Sachithra’s 11-wicket haul guides Ananda to four-wicket win [October 19 2010]

Leg spinner Sachithra Perera took a matchbag of eleven wickets to spearhead Ananda College to their second successive victory as they defeated Richmond College Galle outright by four wickets in their annual inter school under 19 cricket tournament match which concluded at Ananda Mawatha today.

The Anandians of course went through some anxious moments and struggled somewhat during their run chase in the second innings before eventually reaching their target in 15 overs with more than a session to spare.

The Ananda top order collapsed sensationally against the spin of

Dileepa Priyadarshana who put up a splendid performance to make a match of it while returning excellent figures of five wickets for 32. Earlier Sachithra Perera produced a repeat of his first innings performance to skittle out Richmond for a mere 75 runs in the second innings. Together with Pasindu Madushan the pair completely mesmerized the opposition with the innings lasting just 32 overs.

This was after Ananda College had snatched a vital first innings lead of 23 runs following some useful contributions from the late order batsmen. Dananjaya de Silva added three more wickets to his tally and finished with superb figures of seven for 81.

Richmond: 152 and 75 (S. Dissanayake 26, S. Perera 5 for 20, P.

Madushan 3 for 20).

Ananda: 175 (H. Wimaladharma 19, D. Madushan 31, I. Samarasinghe 20, T. Samarakoon 35, S. Perera 28, D. de Silva 7 for 81, S. Dissanayake 2 for 42) and 55 for 6 (D. Priyadarshana 5 for 32).