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Yasith’s 14 scalps help Wattala Joes to victory

08 Oct 2025 - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}}      

By M. Shamil Amit 

St Joseph’s College Wattala left arm spinner Yasith Sasmitha following his seven wicket haul in the first innings made a repeat by bagging another seven wickets in the second innings to end with an impressive match bag of 14 for 55 to help his side to record an outright win by five wickets over Sri Pangnananda MMV 

Results:
At Wattala - St Joseph’s win
Sri Pangnananda 122 (Shehan Gimhana 36, Pushpitha Buwaneka 28, Pishone Mark 16: Yasith Sasmitha 7/17, Heshan Perera 2/10) and 129 (Akshan Chanuja 15, Pushpitha Nuwaneka 16: Yasith Sasmitrha 7/38, Adithya Thalis 2/16)

St Joseph’s Wattala 138 (Hasindu Widuranga 42, Steve Romold 31, Heshan Perera 26: Tharuka Dunuwara 3/14, Yasindu Omasha 2/15, Nipun Kaushalya 2/26, Pushpitha Buwaneka 2/29) and 116 for 5 (Hasindu Viduranga 43, Heshan Perera 39: Tharuka Dunuwara 3/40)

At Jaffna - Skandavarodaya College Jaffna 69 in 27.1 overs (Sasikaran Jimsan 15: Gananakaran Laksigan 4/8, Sutharsan Subaman 3/33) and 36 for 2 (Raja Kanistan 18 n.o.)

Hindu College Jaffna 242 (Thineshreman Preemikan 89, Nesaroopan Nerujan 30, Ravindran Aathidiyan 29, Thineshreman Preethikan 24: Navatheepan Dayabushan 4/39, Sasikumar Tharmilan 4/61)

At Horana
Loyola College Kochchikade 66 (Hirusha Rameth 29, Dulran Dharmapala 19: Shehan Kumara 6/14, Muditha Navanjana 3/5) Sri Palee MV Horana 7 for 0

At Ibbagamuwa - Dhammissara NS Nattandiya 88 (Jenura Kanishka 20, Chirath Devthura 16: Eranga Vandara 4/32, Sandaru Dissanayake 3/15, Kaveesha Madushan 2/7)
Ibbagamuwa Central 26 for 4 (Chirath Devthura 2/15)