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Nethsara, Kevin shine as Isipatana win
Under 19 Division I Cricket
by Reemus Fernando
Tharusha Nethsara scored a century and right arm paceman Kevin Ranger grabbed six wickets as Isipatana recorded a convincing 140 runs victory over St. Servatius’ to lead Group ‘Y’ of the Under 19 Division I Tier ‘B’ cricket tournament. While Nalanda and Richmond maintained their unbeaten status in the Tier ‘A’ tournament yesterday, Patana’s victory helped them continue the fight to maintain the top position in their group.
With Lumbini and Devapathiraja having two more matches, an exciting climax is expected in Group ‘Y’ of the Tier ‘B’ tournament. Patana have concluded four out of their five matches and have three victories against their name.
Nethsara and Naveen Kanishka were the architects of yesterday’s victory at Colts Ground as they provided a strong first wicket stand for them to post 295 runs. Nethsara’s 115 came in 88 balls as he hammered 14 fours and four sixes and the duo put on 169 runs for the first wicket.
In their essay St. Servatius’ lost wickets at regular intervals as Kevin Ranger produced his best figures.
At Reid Avenue, Raveen de Silva and Dineth Samaraweera picked up three wickets each to help Nalanda pull off an exciting 23 runs win over Royal. It was Nalanda’s fourth consecutive victory.
The victories by Nalanda and Richmond ensure an intense battle for the top position in group ‘Y’ of Tier ‘A’. The match between these two teams is likely to decide the champions of that group as both have remained unbeaten.
Malsha Tharupathi with the ball and Tharinda Nirmal with the bat were the top performers for Richmond as they beat St. Anne’s by five wickets in the match played at Campbell Place.
Meanwhile, St. Joseph’s posted 404 for five wickets declared in their traditional Under 19 match against Wesley at Darley Road as Sadeesh Jayawardena top scored with 106 runs.
Match Results
Nethsara, Kevin shine as Patana win at Colts
Scores:
Isipatana
295 all out in 50 overs (Tharusha Nethsara 115, Naveen Kanishka 46, Randunu Ganganath 64, Thinula Liyanage 30; Kushan Wijerama 4/28, Deneth Kawya 2/21)
St. Servatius’
155 all out in 40 overs (Diniru Abeywickramasinghe 74, Chirath Neththaru 22; Kevin Ranger 6/21, Sithuka Gunawardana 2/15, Randunu Ganganath 2/22)
Nalanda beat Royal to record fourth win at Reid Avenue
Scores:
Nalanda
235 for 9 in 50 overs (Rusiru Vilochana 20, Yasiru Samarakoon 24, Raveen de Silva 38, Kushmitha Silva 31, Eranga Jayakody 43; Gishan Balasooriya 3/21, Damith Kappagoda 2/40, Sadisha Rajapaksha 2/32)
Royal
212 all out in 47.2 overs (Sadisha Rajapaksha 67, Dasis Manchanayake 51, Damith Kappagoda 10; Dineth Samaraweera 3/30, Raveen de Silva 3/48)
Richmond beat St. Anne’s at Campbell Place
Scores:
St. Anne’s
165 for 9 in 50 overs (Pivithu Fernando 63, Manaan Muzammil 36n.o.; Malsha Tharupathi 4/38, Sharon Abhishek 2/21)
Richmond
166 for 5 in 29 overs (Tharinda Nirmal 53, Janeth Kaushal 28n.o., Malsha Tharupathi 21)
Brazil are the unlikely candidates to have claimed two cricket records as one of their bowlers took a record nine wickets – including five in a row – in their 189-run T20 Women’s International victory against Lesotho in Botswana.
Having won the toss on Thursday, at the BCA Kalahari Women’s T20 International Tournament, Brazil posted a daunting 202-8 with wicketkeeper Monnike Machado hitting 69 off 41.
The fun, for the Brazilians, was only just beginning, though, as Laura Cardoso claimed a hat-trick with the last three deliveries of her first over – the second of the Lesotho innings – to set in motion the incredible feat that eventually saw the Africans bowled out for 13.
The 21-year-old then continued her wicket-taking achievement with a Women’s T20 International first of five dismissals in a row as she struck with the first two balls of her second over. This was all part of claiming the first nine Lesotho wickets to fall, but being denied the chance to take all 10 after a change of bowling following her third over. Her final wicket was Ret’sepile Limema, who fell to the fifth ball of the fifth over, with Cardoso replaced for the following over at that end. Her nine wickets, nevertheless, is the best return in either men’s or women’s T20 internationals.
The right-arm seamer did, indeed, come close to another hat-trick, when she claimed wickets with the last two balls of her second over, which itself totalled four victims.
Cardoso, who has has taken 55 wickets in 48 T20 matches for Brazil, replaces Indonesia’s Rohmalia Rohmalia at the top of the Women’s T20 best bowling rankings, as she finished with figures of 3-2-4-9.
Rohmalia had claimed seven wickets in 2024 in a match against Mongolia in Bali. Only three other women have claimed seven in a T20 international.
The men’s record, and the overall in the format, had been held by Bhutan’s Sonam Yeshey after he took eight wickets for seven runs against Myanmar last year.
The previous record for the number of wickets in consecutive deliveries was four, and was jointly held with the most prominent occasion in women’s cricket being when Shakera Selman pulled off the feat for the West Indies against Pakistan in 2018. Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan and Sri Lanka’s Lasith Malinga are among the most notable bowlers from the men’s game to have claimed four consecutively in the format.
Although a huge winning margin, Brazil’s overall win does not compare with Argentina’s record after they beat Chile by 364 runs in 2023. The Argentinians had struck 427-1 to set up their victory.
Lesotho’s part in the record extends to no further than Cardoso’s haul, with the record-lowest total belonging to Mali, who were bowled out for 6 in 2019 by Rwanda.
Brazil, who lead the six-team tournament with five straight wins, play Mozambique on Friday.
[Aljazeera]
| Date | Match |
|---|---|
| May 3 | 1st ODI |
| May 6 | 2nd ODI |
| May 9 | 3rd ODI |
| May 12 | 1st T20I |
| May 14 | 2nd T20I |
| May 15 | 3rd T20I |
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