Careem and Ijaz pile up runs as Zahira take major honours

Under 19 Cricket  

by Reemus Fernando 

Wicketkeeper batsman Roshan Careem and skipper Mohamed Ijaz piled up runs for Zahira to post 378 for six wickets declared as they took major honours against Maris Stella in the Under 19 traditional cricket encounter which ended in a draw at Negombo on Wednesday.

In reply to Zahira’s 378 for six wickets declared, the home team managed to post 172 runs thanks to Oshadha Gimhana’s 38 runs and 20s made by Yohan Aloka, Randeera de Silva and Gaveesha Induwara.

In their second essay Zahira were 131 for four wickets at close.

In another traditional encounter which commenced on Wednesday, Mahinda were 118 for eight wickets at stumps against St. Joseph’s at Darley Road.

Scores:

Zahira

311 for 4 overnight  378 for 6 decl. in 87.2 overs (Thabith Rizficar 50, Umar Imran 37, Roshan Careem 156, Mohamed Ijaz 99; Oshadha GImhana 2/84, Hasindu Perera 2/73, Ramith Bandara 2/65) and 131 for 4 in 32 overs (Thabith Rizficar 31, Umar Imran 37, Ismath Zayan 20, Roshan Careem 27; Hasith Nayanajith 2/38) 

Maris Stella

172 all out in 57.3 overs (Oshadha Gimhana 38, Yohan Aloka 28, Randeera de Silva 25, Gaveesha Induwara 29; Abdul Azeez 2/25, Yohan Saminda 3/27, Ismath Zayan 2/54) 

Mahinda 118 for 8 at Darley Road

Scores: 

Mahinda

118 for 8 in 59 overs (Ranindu Nimsara 31, Senuka Dangamuwa 29; Demion De Silva 2/37, Lahiru Amarasekara 2/09)

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