Inter-school under 19 cricket:

Thomians in six-wicket win over Cambrians

Dilwin MENDIS, Moratuwa Sports Corr

S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia beat Prince of Wales College by six wickets in their inter-school under 19 cricket match worked off at Mount Lavinia. Cambrians commenced their second essay on day two and were all out for 157 runs with some resistance coming off the bat of the skipper Tarindu Dilshan who made 39 runs. Thilaksha Sumanasiri had a good spell of bowling taking 4 for 21 giving him a match bag of 8 for 39. Set to make 63 runs for the victory Thomians notched up the required runs for the loss of four wickets with Javed Bongso unbeaten on 37 while Hashan Fernando claimed 3 for 38.

Prince of Wales - 117 and 157 (Kusal Mendis 25, Ashen Mendis 22, Tarindu Dilshan 39, Sachith Pushpakumara 30, Thilaksha Sumanasiri 4/21, Dinush Peiris 2/26, R. Mathangaweera 2/25.

S. Thomas’ - 212 and 63/4 (Javed Bongso 37 n/o, Hashan Fernando 3/38).

Easy for Kegalu Vidyalaya

S M Jiffrey Abdeen, Kandy Sports Corr

Kegalu Vidyalaya coasted to their fifth outright win for the season when they defeated Sri Piyaratane Maha Vidyalaya, Padukka by six wickets in their schools under 19 cricket tournament match concluded at the Army grounds, Ambepussa.

Kegalu Vidyalaya who were set a victory target of 48 with over two sessions of play remaining almost made a mess of it before winning but they lost four wickets in the process.

Sri Piyaratane MV 82 all in 28.2 overs (Madawa Wishwa 31, Tharaka Somatillake 3 for 20, Bimshendra Ranaweera 5 for 21) and 164 all out in 39.2 over (Manuwan Liyanage 33, T Bandara 22, S Sampath 32, T Keerthi 28, Chinthana Bandara 2 for 34, Tharaka Somatillake 2 for 42, Samadhi Dassanayake 2 for 9, Bimshendra Ranaweera 3 for 40).

Kegalu Vidyalaya 202 all out in 39.4 over (Thusitha Prematillake 47, Tharaka Somatillake 63, Shan Chathuranga 35, Samadhi Dassanayake 15 not out, Yasintha Randuna 3 for 52, Manuwan Liyanage 2 for 46, R. Abeyratne 2 for 27, Lakmal Jayaratne 3 for 30) and 48 for 4 (Wimantha Ratnayake 22, Kanishka Wijesuriya 2 for 11).

Thrilling draw at Giriulla

S.M. Jiffrey Abdeen, Kandy Sports Corr

Despite a hat-trick by off spinner A.A.V. Kavinda for Taxila Vidyalaya, Horana they were held to a cliff hanger draw by Wayamba Royal College, Kurunegala in their inter-school cricket match concluded at Giriulla.

Taxila Maha Vidyalaya who gained a first innings lead of 98, made 129 all out in the second innings leaving Wayamba Royal College the task of scoring 228 to win 30 overs.

Wayamba Royal College were cruising well with the score at 124 for 2 in 15 overs when off spinner Kavinda Struck with a hat-trick sending three front line batsmen to the pavilion and the score slumped to 124 for 5.

He took a little time for Wayamba Royal to overcome this sudden shock and they still 11 runs away from the target with two wickets in hand when time ran out for them.

Taxila Maha Vidyalaya 245 all out in 23.5 overs (D. Sampath 51, A.L. Kannangara 71, N.T. Perera 28, T. Kavindu 28, Neomal Panditha 2 for 50, Yasith Herath 5 for 43) and 129 all out in 42.4 overs (D. Sampath 60, C. Uran 32, Tilina Sampath 3 for 18, Ravindu Tennakoon 3 for 9).

Wayamba Royal College 147 all out in 36.5 overs (Yasodh Kavinda 31, Hasanka Lahiru 28, Akila Withanage 30, N.T. Perera 3 for 5, S. Kumara 4 for 37) and 217 for 8 in 30 overs (Neomal Panditha 39, Yasodh Kavinda 40, Tharenda Ekanayake 30, Amila Withanage 30 not out, A.A.V. Kavinda 4 for 31).