Dulsath, Vinod shine as St. Aloysius’ record first outright victory

Under 19 Division I Cricket

by Reemus Fernando

Dulsath Nimviru with a match bag of eight wickets and Vinod Danushka with a top score of 65 runs excelled for St. Aloysius’ College Galle as they beat Isipathana by six wickets in the Under 19 Division I Tier ‘B’ tournament match at Karandeniya on Friday.

Nimviru picked up five wickets to restrict Isipatana to 146 runs in the second innings.

That left St. Aloysius’ with a target of 71 runs to chase. They sealed the victory in 19 overs.

In a bowler dominated match Vinod Danushka’s 65 runs in the first innings was the only half century.

The victory was St. Aloysius’ first outright win in four tournament matches.

Scores

Isipatana 84 all out in 32.4 overs (Ranmith Senarath 30; Dulsath Nimviru 3/22, Emalsha Pabasara 3/37, Kavindu Kesara 3/17) and 14 for 2 overnight 146 all out in 51.5 overs (Navindu Hettiarachchige 37, Chanul Dinoth 21, Maleesha Sandaruwan 41, Menula Sadev 20; Dulsath Nimviru 5/46, Kavindu Kesara 3/39, Oshada Devinda 2/32)

St. Aloysius’ 160 all out in 50.5 overs (Vinod Danushka 65, Tharuka Perera 36, Charya Paranavithana 29, Navidu Pramod 22; Dasith Senal 5/41, Thithira Sansira 3/09) and 71 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Deneth Dewminda 24; Menula Sadev 3/22)

Division I Tier ‘A’

Mahanama on first innings win at Mattegoda

Scores

St. Anthony’s Katugastota 208 all out in 66 overs (Kaushika Kumarasinghe 28, Anjana Dineth 22, Nedan Ebert 30, Januka Rathnayake 25, Charuka Ekanayake 65; Anuka Wijewardhane 3/78, Sithum Vihanga 3/26, Gimantha Dissanayake 2/30) and 51 for 7 in 19 overs (Januka Rathnayake 24n.o.; Chamika Heenatigala 3/13, Geeth Sandaruwan 3/14)

Mahanama 25 for 2 overnight 210 all out in 81.3 overs (Dulneth Algawatte 19, Gimantha Dissanayake 29, Sithum Vihanga 69, Oshadha Mathugama 37, Thaviru Perera 29; Charuka Ekanayake 5/65, Imeth Rajapaksha 2/59)

Richmond restricted to 159 at Katunayake

Scores

Richmond 159 all out in 77.4 overs (Nikil Jayaweera 26, Shehan de Zoysa 56; Nushan Perera 4/64, Demion de Silva 6/58)

St. Joseph’s 44 for 2 in 20 overs (Kithmin de Silva 26n.o.)

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