Joes record easy win

By M. Shamil Amit

An unbeaten half ton by Kevin Jayasundara enabled St Joseph’s College to coast to a comfortable eight wicket win over Dharnapala MV Panniptiya in their Under 15 inter-school limited overs tournament match at Darley Road. Kevin’s knock helped St Joseph’s chasing 160 runs for victory to race to the target in the 25th over.

Royal College along with P de S. Kularatne MV Ambalangoda, Dharmasoka MV Ambalangoda and St Joseph Vaz Wennappuwa came out on top in the other matches that were played.

Results:

At Darley Road - St Joseph’s win
Dharmapala 159 for 9 in 50 overs (Mihela Weeratunga 37, Imeth Karunaratne 24, Vunuja Pasandul 20: Michel Peiris 3/23, Dulitha Tillekeratne 3/32, Alvin Bastianpillai 2/0)
St Joseph’s 160 for 2 in 25 overs (Aritha Fernando 28, Sithum Sithara 26, Kevin Jayasundara 71 n.o)
At Reid Avenue - Royal win
Royal 215 in 47.2 overs (Abhiru Amarasekera 43, Nimsara de Silva 42, Rasindu Randira 24, Ravindu Ranatunga 23, Thalaal Kamil 21: Methika Savisara 4/50)
Gurukula 162 in 48 overs (Iran Hiruksha 30, Nethmira Mimarsha 17, Methika Savisara 21 n.o)
At Ambalangopda - P de S win on DLS
St Servatius Matara 115 for 9 in 39.1 overs (Lithusha Heshan 51 n.o.: Sandaru Sithra 4/21)
P de S. Kulartane 111 for 0 in 10.3 overs (Himasha Daham 76 n.o., Didula Denuwan 23 n.o.)
At Balapitiya - Dharmasoka win on DLS
St Aloysius Galle 138 for 7 in 47.3 overs (Abdullah Amjad 26, Senuka Phillip 21, Thenuka Udan 21, Mohamed Faham 26 n.o., Maazin Raheem 21 n.o)
Dharmasoka 87 for 4 in 30.2 overs (Movindu Tunal 38 n.o.)
At Thurstan - St Joseph Vaz win 
St Joseph Vaz 289 in 49.4 overs (Tharushka de Silva 91, Anupa Perera 28, Yasith Fernando 20: Vibitha Vindya 3/30, Paduma Pahadula 2/48)
Thurstan 169 in 42.1 overs (Yugan Ratnayake 73, Yasith Fernando 3/31)