The U-19 Division “I” Inter-Schools Limited Overs Cricket Tournament is underway around the country. The tournament is played in two tiers, similar to last year’s tournament. Last year’s defending champions St. Joseph’s College beat Royal College at the Royal College Grounds by three wickets. St. Anthony’s College, Kandy caused an upset against S. Thomas’ by beating the boys from Ratmalana by five wickets.
Below are brief scores of the games which took place yesterday (21):
Lumbini College vs. Zahira College
Lumbini College, Colombo 274/8 (50) Nabeel Rajudeen 112, Deneth Anjana 62, Dhanitha Sandesh 22; Raeed Rizwan 3/44, Lakshan De Silva 2/60, Venkat Rajendran 2/61
Zahira College, Colombo 249 (46.3) Raeed Rizwan 101, Mohamed Yasir 38, Venkat Rajendran 33; Pasindu Mahisha 2/23, Malith Kavindu 2/41, Dumindu Sewmina 2/48
LUMBINI COLLEGE, COLOMBO WON BY 25 RUNS
Thurstan College, Colombo vs. St. Aloysius’ College, Galle
Thurstan College, Colombo 198/8 (47) Thenuka Devapriya 68, Ushan Imesha 59, Azeem Mohomed 20; Kalana Pathum 4/35, Bashana De Silva 2/26
St. Aloysius’ College, Galle 164 (43.1) Kavidu Amarasinghe 30, Charya Paranawithana 29, Vidura Lakshan 22, Hasitha Suranga 20; Kavinda Prabath 3/24, Thanuga Palihawadana 2/22
THURSTAN COLLEGE, COLOMBO WON BY 30 RUNS (PARABOLA METHOD)
St. Anthony’s College, Wattala vs. Devapathiraja College, Rathgama
St. Anthony’s College, Wattala 219 (49.4) Amitha Sandeepa 53, Pathum Vihaga 22, Vihanga Rashmitha 21; Chaminda Sandaruwan 4/21, Irushka Thimira 2/28
Devapathiraja College, Rathgama 190 (45.2) Matheesha Saranga 43, Pawan Sandesh 40, Darshaka Sandeep 28, Jeewaka Shaheen 28; Pathum Vihaga 6/33, Shan Aniketh 3/31
ST. ANTHONY’S COLLEGE, WATTALA WON BY 29 RUNS
Mahinda College, Galle vs. Dharmaraja College, Kandy
Mahinda College, Galle 175/8 (42) Chandupa De Silva 68, Hiruna Mandila 35; Nisala Abeyrathne 3/38, Pulindu Perera 3/36)
Dharmaraja College, Kandy 106/9 (42) Onajith De Silva 16; Kaveen Rukshan 2/06, Ranmina Hettiarachchi 2/14, Tharusha Dilshan 2/22
MAHINDA COLLEGE, GALLE WON BY 69 RUNS
Wesley College, Colombo vs. Gurukula College, Kelaniya
Wesley College, Colombo 362 (49.3) Sanithu Amarasinghe 111, Chamath Gomez 86, Uvin Perera 47, Linal Subasinghe 27, Anuga Pahansara 23; Hiruna Nimsara 3/46, Janitha Shehan 2/63
Gurukula College, Kelaniya 182 (46.2) Nethan Dishen 43, Wageesha Amantha 26, Denura Demansith 21; Shakesh Minon 4/23, Chamath Gomez 3/22, Nilupul Liyanage 2/39
WESLEY COLLEGE, COLOMBO WON BY 180 RUNS
St. John’s College, Jaffna vs. Piliyandala Central College, Piliyandala
St. John’s College, Jaffna 173 (48.4) Anton Abishek 76, Kamalapalan Sabesan 27; Dilash Sachinda 3/22, Thinith Salinga 2/30
Piliyandala Central College, Piliyandala 174/7 (46.3) Sethika Dilmith 52, Dilash Sachinda 29; Jeyachandran Ashinath 3/44, Kugathas Mathulan 2/35
PILIYANDALA CENTRAL COLLEGE, PILIYANDALA WON BY 3 WICKETS
- Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia vs. St. Anthony’s College, Kandy
- Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia 122 (46.4) Akash Fernando 46, Romesh Mendis 21; Lahiru Abeysinghe 3/27, Thisara Ekanayake 2/20, Traveen Mathew 2/33 St. Anthony’s College, Kandy 125/5 (34) Thisara Ekanayake 38; Dineth Goonewardene 2/20 ST. ANTHONY’S COLLEGE, KANDY WON BY 5 WICKETS