Menaka shines with century as Maliyadeva earn vital points

Under 19 Cricket

A century by Pasindu Menaka was the highlight as Maliyadeva scored vital first innings points against St. Anthony’s, Katugastota in the Under 19 Division I Tier ‘A’ cricket encounter at Kurunegala on Tuesday.

The home team capitalized on Menaka’s knock of 155 runs as bowlers contained St. Anthony’s to 204 runs to secure first innings points.

At Darley Road, St. Joseph’s forced Ananda to follow on but an unbeaten knock of 45 runs by Asinsa Nainayeka prevented the Joes from recording an outright victory.

Maliyadeva on first innings win at Kurunegala

Scores:

Maliyadeva

362 for 7 decl. in 89.1 overs (Pasindu Menaka 155, Amesh Tennakoon 49, Gayana Weerasinghe 51, Chamathkar Hettiarachchi 47n.o., Ushan Bimsara 27; Lahiru Abeysinghe 2/81, Thisara Ekanayake 3/118)

St. Anthony’s

204 for 9 in 60.2 overs (Kavindu Shehan 27, Lahiru Abeysinghe 34, R Y Kasthuriarachchi 52n.o.; Jayamin Muthukumarana 2/23, Dimath Abeysinghe 3/56, Charuka Herath 2/56) and 103 for 4 in 38 overs (Mohamed Aqquil 36, Lahiru Abeysinghe 31n.o.; Dimath Abeysinghe 3/40)

St. Joseph’s force Ananda to follow on

Scores:

St. Joseph’s

376 for 5 decl. in 70 overs (Sadeesh Jayawardena 78, Avintha de Alwis 50, Naren Muralidaran 131n.o., Hiran Jayasundara 75; Ruvishan Perera 3/88, Isuru Ayesh 2/54)

Ananda

2 for no loss overnight 145 all out in 54.4 overs (Induwara Wijerathna 46n.o.; Muditha Dissanayeka 5/15, Lahiru Amarasekara 3/71) and 133 for 6 in 45 overs (Induwara Wijerathna 30, Kitha Sithmal 34, Asinsa Nainayeka 45n.o.; Yenula Dewthusa 2/26, Lahiru Amarasekara 2/35)