournament matches.

Results

Trinity register first outright victory

Scores

Trinity

215 all out in 67.1 overs (Dimantha Mahavithana 45, Pulisha Thilakarathne 53, Aadham Hilmy 30, Sethmika Senevirathne 24; Dimath Rivisahan 3/69, Thaveesha Balasooriya 4/60)

Maliyadeva

53 for 6 overnight 73 all out in 27.3 overs (Pehesara Bandara 30, Sandeepa Chamod 20; Thisal Yapa 5/38, Malith Rathnayake 3/17) and 129 all out in 43.1 overs (Rajitha Samarasinghe 20, Pehesara Bandara 39, Chandupa Induwara 30; Dimath Rivisahan 20; Malith Rathnayake 5/38, Vathila Udara 5/39)

Lumbini

132 for nine against St. Anthony’s at Katugastota

Scores

Lumbini

132 for 9 in 64.2 overs (Adeesha Maxwell 29; Charuka Ekanayake 3/40, Ryan Gregory 3/12, Kevan Ramika 3/32)

Late order contributions help Isipatana reach 270 at Anuradhapura

Scores

Isipatana

270 all out in 84.4 overs (Ranmith Senarath 21, Lesandu Kalpage 58, Chanul Dinoth 47, Menula Sadev 46, Dasith Senal 47; Nimesha Silva 5/79, Amith Kumara 2/69, Yoshitha Isuranga 2/29)

St. Sylvester’s

30 for 2 in 12 overs