Under-19 Cricket St. Sebastian’s in massive win

By M. Shamil Amit

Quickfire knocks by Adesh Almeida and Meshone Ferdinando paved the way for St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa, to record a massive 204-run win over Lumbini MV in their Under 19 inter-school limited overs cricket tournament encounter played at Moratuwa.

The match, curtailed to 33 overs due to a late start, saw Adesh slam 122 in 75 balls that included 18 boundaries and two sixes, while Meshone cracked 83 in 42 balls, which had five boundaries and seven towering sixes, as they made a total of 307/6 in 33 overs.

Lumbini MV in their run chase was bowled out for a paltry 103 runs.

Results:

At Moratuwa - St. Sebastian’s win

St. Sebastian’s Moratuwa 307/6 in 33 overs (Adesh Almeida 122, Meshone Ferdinando 83, Malintha Silva 28, Deenipa Wickramasuriya 20; Dinal Sewmina 2/41, Ravindu Keshan 2/47, Vihanga Weerasinghe 2/64)

Lumbini MV 103 in 17 overs (Pasindu Mahisha 48 n.o.; Shenas Hashein 3/29, Malintha Silva 2/24, Adesh Almeida 2/29)

At Karandeniya - Karandeniya Central win on DLS

Karandeniya Central 218/8 in 36 overs (Kulindu Shemika 69, Lasindu Chamod 78 n.o.; Seneth Anuja 2/33, Dulneth Hansaja 2/34)

Asoka MV Colombo 124/6 in 22 overs (Dulneth Hansaja 48, Chathura Prabod 18, Chamath Thashmila 25 n.o.; Sadhusha Shanilka 6/19)

At Chilaw - St. Mary’s win on DLS

St. Thomas’ Matale 79 in 31.1 overs (Chathum Ratnayake 28; Medisha Dineth 5/15, Eshan Dineth 3/26, Samitha Dhananjaya 2/12)

St. Mary’s Chilaw 67/3 in 10.3 overs (Tishan Randinu 24, Medisha Dineth 18 n.o.; Senul Koswatta 2/17)