Annites in stunning win over Devans
Chinthana Wasala in Kurunegala
St. Anne’s College Kurunegala won their 17th annual limited over
cricket encounter against Maliyadeva College by 11 runs on the parabola
system at the Welagedera Stadium, Kurunegala yesterday.
The 17th encounter was expected to be a good one for the Devans when
considering the strength of their team which included three Sri Lanka
under-19 caps, Wimanga Perera, Dasun Madumal and Gayan Maneeshan, but it
turned out to be a disaster in the evening at the Welagedera Stadium
yesterday.
Annites were in trouble losing eight of their wickets for 108 but J.
Wijesinghe (29) and A. Fernando (20 n.o.) played courageous innings to
get them to a decent total.
Annites scored 153 for nine wickets in the match which was restricted
to 49 overs due to heavy rain on Saturday.
N. N. Alwis did most of the damage for the Annites in the first half
of the match, taking four for 26.
At one stage it looked like a very low score to compete against the
mighty Devans but the Annites skipper Shanaka Shanida and N. Ratnayake
turned the game in their favour.
Shaninda ended up with 3 for 25 and Ratnayake, 3 for 37 wrecking the
Maliyadeva innings.
Annites `completely took control of the game before the last pair
came into bat for the Devans.
Devans skipper Dasun Madumal played a captain’s innings to take his
team to a comfortable position but got out at 32 when he was caught by
Piyasiri off the bowling of Wijesinghe.
He was the only Devan batsman to make an impressive score as all the
others failed to cope with the Annites bowling attack.
At last with only 98 on the Devans scoreboard, the game was stopped
due to the invasion of the ground by spectators and bad light which saw
the Annites winning by 11 runs on the Parabola system.
ST ANNES COLLEGE
M. PIYASIRI run out 26
C.D. SILVA c wk b. Perera 12
C.D. KUMARASINGHE c Ranawaka b. Edirisinghe 07
S.S.SILVA c Ranawaka b. Madumal 8
D.O. GUNASEKERA lbw Madumal 15
L. LANKESHWARA c Chamikara b Madumal 12
N.RATNAYAKE c wk b Madumal 0
A. FERNANDO not out 20
A. ARAMPOLA run out 10
J. WIJESINGHE not out 29
EXTRAS w.11 nb 1
TOTAL (for 9 wkts in 49 overs) 153
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-29, 2-54, 3-54, 4-75, 5-88, 6-88, 7-93, 8-108, 9-153.
BOWLING: W. Perera 10-1-21-1, W.D. 0Dhanushka 10-0-32-0, K. Aumarasinghe 1-0-9-0, C. Edirisinghe 10-3-21-1, N.N. Alwis 10-3-26-4.
MALIYADEVA COLLEGE
A.S. BANDARA c. Wimanga b Wijesinghe 05
W. KUMARA run out 00
G. MANEESHAN c. Kumarasinghe b Ratnayake 2
W. PERERA c. Kumarasinghe b Ratnayake 9
D. MADUMAL c. Piyasiri b Wijesinghe 32
S.S. RANAWAKA c. S.S. Silva b. Wijesinghe 13
N.N. ALWIS c. Kumarasinghe b. Ratnayake 2
R. MAHAWATTE c Gunasekera b. Gunasekera 8
D. DHANUSHKA run out 5
C. EDIRISINGHE not out 6
K. AMARASINGHE not out 1
EXTRAS: 15
TOTAL (for 9 wkts in 31.2 overs) 98
FALL OF WICKEST: 1-7, 2-12, 3-33, 4-59, 5-63, 6-79, 7-80, 8-85, 9-96.
BOWLING: L. Lankeshwara 7-1-21-0, N. Ratnayake 10-0-37-3, Wijesinghe 10-0-67-0, S.S. Silva 9-0-25-3, Gunasekera 4.2-0-8-0. |
