Praveen shines, Lumbini MV record fifth outright win

By: M. Shamil Amit

Feb. 27 (Daily Mirror) - Right arm spinner Praveen Maneesha shone for Lumbini MV in their massive outright win by an innings and 304 runs over President’s College Kotte in the Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter concluded at Colts grounds.

Maneesha bagged five scalps in President’s College's second innings to bundle them out for 126 runs and ended with a match bag of seven wickets as Lumbini MV coasted to their fifth outright win.. The off-spinner with his seven wicket match bag has so far taken 55 wickets in eight matches.

An allround performance by Inuka Karannagoda helped Mahanama College Colombo to record an innings and two runs win over Maris Stella Negombo while Gurukula MV Kelaniya and St. Anthony’s Wattala too recorded outright wins against St. Servatius Matara and St. Anne’s Kurunegala in the matches which ended at Matara and Wattala.

Results:

• At Colts – Lumbini MV won by innings and 304 runs

President’s College Kotte 84 (Daham Usindu 23: Shahan Kaushalya 5/20, Praveen Maneesha 2/36) and 126 (Isara Kanchana 46, Daham Usindu 31: Praveen Maneesha 5/52, Ushan Sathsara 2/23, Sahan Kaushalya 2/29)

Lumbini MV 514 for 9 declared (Sahan Kaushalya 206, Ashan Shanilka 76, Bimsara Weerasinghe 57, Pasindu Mahisha 42, Praveen Maneesha 31, Dumindu Sewmina 30, Ishath Dilshan 22: Sithum Oshanda 4/123, Malindu Ratnayake 2/47, Chanul Jayawardena 2/83)

• At SLLDC – Mahanama won by innings and two runs

Maris Stella Negombo 137 (Levin Fernando 32, Hasidu Perera 25, Ramith Bandara 24: Chamika Heenitigala 4/28, Inuka Karannagoda 2/25) and 108 (Ramith Bandara 34, Nilesh Perera 26 n.o.: Inuka Karannagoda 5/38, Rashmika Perera 3/29)

Mahanama Colombo 247 (Inuka Karannagoda 79, Dulnith Sigera 65, Eshan Withanage 30, Rashmika Perera 27, Koojana Perera 22: Yohan Aloka 4/40, Nilesh Perera 3/53)

• At Matara – Gurukula MV won by innings and 114 runs

St. Servatius 132 (Risinu Kithmuka 52, Chamarindu Nethsara 33: Thathsara Eshan 5/23, Poorna Kalhara 3/27) and 111 (Viran Chamuditha 29, Raveen Kavintha 23: Poorna Kalhara 5/55, Thathsara Eshan 4/40)

Gurukula MV Kelaniya 357 for 9 declared (Denura Dimansith 80, Mohamed Mursad 62, Thathsara Eshan 61, Poorna Kalhara 33, Daham Vimukthi 26, Janith Mihiranga 48 n.o.: Viran Chamuditha 6/113, Samiru Gimhan 2/77)

• At Wattala – St. Anthony’s won by 30 runs

St. Anthony’s Wattala 70 (Sanuja Dissanayake 6/19, Kevin Nanayakkara 2/20) and 219 (Ravindu Jayasanka 56, Amitha Sandeepa 33, Chamod Sandeepa 27, Madura Bashitha 26 n.o.: Kevin Nanayakkara 5/1, Shehan Kumara 3/47, Yashmin Jayasundara 2/44)

St. Anne’s Kurunegala 78 (Buddhima Nandasiri 28: Amitha Sandeepa 3 for 4, Kavndu Senadi 3/10, Madura Bashitha 2/19) and 181 (Chamith Sasenjana 70, Kushan Subasinghe 23: Amitha Sandeepa 7/84)