Under 19 Cricket

by Reemus Fernando

After being six wickets down for 50 runs at one stage Maris Stella fought back through a back to the wall seventh wicket stand to post 246 runs against D.S. Senanayake on day one of the Under 19 Division I Tier ‘A’ cricket encounter at DSS ground on Thursday.

The match is crucial for D.S. Senanayaka as they need a strong performance to climb up the rankings. They are currently placed eighth in the nine-team group points table.

They looked set to deliver a strong performance as they rattled the Maris Stella top order cheaply. But the seventh wicket pair of Safni Deen and Yohan Aloka put on 163 runs to defy the home team.

Deen scored 84 runs facing 149 balls while Aloka made 83 inclusive of 11 fours and three sixes. In reply home team were one run for no wicket in one over.

In a traditional cricket encounter, Thisara Dewdunu produced a six wicket haul as Nalanda restricted De Mazenod to 111 runs on day one of the match at Campbell Place.

Match Details

Maris Stella

post 246 against DSS

Scores

Maris Stella 246 all out in 73.5 overs (Safni Deen 84, Yohan Aloka 83; Dehem Nirmal 4/66, Shanal Binuksha 4/52)

D SSenanayake 1 for none in 1 over

Nalanda restrict De Mazenod to 111 runs at Campbell Place

Scores

De Mazenod 111 all out in (Neshan Dias 20, Kaveen Nethmina 32, Dinosh Jelon 29; Osanda Pamuditha 2/09, Thisara Dewdunu 6/48, Malsha Fernando 2/22)

Nalanda 101 for 3 in 27 overs (Sadew Samarasinghe 30, Manupa Manmitha 38n.o., Osanda Pamuditha 24)