Under-19 Division I Cricket

January 13, 2016, 9:22 am 

By Reemus Fernando – The Island

Left-arm spinner Harin Cooray bagged 12 wickets to lead St. Joseph’s to a ten wicket victory over Wesley in their Under-19 traditional cricket encounter at Darley Road on Tuesday. After Joes declared on their overnight score, Cooray came up with a seven wicket haul to restrict Wesley to 198 runs. The openers kept their wickets in tack to reach a target of 11 runs in 1.4 overs. It was the fifth outright victory for Joes this season. Incidentally, Wesley are playing in Division II this season.

Scores: Wesley 106 all out in 29.5 overs (Helitha Bambarenda 45, Harin Cooray 5/29, Ruchira Ekanayake 3/18, Malshan Rodrigo 2/30) and 198 all out in 71.5 overs (Andrew Parais 88, Zenith Wickramanayeka 41, Yomesh Ranasinghe 26; Harin Cooray 7/45, Malshan Rodrigo 2/58)

St. Joseph’s 294 for 8 o/n decl. (Kevin Corteling 33, Revan Kelly 35, Thashan Perera 77, Shevon Fonseka 41, Malshan Rodrigo 21, Charuka Ulladupitiya 27; Andrew Parais 4/85, Yomesh Ranasinghe 2/113) and 11 for no loss in 1.4 overs

Petes home for Lunch

Taneesha Weerakoon and Dinal Jayakody took four wickets each in the second innings as St. Peter’s registered an innings and 46 runs victory over President’s in their match ended with two sessions to spare at Bambalapitiya on Tuesday.

 

Scores:

St. Peter’s 300 for 3 decl. in 58 overs (Lakshina Rodrigo 118n.o., Ranmith Jayasena 118n.o;)

President’s 110 all out in 23 overs (Malsha Jayawardena 20, Navod Kalansuriya 49; Ravindu Silva 3/32, Taneesha Weerakoon 3/20) and 19 for 2 o/n 144 all out in 49.4 overs (Hiruna Sigera 45, Malsha Jayawardena 45, Nethmina Kodippili 25, Navod Kalansuriya 20; Taneesha Weerakoon 4/61, Dinal Jayakody 4/47).