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St. Anthony’s triumph, Sasanka, Mahith score centuries
Under 19 Cricket
by Reemus Fernando
St. Anthony’s registered their second win within a week, Sasanka Nirmal and Mahith Perera scored centuries for their respective teams while Pramesh Madubashana and Dinura Kalupahana put Mahinda in a strong position with a 111 runs stand in the Under 19 matches continued on Tuesday.
St. Anthony’s registered 157 runs win over Kingswood as Jayodya Amarasena, Lahiru Abeysinghe and Asitha Wanninayake did well to restrict them to 152 runs in their second essay. Amarasena and Abeysinghe bagged seven and six wickets respectively. It was the second consecutive win for the Katugastota team after winning against St. Servatius’ last week. For Kingswood Oshan Viranjana was the top scorer for the second time in the match as he followed up his half century with 44 runs.
In Jaffna, Romesh Mendis scored 93 (in 124 balls, 12x4s) and Mahith Perera made an unbeaten century (in 129 balls, 10x4s, 4x6s) for S. Thomas’ to post 279 for seven wickets declared after being 95 for five wickets overnight in their traditional match against St. John’s.
The match between Isipatana and St. Servatius’ ended in a draw after the home team posted 316 for eight in reply to Patana’s 285 at Uyanwatta Stadium.
Sasanka Nirmal, who was in the Sri Lanka Under 19 last 25 member squad for the last Youth World Cup produced a notable century for Devapathiraja to post 337 against Gurukula in their match at Sooriyawewa.
At Galle, Mahinda were in a strong position after restricting Dharmasoka to 210 runs thanks to a second wicket stand of 111 runs between Pramesh Madubashana and Dinura Kalupahana who helped the home team reach 146 for one wicket at stumps. The duo scored at a rate above five runs an over. Madubashana scored 78 runs not out in 73 balls (12x4s), while Kalupahana was unbeaten on 52 (in 62 balls 10x4s).
Match Scores
Mahith scores century for Thomians
Scores:
St. John’s
132 all out in 58.2 overs (Sachin Anderson 25; Aathif Siddhique 5/44, Mahith Perera 3/22) and 241 all out in 56.1 overs (Nezakumar Jezial 31, Anthonypilley Sukethan 39, Sangeeth Greme Smith 41, Anton Abhishek 77; G. Caniston 2/55, Ryan Fernando 4/08)
S. Thomas’
95 for 5 overnight 279 for 7 decl. in 64.1 overs (Ryan Fernando 25, Romesh Mendis 93, Mahith Perera 100n.o.; Anton. Abhishek 2/27, J.E. Adhnath 2/63) and 17 for 2 in 6 overs
A draw at Uyanwatta
Scores:
Isipatana 244 for 7 overnight 285 all out in 78.4 overs (Tharushka Ashel 124, Thinula Liyanage 19, Yuneth Senevirathne 78, Ameesh Rahul 23, Kevin Samuel 22n.o.; Damimdu Sankalpa 5/82, Kushan Wijerama 3/34)
St. Servatius’
316 for 8 in 92 overs (Hasitha Amarasinghe 39, Denuwan Pramod 58, Malith Charles 29, Kushan Wijerama 58, Vishwa Supun 61n.o.; Sithuka Gunawardana 4/97)
St. Anthony’s triumph at Katugastota
Scores:
St Anthony’s 359 for 7 decl. in 67 overs (Thisara Ekanayake 32, Kavindu Shehan 45, Asitha Wanninayake 36, Iduwara Galapitage 23, Lahiru Abeysinghe 29, Chandimal Herath 116, Ryan Anthony 50n.o.; Hasintha Polkotuwa 2/93, Mayuranga Rajapaksha 2/56) and 49 for 5 decl. in 9 overs (Kavindu Shehan 20n.o.; Chamudika Abeyrathna 2/20, Kavija Gamage 2/23)
Kingswood
88 for 7 overnight 99 all out in 27.5 overs (Oshan Viranjana 54; Lahiru Abeysinghe 3/39, Induwara Galapitage 2/19, Jayodya Amarasena 3/15) and 152 all out in overs (Oshan Viranjana 44, Kavija Gamage 37, Hasintha Polkotuwa 23; Jayodya Amarasena 4/35, Lahiru Abeysinghe 3/31, Asitha Wanninayake 3/44)
Pramesh, Dinura put Mahinda on strong
position at Galle
Scores:
Dharmasoka
210 all out in 59.3 overs (Hasitha Rajapaksha 30, Manasa de Silva 86, Chanaka Jananga 27; Dinura Kalupahana 2/40, Shehan Hasaranga 2/35, Kushan Madusha 3/61, Ranmina Hettiarachchi 2/26)
Mahinda
146 for 1 in 25 overs (Pramesh Madubashana 78n.o., Dinura Kalupahana 52n.o.)
Sasanka century propels Devapathiraja
at Sooriyawewa
Scores:
Devapathiraja 337 all out in 87.4 overs (Pawan Sandesh 51, Matheesha Saranga 32, Sasanka Nirmal 105, Irushka Thimira 66; Janitha Shehan 2/45, Yuwaneth Madusanka 2/51, Hiruna Fernando 2/55)
Gurukula
17 for no loss in 5 overs
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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