Singer Cup U19 Schools Cricket:
Ashan’s all-round brilliance floors Wesley
Sammu Ashan of Ananda College and Ayana Siriwardhane of Isipathana
College showed their all-round prowess in their Singer Trophy Under 19
inter-schools cricket tournament matches against Wesley College and
St.Peter’s College at Campbell Park and Bambalapitiya yesterday.
Ashan’s all-round brilliance (106 and match bag of 8 for 144) was too
much for Wesley who lost by an innings and 10 runs. Ananda scored 377-4
declared and Wesley made 153 and 214. Trinity College Kandy also
registered a win defeating Dharmaraja College by an innings and 118 runs
at Asgiriya. Thisaru Dilshan was their match winner with a bag of 10
wickets which included figures of 8 for 31 in the first innings.
Nalanda College also won their fixture against St Mary’s Negombo by
eight wickets at Campbell Place.
Results:
At Campbell Park: Ananda beat Wesley by an inns & 10 runs.
Ananda: 377/4 decl.
Wesley: 153 and 214 in 65.2 overs (Movin Subasinghe 51, Helitha
Bambarenda 48, Thisuraka Akmeemana 45, Dileepa Jayalath 6/86, Sammu
Ashan 3/78)
At Asgiriya: Trinity beat Dharmaraja by an inns & 118 runs.
Trinity: 422/6 decl.
Dharmaraja:* 90 (66/6 o/n) in 29.5 overs (Niwantha Herath 30, Thisaru
Dilshan 8/31) and 214 in 65.4 overs (Deshan Gunasinghe 70, Udantha
Amarakoon 47, Gihan Vitharana 33, Mohommed Shuib 3/21, Thisaru Dilshan
2/23, Shanmuganathan Shanogeeth 2/29)
At Campbell Place: Nalanda beat St. Mary’s Kegalle by 8 wickets.
St. Mary’s: 126 and 202 in 77.3 overs (Sandaru Sriyashantha 48, Mass
Rahim 33, Sajeewa Ranjith 32, Lakshitha Rasanjana 4/59, Umeshka Dilshan
3/44)
Nalanda: 260/4;
At Galle: Match drawn.
S. Thomas’: 149 and 201/6 in 66.4 overs (Bhagya Dissanayake 81,
Dinura Gunawardhane 36, Manthila Wijeratne 22, Romesh Nallaperuma 22,
Kavindu Ediriweera 4/69)
Mahinda: 226 (132/1 o/n) in 65.5 overs (Ravindu Hansika 91, K.K.
Kevin 51, Kavindu Ediriweera 29, Ashen Kandambi 22, Tehan Schaffter
5/37, Pavith Ratnayake 2/57)
At Bambalapitiya: Match drawn.
Isipathana: 190 and 239/9 in 65 overs (Pethum Nissanka 77, Harsha
Rathnayake 35 n.o., Heshan Fernando 33, Leshan Amarasinghe 26, Sachin
Silva 2/21, Chathura Obeysekara 2/68, Mohamad Ameen 2/76)
St. Peter’s: 254 (156/4 o/n) in 76.5 overs (Anishka Perera 80,
Manelka de Silva 54, Ranmith Jayasena 33, Lakshina Rodrigo 33, Ayana
Siriwardhana 7/74) - (YK) |