12 March 2020 12:08 am
Mahinda College Skipper Navod Paranavithana created a new Under-19 Inter-Schools batting record when he slammed a swashbuckling 409 runs in their drawn fixture against Dharmasoka MV, Ambalangoda which concluded at Galle yesterday.
Navod’s knock eclipsed the previous record of 350 runs made by Avishka Tharindu of St. Anthony’s College, Wattala last month.
The Sri Lanka Youth player also became the first schoolboy to score over 400 runs in an inter-schools cricket match.
Navod’s mammoth knock came off just 327 balls which comprised 39 boundaries and 19 sixes as Mahinda in reply to Dharmasoka MV’s 185, went on to amass 678 in 132 overs.
Results:
At Galle (Match drawn)
Dharmasoka MV: 185 and 25/4
Mahinda (222/3 overnight): 679 (Navod Paranavithana 409, Kaushitha Kodituwakku 48, Osindu Kavindya 47, Subhanu Rajapaksa 42, Sandev Induwara 38, Kaveesha Maliyawadu 31, Chanaka Jananga 3/129).
At Thurstan Grounds (Match drawn)
D. S. Senanayake (345/7 overnight): 405/8 declsred (Chamath Yatawara 80, Amila Dabare 41, Muditha Lakshan 203 n.o, Vihas Thewmika 5/142)
Thurstan: 401 (Ranesh Silva 124, Bawantha Jayasinghe 99, Jayavihan Mahavithana 59, Lakmal Sandun 36 n.o, Maneendra Jayatileke 3/55, Muditha Lakshan 3/109).
At Hambantota (Match drawn)
Devapthiraja MMV, Rathgama: 183 and 135 (Pawan Sandesh 55, Sasanka Nirmal 35, Sheron Hinidumage 3/39, Sumudu Pramod 3/45)
Sri Devananda MV, Ambalangoda (99/7 overnight): 144 (Sheron Hinidumage 31, Kaveesha Kalpana 31 n.o, Sudeera Weeraratne 4/54, Pawan Sandesh 3/21) and 84/9 (Irushka Thimira 5/29, Sudeera Weeraratne 4/30).
At Horana (Match drawn)
Kegalu Vidyalaya: 230 and 200/4 declared (Sandaru Shehan 50, Pasindu Basnayake 102 n.o)
Taxila Central, Horana (126/6 overnight): 234/9 declared (Sasanka Adeepa 38, Malith Kaushalya 33, Thisara Sachinthana 52 n.o, Samith Bandara 5/63) and 49/3.