U-19 Cricket Tourney Kaveesha steers Sri Devananda MV to victory

By M. Shamil Amit

A matchbag of eight wickets by Kaveesha Kalpana helped Sri Devananda MV, Ambalangoda record a six-wicket win over Revatha MMV, Balapitiya in their Under-19 Inter-Schools Cricket Tournament encounter which concluded at Balapitiya yesterday.

Meanwhile, Lyceum, Wattala overcame Bandaranayake MV, Gampaha by four wickets in another match played at Gampaha.

Results:

At Balapitiya (Sri Devananda MV won by six wickets)

Revatha MMV: 138 and (51/6 overnight) 110 (Chathura Jayasekera 53, Kaveesha 
Kalpana 5/11)
Sri Devananda MV: 87 and 167/4 (Sheron Hinidumage 72, Irusha Akash 47 n.o).
At Gampaha (Lyceum, Wattala won by four wickets)
Bandaranayake MV, Gampaha: 163 and (23/0 overnight) 204 (Sithija Silva 85, Hasitha Pathirage 43, Pasindu Fernando 4/51, Duleepa Geethanjana 4/59)
Lyceum: 227 and 141/6 (Jerome Fernando 40 n.o, Sithija 
Silva 4/53).
At Chilaw (Kingswood won by eight wickets)
St. Mary’s: 80 and 183 in 61.2 overs (Charuka Tharindu 62, Navodya Weerasekara 5/62, )
Kingswood: 201 and 63/2 in 13.3 overs (Dumindu Bandara 31 n.o, Dinidiya Polkotuwa 20 n.o, Tharuka Tharindu 2/24).
At Katuneriya (1st innings win for St. Anthony’s, Wattala) 
St. Anthony’s: 159 and (27/1 overnight) 301/8 (Dinuk Vishal 140, Kaveesha Dulanjana 45) 
St. Sebastian’s, Katuneriya: 76. 
At Matara (1st innings for Rahula MV, Matara) 
Rahula MV: 166 and 95 (Sanju Madumal 5/54)
St. John’s, Panadura (74/8 overnight): 90 (Manuja Dulneth 5/24, Sulakshana Sri Ashan 4/21) and 149/5 (Amila Perera 66).
At Pelwatte (1st innings win for Royal, Monaragala)
St. Thomas’, Bandarawela: 212 and 144/5 (Mohamed Mafaz 70)
Royal: 217 (Chathura Dhanushka 66, Avishka Lakshan 56, Chathura Dilshan 42, Gayantha Silva 4/59).
At Homagama (1st innings win for Mahinda Rajapaksa NS, Homagama)
Mahinda Rajapaksa NC: 268 and 206/5 declared (Sangeeth Shihara 90) 
Sri Pangnananda MV, Raddoluwa (136/2 overnight): 187 (Raveesha Bandara 89, Sathmin Sithsara 4/24, Madushan Salgado 4/51) and 158/8. 
At Ratnapura (1st innings win for Prince College, Ratnapura)
Prince College: 138 and 108 (Kushan Premaratne 61, Hashen Lalindra 8/47)
Loyola College, Negombo (39/4 overnight): 134 (Stefan Fernandopulle 49, Induwara Jayasinghe 5/65) and 79/7 (Induwara Jayasinghe 5/50).
At Horana (Match drawn)
Royal, Horana: 173 and 112/8 (Subodha Lakshan 63 n.o, Jayuka Kandanaarachchi 5/22)
President’s College, Maharagama (232/4 overnight) 549/8 declared (Chathuranga Ekanayake 141, Hasitha Amarasinghe 69, Sandeepa Kumarasinghe 60, Supun Deshanth 51, Tharindu Lakshan 43, Jayuka Kandanaarachchi 54 n.o, Avindu Tilekeratne 50 n.o).