St Aloysius Ratnapura win by six wickets

Priyan De Silva-Matara Daily News Sports corr

Theraputta National School playing their maiden under 19 cricket match in Group one of the Division III tournament conducted by the Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association were unfortunate to loose to St Aloysius College Ratnapura by six wickets. The match was played on the Seevali MV grounds in Ratnapura recently.

St Aloysius invited Theraputta to bat first. H P Kasun Caldera scored his maiden half century in under 19 cricket by making 51 which included ten hits to the ropes. Dinesh Madushan scored 37. L de Silva claimed four wickets for 41.

Dilip Chandana (4/35), Suresh Kodituwakku (3/50) and Pramod Madushan (2/29) restricted the St Aloysius first innings to 156/10 in 37 overs. A G Kapuge scored 68 which had 5 boundaries and 3 sixes.

In their second innings Theraputta faired badly with L de Silva claiming 4/25 and S Sanjaya claiming 4/27. They were bowled out for 77 runs of which Kasun Caldera scored 35.

Set a target of 96 to win St Aloysius cruised home with six wickets in hand. Yasoda Eranjith (35) and M M Kiriella (23) did most of the scoring. Suresh Kodituwakku continued his good bowling form by claiming 3/35.

Theraputta NS 1st innings 174 in 49 overs (H P Kasun Caldera 51, U P Dinesh Madushan 37, A P Athri Nadeshan 13, L de Silva 4/41, S Sanjaya 2/30, Yasoda Eranjith 2/37)

St Aloysius College 1st innings 156 in 37 overs (A G Kapuge 68, M M Kiriella 17, S Jayasekera 17, S N Dilip Chandana 4/35, Suresh Kodituwakku 3/50, Pramod Madushan 2/29)

Theraputta NS 2nd innings 77 in 27 overs (H P Kasun Caldera 35, A P Athri Nadeshan 17, L de Silva 4/25, S Sanjaya 4/27)

St Aloysius College 2nd innings 96/4 (Yasoda Eranjith 35, M M Kiriella 23, Suresh Kodituwakku 3/35)