Sports
Thamindu century powers Richmond
Under 19 Cricket
by Reemus Fernando
A century by Thamindu Pradeeptha and a seven wicket haul by Ramiru Perera made for an intriguing first day’s play in the Under 19 Division I Tier ‘A’ tournament match between Richmond and Royal at Kadirana on Monday.
After deciding to bat first Pradeeptha scored 103 runs inclusive of 12 fours and three sixes for Richmond to post 299 runs.
Bowling the bulk of overs (24) for Royal, spinner Ramiru Perera grabbed seven wickets.
In the Tier ‘B’ tournament, Lumbini were in box seat as they restricted St. Joseph Vaz’s to 76 runs to enforce the follow on after posting 197 runs. Lumbini are the leading team in the Tier ‘B’ tournament.
In a traditional cricket encounter, Trinity were in trouble at Mount Lavinia as Nathan Caldera and Yatindra Siriwardene took five wickets each to rattle the visitors for 64 runs.
Match Details
Tier A Tournament
Richmond post 299 runs against Royal at Kadirana
Scores:
Richmond
299 all out in 80.2 overs (Chehan Subasinghe 45, Nikil Jayaweera 63, Thamindu Pradeeptha 103, Sihath Ramanayake 37n.o.; Ramiru Perera 7/93 Yenula Bandara 2/67)
Royal
24 for no loss in 17 overs
St. Thomas’ take first innings points against Cambrians at Moratuwa
Scores:
Prince Of Wales
198 all out in 54.4 overs (Suwas Fernando 35, Naveen Fernando 67, Uneth Peiris 36; Loshitha Diksith 2/30, Kansilu Gimhana 2/34, Manuga Guruge 4/61, Jimuth Iddamalgoda 2/25) and 203 for 9 in 53 overs
St. Thomas’ 100 for 4 overnight 231 all out in 85.2 overs (Shashindu Jayasekara 34, Jimuth Iddamalgoda 53, Kumesh Nawanjana 24, Loshitha Diksith 44; Naveen Fernando 5/36, Achala Perera 4/59)
Karannagoda, Rashmika help Mahanama at Kurunegala
Scores:
St. Anne’s
120 all out in 47 overs (Niduwara Dissanayake 46; Duvindu Ranatunga 3/43, Inuka Karannagoda 4/23, Koojana Perera 2/11)
Mahanama
168 for 9 in 51overs (Rashmika Perera 76, Inuka Karannagoda 48; Geethika de Silva 3/35, Shehan Kumara 3/40)
St. Anthony’s in box seat at Campbell Place
Scores:
Nalanda
103 all out in 38 overs (Hasith Rathnayake 24; Bimash Vidudaya 5/46, Charuka Ekanayake 2/05, Thisara Ekanayake 2/16)
St. Anthony’s Katugastota
196 for 5 in 56 overs (Thisara Ekanayake 71n.o., Kaushika Kumarasinghe 36, Januka Rathnayake 33)
DSS 265, Sebs 173/7 at DSS ground
Scores:
DSS
265 all out 55 overs (Pesandu Weerasinghe 32, Malitha Perera 92, Chanul Aathale 43; Manuja Chanthuka 4/69, Malintha Silve 4/63)
St. Sebastian’s
173 for 7 in 42.3 overs (Vimath Dinsara 79, Tharindu Dilanka 24n.o.; Akmal Fazly 3/38)
Tier ‘B’ Tournament
Ashinsa takes six wickets against Holy Cross at Bandaragama
Scores:
Holy Cross
228 all out in 75.5 overs (Sanuka Cheran 33, Sonal Awadika 36, Himaru Deshan 71;; Ashinsa Nainayaka 6/67)
Ananda
88 for 1 in 22 overs (Danindu Sellapperuma 45n.o., Kanchana de Livera 35)
St. Anthony’s 187, Isipatana 139/8 at BRC
Scores:
St. Anthony’s Wattala
187 all out in 51.2 overs (Amitha Sandeepa 78, Vihanga Rashmitha 36; Sithuka Gunawardene 3/28, Tharushka Ashel 4/42)
Isipatana
139 for 8 in 46 overs (Ruchith Rodrigo 49, Ranmith Senarath 31n.o.; Amitha Sandeepa 5/43)
St. Peter’s and St. Aloysius’ evenly poised at Bambalapitiya
Scores:
St. Peter’s
100 all out in 38.1 overs (Dilana Damsara 19, Vishen Helambage 19; Dulsath Nimviru 7/37, Sevitha Dulmal 2/20) and 45 for no loss in 16 overs (Oween Salgado 22n.o., Dilana Damsara 22n.o.)
St. Aloysius’
105 all out in 41 overs (Kavindu Kesara 19; Shennon Rodrigo 5/19)
Moratu Vidyalaya post 212 runs against Dharmaraja at Moratuwa
Scores
Moratu MV
212 all out in 80.4 overs (Deneth Sithumina 54, Isuru Fernando 46, Kanchana Nimshan 50; Nisala Abeyratne 3/25, Dulara Bandulasena 3/39, Dakshika Manukalpa 3/40)
Dharmaraja
55 for 3 in 18 overs
Lumbini in command at BOI ground
Scores:
Lumbini
197 all out in 58.2 overs (Bimsara Weerasinghe 34, Shahan Kaushalya 37, Praveen Maneesha 50n.o.; Janith Fernando 2/35, Suhada Fernando 2/50, Raveen Savio 4/45)
St. Joseph Vaz’s
76 all out in 31 overs (Isuru Jayasekara 18; Pasindu Mahisha 2/10, Ushan Sathsara 3/13, Praveen Maneesha 3/22) and 11 for no loss in 7 overs
Trinity in trouble at Mount Lavinia
Scores:
Trinity
64 all out in 33.3 overs (Tharana Wimaladharma 23; Nathan Caldera 5/06, Yatindra Siriwardene 5/19)
S. Thomas’
173 for 7 in 61 overs (Thisen Eheliyagoda 61n.o., Mithila Charles 27, Sadev Soysa 22, Senadhi Bulankulame 23; Tharana Wimaladharma 2/42, Malith Rathnayake 4/29)
Corbin Bosch has been served legal notice by the PCB, alleging breach of contractual obligations, after the South Africa allrounder signed for Mumbai Indians for IPL 2025, thus pulling out of PSL 2025.
