S. Thomas’ College Mt. Lavinia and St Benedict’s College Kotahena secured victories in their Singer Trophy Under 19 inter-schools cricket tournament matches played yesterday at Mt Lavinia and Kotahena respectively.
The Thomians trounced Dharmasoka College Ambalangoda by eight wickets while St. Benedict’s scored a close three-wicket win over Zahira College Colombo. Dulaj Ranatunge of Maliyadeva College Kurunegala scored his second century of the season in their drawn match against St Joseph’s College at Kurunegala yesterday. Ranatunge hit 19 fours in his knock of 118 which came off 151 balls.
Results:
l At Mt. Lavinia: S. Thomas’ beat Dharmasoka by 8 wickets.
Dharmasoka: 91 and 97 (42/2 o/n) in 55.2 overs (Harshajith Rushan 26, Dinuka Dilshan 24, Dulith Gunarathne 3/12, Ravindu Kodituwakku 3/17, Pavith Rathnayake 3/39)
S. Thomas’: 146 and 43/2 in 12 overs (Ravindu Kodituwakku 27 n.o.)
l At Kotahena: St. Benedict’s beat Zahira by 3 wickets.
Zahira: 136 and 124 in 43.5 overs (Sajith Sameera 42, Mohammed Zapky 25, Kaveesh Jayathilaka 5/37, Mahesh Theekshana 3/34)
St. Benedict’s: 136 (102/5 o/n) in 49.1 overs (Shanilka Nirmal 28, Ashen Silva 26, Sajith Sameera 3/19, Mohommed Hasmi 2/23, Mohommed Najath 2/30) and125/7 in 28.2 overs (Dulantha Lewis 62, Sajith Sameera 2/47)
l At Bambalapitiya: Match drawn.
St. Peter’s: 139 and 184 in 71.1 overs (Santhush Gunathilake NipunakaFonseka 23 n.o., 39, Anishka Perera 28, Shalith Fernando 26, Suhanga Wijewardana 3/36, Umeshka Dilshan 2/20, Lakshitha Rasanjana 2/46)
Nalanda: 133 (118/7 o/n) in 57 overs (Suhanga Wijewardana 47, Lakshitha Rasanjana 27, Sachin Silva 4/21, Manelka de Silva 2/20) and 50/3 in 16 overs (Lakshitha Rasanjana 18, Santush Gunathilaka 2/14)
l At Kurunegala: Match drawn.
St. Joseph’s: 300/9 decl. and 38/0 in 8 overs (Tashan Perera 23 n..o.)
Maliyadeva:403/7 decl. (62/1 o/n) in 104.4 overs (Dulaj Ranatunga 118, Dinanjaya Premaratne 68, Kaveen Bandara 65, Dilshan Kollure 48, Muditha Premadasa 35, Damitha Silva 21, Dineth Jayakody 3/66, Nipun Sumanasinghe 2/76)
- (YK)