St. Anne’s beat defending champions St. Joseph’s
St. Anne’s College Kurunegala beat defending champion of Division One Tier ‘A’ St. Joseph’s College Colombo by 5 wickets in their first round fixture of the Under 19 Schools Limited Overs Cricket tournament yesterday.
Unbeaten St. Peter’s College Bambalapitiya defending champion of division One tier B recorded fifth win in the series.
Vishen Hlambage’s all-round performance steered St. Peter’s to win over Dharmapala College Pannipitiya. Mewan Dissanayake’s 5 wickets helped St. Benedict’s Kotahna to win over St. Thomas College Matara by 9 wickets.
Isipathana College Colombo beat unbeaten St. Servatius Matara by 83 runs and Dharmasoka College Ambalangoda beat Moratu Vidyalaya by 8 runs. Mahanama College Colombo beat Prince of Wales College Moratuwa by 7 wickets.
* At Kurunegala (St. Anne’s College Kurunegala won by 5 wickets)
St. Joseph’s: 127 (48.3) (Naren Muralidaran 46 n.o., Kevin Nanayekkara 3/14, Kavindu Bandara 3/28, Janith Madushanka 2/13)
St. Anne’s: 129/5 (45) (Mahima Kotuwila 51 n.o., Yasmin Jayasundara 20)
* At Kotahena (St. Benedict’s College Kotahena won by 9 wickets)
St. Thomas Matara: 59 (27.3(Mewan Dissanayake 5/19)
St. Benedict’s: 60/1 (10) (Viduneth Wilson 20 n.o.)
* At Pannipitiya (St. Peter’s College Bambalapitiya won by 45 runs)
St. Peter’s: 223/9 (50) (Vishen Halambage 82, Lakindu Sachin 30, Lashmika Perera 29 n.o. Nimuthu Gunawardahne 22, Sahan Lithmina 2/33, Menusha Pabasara 2/39, Sithum Chamalka 2/45)
Dharmapala: 178 (42.3) (Praveen Kumarapperuma 30, Yasith Ashen 29, Nulan Senevirathne 24, Nimuthu Gunawardhane 3/28, Vishen Halambage 3/44, Lashmika Perera 2/4)
* At Moratuwa (Dharmasoka College Ambalangoda won by 8 runs)
Dharmasoka: 132 (41.4) (Kaveen Mandil 40, Senitha Halambage 25, B. Fernando 4/16, K. Koshath 2/17, Shemika Fernando 2/13)
Moratu Vidyalaya: 124 (46.2) (Isuru Fernando 50, PPethum Malinka 5/21, Jithira Sansika 3/26)
* At Moratuwa (Mahanama College Colombo won by 7 wickets)
Prince of Wales: 165 (44.5) (Tharindu Amarasinghe 58, Sumalka Fernando 43, Inuka Karannagoda 3/32, Rashmika Perera 2/2)
Mahanama: 168/3 (29.1) (Banula Algawatte 58, Kavindu Amameth 52, Viranga Yeshan 28, Koojana Perera 16 n.o., Prince Fernando 3/48)
* At Uyanwatta (Isipathana College Colombo won by 83 runs)
Isipathana: 236/6 (50) (Tharusha Nethsara 66, Yesith Kalupahan 56, Kevin Samuel 35 n.o., Tharushka Ashel 32, Yuneth Senevirathne 23, Damindu Sankalpa 3/76, Viran Chamuditha 2/29)
St. Servatius: 153 (45) (Vishwa Supun 25, Viran Chamuditha 23, Denuwan Pramod 20, Tharushka Ashel 4/27, S. Kabileshwaran 2/14, Sithuka Gunawardhane 2/29). (YK)