Under 19 Cricket Oween, Enosh, Jason, Dilana crack half tons

By M. Shamil Amit

Half tons by Oween Salgado, Enosh Peterson, Jason Fernando and Dilana Damsara for St. Peter’s against St. Benedict’s were the highlights of the first day’s play in the Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter played at Kotahena.

St. Peter’s taking first lease of the wicket made a formidable 378 runs while St. Benedict’s in reply were 20 for one having faced 5.2 overs when play was called off due to bad light.

Trinity helped by a half ton by Vathila Udara made 264 runs against St. Joseph’s who ended day one on five for two at Darley Road.

A knock of 80 by Dulnith Sigera saw Mahanama, Colombo end day one with a score of 218 for seven against Thurstan when bad light forced the umpires to call off the match. The matches will be continued today.

Chief scores

At Kotahena:

St. Peter’s 378 (Oween Salgado 74, Enosh Peterson 65, Jason Fernando 64, Dilana Damsara 54, Thareen Sanketh 34, Lashmika Perera 28, Mevan Dissanayake 5/57)

St. Benedict’s 20/1

At Darley Road:

Trinity 264 (Vathila Udara 51, Mahendra Abeysinghe 43, Oshana Lokuge 39, Dimantha Mahavithana 38, Yenula Dewthusa 4/66)

St. Joseph’s 5/2 

At Thurstan:

Mahanama, Colombo 218/7 (Dulnith Sigera 80, Eshan Withanage 27, Binupa Thathmira 3/30) vs Thurstan.