U-19 Cricket Tourney Rahul slams unbeaten 161

By M. Shamil Amit

An unbeaten 161 by Rahul Gunasekera and a four-wicket haul by Thenuka Perera helped Wesley College to end day one in a commanding position in their Under-19 Inter-Schools Cricket Tournament encounter against Kingswood College which began at Campbell Park yesterday.

Wesley taking first lease of the wicket made a formidable 351 for eight declared in their first innings and Kingswood in reply ended the day at 65 for seven. 

Scores
At Campbell Park 
Wesley: 351/8 declared (Sahil Dias 64, Sidath Dharmasiriwardena 47, Rahul Gunasekera 161 n.o, Thilshan Senanayake 50 n.o, Champika Abeyratne 2/44, Dumindu Bandara 2/62, Amesh Rupasinghe 2/84)
Kingswood: 65/7 (Hansitha Polkotuwa 26, Thenuka Perera 4/16, Denuwan Mendis 2/13).
At Kurunegala 
St. Anne’s, Kurunegala: 148 (Kavindu Ranasinghe 43, Lasith Warnakulasuriya 34, Muiz Rafeel 20, Krishantha Piyatileke 26 n.o, Bihanga Mendis 2/28, Kalana Sandeep 2/54)
St. Sebastian’s, Moratuwa: 100/8. 
At Pelwatte 
St. Thomas’, Bandarawela: 309 (Leshan Diluksha 103, Randula Roshan 56, Pasan Hirushika 25, Uthpala Lankathilaka 20, Yasiru Ruwantha 40 n.o, Savith Basnayake 4/70)
St. Thomas’, Bandarawela: 18/0.
At Gankanda 
Gankanda Central: 255 (Shehan Maduranga 44, Pasindu Rashmika 41, Kushan Minthaka 39, Induwara Jayasinghe 37, Sathmina Bandara 30, Isuru Sampath 3/17, Janith Lakshan 3/30, Rusiru Tharaka 2/55)
Prince College, Ratnapura: 127 (Ravindu Ratnasiri 30, Udaya Hansidu 40 n.o, Induwara Wijesinghe 6/37, Pasindu Ganganath 2/47).