St. Aloysius’ thump Rajans by six wickets

 By M. Shamil Amit  

 Charya Paranavithana shone with an unbeaten half century in St. Aloysius’ College Galle’s six-wicket win over Dharmaraja College in their Under-19 Inter-Schools Limited Overs Cricket Tournament match played at Karandeniya.  

 In the other matches, Gurukula MV, Kelaniya along with Rahula, Matara, Carey College and Kekirawa Central recorded wins against St. Servatius’, Matara, Dharmaloka MV, Kelaniya, Loyola College, Kochchikade and Ananda NS, Puttalam respectively.  

Results:

At Karandeniya – St. Aloysius won by six wickets

Dharmaraja Kandy 91 in 32.2 overs (Pulindu Perera 22, Kaveen Jayawardena 16: Kavindu Amarasinghe 2 for 5, Hasindu Dilmin 2 for 8, Hasitha Suranga 2 for 16, Dulsath Nimuru 2 for 22)  
St. Aloysius Galle 93 for 4 in 25.3 overs (Charya Paranavithana 51 n.o., Kavindu Amarasinghe 19 n.o.: Dulara Bandulasena 2 for 36)  

At Matara – Gurukula MV won by 42 runs

Gurukula MV Kelaniya 182 in 43.5 overs (Seneshka Nethsara 35, Sineth Devapriya 26, Thathsara Eshan 18, Poorna Kalhara 17, Didula Eshan 32 n.o.: Samiru Gimhan 3 for 48, Viran Chamuditha 2 for 19, Praveen Madusanka 2 for 39)  
St. Servatius Matara 149 in 47.3 overs (Vishwa Supun 31, Mithila Charles 30, Diniru Abeywickramasinghe 26, Raveen Kavintha 17: Hiruna Nimsra 3 for 25, Poorna Kalhara 2 for 27)  

At Matara – Rahula won by 33 runs

Rahula College Matara 218 for 8 in 50 overs (Pasindu Shehan 108, Risiru Ginuka 38, Sadew Rithmaka 16)  
Dharmaloka MV Kelaniya 185 in 47.5 overs (Kaveen Deneth 52, Wageesha Amantha 34, Themira Miksana 20, Mewan Randeegana 16: R/ Thenuka 2 for 17, Sadew Rithmika 2 for 32)  

At Sandalankawa – Carey won by 48 runs

Carey Colombo 204 in 49.5 overs (Vinuga Dinsitha 71, Kavin Kulendran 37, Thaveesha Weerakkody 19: Aloka Nimesh 2 for 30, Hirusha Ramoth 2 for 31, Savindu Nethsara 2 for 34, Kareen Nethush 2 for 36)  
Loyala College Kochchikade 186 in 42.3 overs (Kareen Nethush 38, Aloka Nimesh 26, Savindu Nethsar 20: Dinoth Gallage 3 for 30, Thaveesha Perera 2 for 31)  

At Kekirawa – Kekirawa Central won by one wicket

Ananda NS Puttalam 112 in 39.4 overs (Mithilan Fernando 47, Sivan Raj 28: Kanishka Lakshan 6 for 24, Yasith Herath 2 for 16, Pasan Adithya 2 for 17)  
Kekirawa Central 113 for 9 in 23.5 overs (Samudana Weragoda 53, Hashan Karunaratne 21: Sivan Raj 4 for 51, Akash Janitha 3 for 9)