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Singer Cup U19 Schools Div I (2-day) tournament : Ananda and Richmond enter final

9 April, 2017

Ananda College Colombo and Richmond College Galle entered the final of the Singer Cup Under 19 inter- schools Division One 2-day cricket tournament.

Both teams won their matches on first innings. Ananda won against defending joint champion St. Peter’s College Bambalapitiya at Moors grounds and Richmond beat Thurstan College at Surrey ground Maggona in the semi-finals concluded yesterday.

Ananda College Colombo won first inning against defending joint champion St. Peter’s College Bambalapitiya at Moors on yesterday.

St. Peter’s won the toss and elected to bat and were bowled out for 211 runs. Shivan Perera ( 68) and Ranmith Jayasena ( 43) were among

the runs. Asel Sigera took 3 wickets. Dileepa Jayalath, Sammu Ashan and Chamika Gunasekara took each 2 wickets each..

Ananda in reply made 223 for 9 with Kamesh Nirmal scoring 52 and Asel Sigera 43. Santhush Gunathilake took 4 for 47 and Manelker de Silva 3 for 67 runs for the Petes.

A superb 112 off 245 balls (12 fours, 1 six) from no. 3 batsman Adithya Siriwardane saw Richmond chased down Thurstan’s score of 289 by scoring 292-9 in 81.3 overs. Siriwardane and Thaveesha Abhishek (42) shared a 90 runs stand for the third wicket. Thushal Madhusanka took 4 wickets for 111 runs.

RESULTS:

* At Moors: Ananda won on first innings.

St. Peter’s: 211;

Ananda: 223/9 decl. (74/5 o/n) in 72.5 overs (Kamesh Nirmal 52, Asel Sigera 43, Supun Waragoda 33, Lahiru Hiranya 26, Sahan Suraweera 24, Kalana Wijesiri 20, Santhush Gunathilake 4/47, Manelker de Silva 3/67)

* At Surrey Maggona: Richmond won on first innings.

Thurstan: 289;

Richmond: 292/9 decl. in 81.3 overs (Adithya Siriwardane 112, Thaveesha Abhishek 42, Dhananjaya Lakshan 32, Sandun Mendis 29, Kasun Tharaka 25, Thushal Madhusanka 4/111, Naveen Gunawardane 3/63) - (YK)

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