This season is the first in which the PSL will be played concurrently with the IPL: The IPL will run from March 22 to May 25, and the PSL from April 11 to May 18. Bosch had been picked by Peshawar Zalmi, in the diamond category, at the PSL draft that was held in January. But on March 8, it was announced by Mumbai Indians that he would be replacing the injured Lizaad Williams in their squad.
The PSL franchises have been keen to take some sort of action on Bosch, as they are worried it could set a precedent for players signing up with the PSL but then switching to the IPL. The idea of an outright ban on such players has also been floated in informal discussions.
A PCB statement said: “The legal notice was served through his agent, and the player has been asked to justify his actions of withdrawing from his professional and contractual commitments. The PCB management has also outlined the repercussions of his departure from the league and expects his response within the stipulated time frame. The PCB will not make any further comments on the matter.”
The statement did not specify what the time frame was for Bosch to respond.
The PCB had shifted the PSL window with a view to improve the quality and availability of overseas players whom the league would be able to sign. When the PSL was in the February-March window, it also had to compete with the SA20, ILT20 and the BPL for players. ESPN Cricinfo had reported last year when the window was changed that holding the PSL draft after the IPL auction had also been discussed, to have greater clarity about the availability of overseas players for the league. Leading into this season, the IPL auction was held in November 2024 and the PSL draft in January 2025.
The PSL draft duly attracted a large number of high-profile players, including David Warner, Daryl Mitchell, Jason Holder, Rassie van der Dussen and Kane Williamson.
[Cricinfo]
By A Special Sports Correspondent
Kandy Sports Club crowned themselves as ‘Cup Championship’ winners in the inter-club league rugby tournament when they overcame their final hurdle by beating Havelocks Sports Club by 50 points to 24 at Nittawela last evening.
Kandy SC was anyway assured of the title this season before this final game of the season even began, given that they were unbeaten thus far in the league tournament. Kandy SC collected their points through seven tries, six conversions and a penalty while Havelocks Sports Club responded with a three converted tries and a penalty.
Kandy SC set the pace for the game from the kick off itself and recorded first half tries through Dinal Ekanayake, Srinath Sooriyabandara, Kenula Hettiarachchi and Dahan Wickremaarachchi and all four conversions were slotted in by Tharinda Ratwatte. Havelocks SC got most of their points in the first half through Sandesh Jayawickreme who scored a try and booted through a conversion. The penalty for the Park Club was kicked right by Samuel Maduwantha.
Kandy SC faced some resistance from Havies after the turn around, but the side from Nittawela found the try line by breaking through a barrage of tackles from the men wearing the pink and chocolate jerseys.
Dahan Wickremaarachchi started the ball rolling for Kandy with a try after the turn around which took the side’s score to 38 with the conversion. Havies played in patches thereafter and scored through Jayathu Rajaratne and Janidu Fernando. Jayawickreme was spot on with the conversions.
Kandy’s Ethen Schneider Loos smashed his way through for the side’s sixth try which was converted by Ratwatte. Kandy had the game in the bag despite Havies playing attacking rugby whenever they had possession. But the score line deference that Kandy maintained throughout the game made it hard for Havies to make a real comeback into the game.
The Nittwala side erupted in jubilation when Ekanayake punted ahead and sent crowd favourite Nigel Ratwatte for the seventh and final try. There was speculation throughout the game that this would be Nigel’s final game for the Kandy SC side. Surprisingly Tharinda missed the conversion.
At the awards presentation ceremony after the game, Kandy Sports Club’s Tharinda Ratwatte was named as the highest points scorer for the 2024/25 league rugby season. He has accumulated 139 points this season.
Havelocks Sports produced the highest try scorer for the season. That award went to Jayathu Rajaratne of Havies. He has had 16 touchdowns this season. Havelocks Sports Club had to be satisfied with the runners-up trophy at the awards presentation. Players from both sides including the coaching staff were presented with medals by the organisers of the tournament.
Meanwhile CR&FC did well in their last outing in the Cup Championship segment of the league tournament when they beat Air Force by 31 points to 16 at Longden Place.
In the two Plate Segment matches, Sri Lanka Navy beat Sri Lions by 41 points to 38 at Race Course.In the other match of the Plate segment, Police SC beat Army SC by 24 points to 17. The match was played at Police Park.
Mutthusami Sivarajan and Rasara Wijesuriya won the men’s and women’s Cross Country Championships of the National Sports Festival conducted in Nuwara Eliya.
Sivarajan representing Central Province returned a time of 34 minutes and 21 seconds to finish ahead of Samantha Pushpakumara and Damith Hemantha Kumara.
In the women’s category, Wijesuriya from Eastern Province clocked 38 minutes and 41 seconds finish ahead of Madhushani Herath and Chamini Herath.
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