Under 19 Limited Overs Tournament
by Reemus Fernando
Shenon Rodrigo excelled with a five wicket haul as St. Peter’s continued their unbeaten run in the Under 19 Division I Tier ‘B’ Limited Overs tournament on Tuesday.
St. Peter’s, St. Joseph Vaz’s and Moratu Vidyalaya registered victories in the Tier ‘B’ tournament yesterday, while Maliyadeva pulled off a stunning nine runs win over D.S. Senanayake in the Tier ‘A’ match played in Colombo.
In the Tier ‘A’ match, DSS were comfortably placed at 118 for three wickets at one stage in pursuit of a target of 175 runs. Gaviru Senhas gave them a robust start scoring the first 22 of his 75 runs in boundaries in the first over. But quick wickets by Themiya Bandara and Charuka Herath helped Maliyadeva rattle the last seven wickets for 47 runs.
At Bambalapitiya, Shenon Rodrigo picked up five wickets to restrict Dharmasoka to 179 runs. In their essay, the Petes third wicket pair of Rusanda Gamage and Nimuthu Gunawardana put on an unbroken 101 runs stand to seal the victory with many overs to spare.
While a top knock of 92 runs by Isuru Nidarshana was the highlight for Moratu Vidyalaya in their match against Dharmapala, an unbeaten 30 runs by Janith Shehan stood in good stead for St. Joseph Vaz’s as it helped them beat Ananda.
Results
Tier ‘A’
Maliyadeva beat DSS by nine runs in Colombo
Scores:
Maliyadeva
174 all out in 48.3 overs (Pasindu Menaka 75, Gayana Weerasinghe 33; Senura Silva 3/19, Akidha Weerasuriya 3/20)
DSS
165 all out in 33.2 overs (Gaviru Senhas 74, Dilash Kumaranayake 22; Keshan Karunarathna 2/18, Charuka Herath 4/37, Themiya Bandara 3/22)
Tier ‘B’
Moratu Vidyalaya beat Dharmapala by 134 runs at Pannipitiya
Scores:
Moratu MV
229 for 6 in 47 overs (Thushan Nimantha 20, Isuru Nidarshana 92, Sukitha Dewthilina 60, Malith Randika 33; Kavindu Chanuka 2/22, Chithum Chirathma 3/39)
Dharmapala
95 all out in 33.3 overs (Nulan Seneviratna 18; Malith Fernando 3/18, Isuru Nidarshana 2/17)
St. Joseph Vaz’s beat Ananda by three wickets at Kadirana
Scores:
Ananda
160 for 8 in 50 overs (Iruth Gimshan 31, Sachin Jayasinghe 23, Pulindu Kiriella 34; Tharindu Eshan 3/23, Menusha Perera 3/17)
St. Joseph Vaz’s
161 for 7 in 47.3 overs (Menusha Perera 24, Hansa Mihiranga 30,Janith Shehan 30n.o.; Pulindu Kiriella 2/23, Isuru Ayesh 2/24)
St. Peter’s beat Dharmasoka by eight wickets at Bambalapitiya
Scores:
Dharmasoka
179 for 9 in 50 overs (Senitha Halambage 63; Shenon Rodrigo 5/25, Lashmika Perera 2/20)
St. Peter’s
183 for 2 in 36.4 overs (Oween Salgado 48, Rusanda Gamage 63n.o., Nimuthu Gunawardana 61n.o.)