U-15 Cricket Tourney Wellalage spins Joes to victory

By M. Shamil Amit

Spinner Dunith Wellalage returned impressive figures of six for eight runs as St. Joseph’s College crushed Piliyandala Central by 10 wickets in their Under-17 Inter-Schools Cricket Tournament encounter played at Darley Road yesterday. 

Wellalage’s six wickets helped the Joes to bundle out their opponents for a paltry 36 runs and the winners cruised to their target in just six overs.

Meanwhile, Carey College coasted to a six-wicket win over Lyceum, Wattala in another match played at the Railway Grounds in Mount Mary.

At Darley Road (St. Joseph’s won by 10 wickets)

Piliyandala Central: 36 in 27.1 overs (Dunith Wellalage 6/8, Yesith Rupasinghe 2/4, Dineth Anthony 2/9)

St. Joseph’s: 41/0 in 6 overs (Dinal Anuradha 23 n.o).

At Mount Mary (Carey won by six wickets)

Lyceum, Wattala: 126 in 42.5 overs (Pasindu Kaushal 28, Mithush Lakshan 20, Aveesha Weeraratne 4/37, Vihanga Dimantha 2/12, Suhail Noor 2/23)

Carey: 127/4 in 22 overs (Mohamed Nabeel 46, Viranga Yeshan 26 n.o, Chathumal de Silva 3/33)