Hat-trick for Chalanaka

Priyan de Silva - Matara Sports Correspondnet

Chalanaka Weerasinghe. Picture by Priyan de Silva Matara Sports Correspondent

Right arm fast bowler Chalanaka Weerasinghe took a hat trick help St Servatius College register a 102 run win in their under 19 limited over game against Tissa Central College Kalutaraplayed at Uyanwatta. Tissa Central’s skipper DaminduThilanjan asked the hosts to bat first and did well to restrict them to 180 in 41.1 overs. St Servatius skipper Gihan Nimsara resisted the bowlers to score an unbeaten 106 off 111 balls with 15 boundaries and two sixes. Sanka Chathuranga captured three wickets for 18 runs while Ishara Silva and Dulaj Harshana captured two wickets each.

Tissa Central were 31/1 in six overs at lunch but were all out for 78 in 21.1 overs. Yohan Chanuka made the initial breakthrough capturing three wickets for ten runs fron four overs of which two were wicketr maidens. Chalanaka captured a hat trick to end with figures of 3/20. Only Milinidu Sampath and skipper Dumindu Thilanjan reached double figures.

St Servatius 180 in 41.1 overs (Gihan Nimsara 106 not out, Ramesh Nimantha 20, Sanka Chathura 3/18, Ishara Silva 2/29, Dulaj Harshana 2/34)

Tissa Central 78 in 21.1 overs (Dumindu Thiranjan 16, Milindu Sampath 16, Yohan Chanuka 3/10, Chalanaka Weerasinghe 2/20, Ramesh Nimantha 1/00)