U-19 inter-school 50-over cricket Arosha clobbers 151 as Devapathiraja hammer record 430

By M. Shamil Amit

Batting prodigy Arosha Sithumina continued his batting prowess as he slammed a swashbuckling 151 in 115 balls that had 12 boundaries and 13 towering sixes which helped Devapathiraja MMV Rathgama to coast to a massive 234 runs win over Moratu MV in their Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter played at Moratuwa yesterday.

Arosha along with his opening partner Sandaru Malshan put on a massive 216 runs which paved the way for Devapathiraja MMV taking first lease of the wicket to make a mammoth score of 430 for 8 that could be a record for the taking. Moratu MV in their run chase was bowled out for 196.

In other matches that were played S. Thomas’ College along with St. Benedict's College, Maliyadeva College, St. Anne’s College Kurunegala, St. Thomas' College Matara, Dharmapala MV Pannipitiya, Zahira College Colombo and St. John’s College Panadura came out victorious.

Results:

At Moratuwa - Devapathiraja win

Devapathiraja MMV Rathgama: 430 for 8 in 50 overs (Arosha Sithumina 151, Gimhan Rasanjana 70, Vihanga Induwara 51, Sandaru Malshan 47, Puljith Wathsuka 44: Sanjana Seneviratne 3/71, Sasindu Peiris 2/72)

Moratu MV: 196 in 42.3 overs (Sandun Suwaris 58, Sanjana Seneviratne 55: Sandaru Malshan 4/44, Arosha Sithumina 2/27)

At Thurstan - S. Thomas’ win

S. Thomas’: 156 in 46.4 overs (Reshon Solomans 55, Gimhan Mendis 31: Thanuga Palihawadana 4/30, Sanvidu Dissanayake 3/35)

Thurstan: 136 in 43.1 overs (Rachintha de Silva 22, Thisen Wickramaratne 20: Aaron de Silva 5/24, Gimhan Mendis 2/20)

At Kotahena – St. Benedict’s win

St. Sebastian’s Katuneriya: 93 in 23.4 overs (Chamath Kaveesha 31: Avesh Gajamayake 3/22, Manikya Deshapriya 3/23, Mevan Dissanayake 3/24)

St. Benedict’s: 97 for 2 in 15.4 overs (Sithum Hasaranga 31, Tehan Bitar 32 n.o.)

At Kurunegala - Maliyadeva win

Isipathana: 263 for 8 in 50 overs (Keshan de Silva 64, Sadew Dambakumbura 54, Maleesha Sandaruwan 32: Dushan Sayuranga 2/27)

Maliyadeva: 266 for 6 in 49.1 overs (Dushan Sayuranga 81, Dinath Abeysinghe 83 n.o., Sonal Ashwin 19 n.o.: Hirun Wattegedera 2/28, Maleesha Sandaruwan 2/49, Sadew Dambakumbura 2/52)

At Kurunegala – St. Anne’s win

St. Anthony’s Wattala: 46 in 18 overs (Senuja Dissanayake 7/27, Yashmith Jayasundara 2/10)

St. Anne’s Kurunegala: 47 for 0 in 9.1 overs (Dinuga Abeysekera 29 n.o.)

At Matara – St. Thomas' win

St. Thomas' Matara: 238 in 47 overs (Kumesh Nuwanjana 80, Abdul Majid 35, Firaz Ahamed 29, Vihanga Sankalana 21: Kashyapa Dissanayake 4/25)

Dharmaraja Kandy: 166 for 7 in 50 overs (Kavindu Gunaratne 30, Gacesh Poorna 59 n.o., Sumeda Kumara 15 n.o.: Kasun Kavinda 3/31, Vihanga Sankalana 2/27)

At Pannipitiya - Dharmapala win

Dharmasoka MV Ambalangoda: 182 for 8 in 50 overs (Chandupa Kavisha 51, Ruvishwaka de Silva 40, Omega Karunaratne 29 n.o.: Menusha Pabasara 3/13, Nulan Lakvindu 3/39)

Dharmapala MV Panniptiya: 183 for 9 in 46.1 overs (Nisal Adeepa 41, Menusha Pabasara 20 n.o., Vihanga Nimsara 18 n.o., Chandupa Kavisha 3/35, Omega Karunaratne 2/23, Kaveesha Sandaruwan 2/29)

At Kosgama - Zahira win

Zahira Colombo: 275 for 7 in 50 overs (Thabith Rizficar 67, Raeed Careem 124 n.o., Saveen Thiyunuwan 4/51)

Sri Devananda MV Ambalangoda: 198 for 9 in 49.2 overs (Nishitha Thejawa 58, Danindu Irosha 47: Aqeel Fazeel 3/44, Isira Udith 2/17, Deneth Dewminda 2/41)

At Panadura – St. John’s win

St. John’s Panadura: 219 for 9 in 50 overs (Tharul Laksanda 61, Chamod Mendis 36, Hirusha Salgado 69 n.o., Chenula Jayawickrama 2/30, Shevan Moses 2/41)

Vidyartha Kandy: 164 in 41.2 overs (Akalanka Dinujaya 56: Naveen Thathsara 3/35, Vidath Ravindu 2/15)