Kaushika cracks 168 as St Antonians make 409/7

By M. Shamil Amit

Kaushila Kumarasinghe cracked 168 in 124 balls that included 12 boundaries and eight sixes and was supported by a half ton from Sanuka Kalpana which helped St Anthony’s College Katugastota taking first lease of the wicket to make  a formidable score of 409 for 7 declared against St Peter’s College in their Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter at Katunayake yesterday.

Half tons by Kumesh Nuwanjana, Abdul Majid and Sethuja Mandinu saw St Thomas’ College Matara post a score of 344 for 9 declared against Sri Dharmaloka MV Kelaniya.

Results:

At Katunayake

St Anthony’s Katugastota 409 for 7 declared (Kaushika Kumarasinghe 168, Sanuka Kalpana 64, Sisal Hemaka 45, Kavindu Navanjana 36, Sadew Amarakoon 32, Praveen Gamage 30: Joshua Sebastian 3/48)

St Peter’s 19 for 0

At Matara

St Thomas’ Matara 344 for 9 declared (Kumesh Nuwanjana 92, Abdul Majid 64, Sethuja Mandinu 57, Abdul Rasheed 36, Manuga Guruge 26: Sathindu Praboda 4/114, Koshitha Adithya 2/39)

Sri Dharmaloka 55 for 1 (Kaveen Deneth 39 n.o.)

At Pannipitiya

Dharmapala MV 237 (Sithika Katugampola 35, Yomal Daniel 32, Bisara Anjana 27, Sanuga Dulmika 25, Nisalitha Sandiv 21, Dinura Nethvidu 21, Ramiru Mandeepa 19, Anuhas Mihiran 17: Chenul Jayawickrama 4/68)

Vidyartha 123 for 5 (Yashmitha Dissanayake 41, Shevan Moses 38)

At Kandy

St Sylvester’s 188 (Prabagaran Ishan 47, Vidusara Ganegoda 41, Chandupa Waduge 25, Ishika Pramod 32 n.o.: Dimath Abeysinghe 4/62)

Maliyadeva 137 for 1 (Thiwanka Perera 91 n.o., Rajith Navodya 34 n.o.)