U-19 Cricket Tourney Buddima shines on day one

By M. Shamil Amit

A top knock of 121 by Buddima Wijesundara for Wesley College was the highlight on the opening day of the Under-19 Inter-Schools Cricket Tournament encounter against St. Sebastian’s College played at Moratuwa yesterday. 

Wesley taking first lease of the wicket ended the day at 249 for five in their first innings. 

Results:

At Moratuwa 
Wesley: 249/5 (Buddima Wijesundara 121, Sahil Dias 25, Anudith Wickramasinghe 60 n.o, Nadeera Fernando 2/53) vs St Sebastian’s.
At Panagoda 
St. Benedict’s: 184 (Shehan Fernando 38, Thenuka Nandalal 45 n.o, Sasindu Gunaratne 4/51, Amitha Dabare 3/4, Maneedra Jayatileke 2/22)
D. S. Senanayake: 98/6 (Muditha Lakshan 54 n.o, Onila Pathirana 3/28, Malinda Perera 2/2).
At Gampola 
St. Sylvester’s: 98 (Punthila Samantha 5/32, Dhananjaya Silva 2/11, Navindu Fernando 2/25)
Thurstan: 16/2.
At Mirigama 
D. S. Senanayake Central, Mirigama 71 (Hasun Senadeera 40, Kavindu Maduranga 4/28, Nadun Kalhara 2/15)
Nalanda Boys’ School, Minuwangoda: 235/4 (Dasun Achira 39, Thaksuka Indeepa 34, Pasindu Sandaruwan 26, Salindu Malmina 93 n.o, Sachiru Hansala 21 n.o).