Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Damesh hogs limelight, St. Anne’s win

Under 19 Cricket

Damesh Mathishan hogged the limelight with a knock of 144 (139-ball) runs as his innings and a half century by Nethan Fernando (71) helped Isipatana post 325 for eight wickets declared (65.2 overs) against St. Joseph Vaz’s Wennappuwa (134/3) in the Under 19 Division I Tier B match at Colts ground on Wednesday.

‎In the matches concluded on Wednesday,

‎St. Anne’s College Kurunegala (411/7) enjoyed the result most as they registered an innings and 97 runs win over St. Anthony’s Wattala (171 and 143). Manuja Wijerathna bagged six wickets in the Tier ‘B’ encounter at Kurunegala.

‎‎A five-wicket haul by Bihanga Silva was the highlight as Sri Sumangala, Panadura (245 & 17/2) forced Wesley (132 & 222/6dl.) to follow on in another Tier B match at Bandaragama. Wesley were better in the second innings but Sri Sumangala had first innings points in their bag.

‎‎Nethuja Basitha (5/59) and Minaga Ariyadasa shared nine wickets between them for Richmond (283 & 150/3) to record a first innings win over St. Anthony’s Katugastota (216) in the Tier ‘A’ match at Ambepussa. Ariyadasa then followed up his four wicket haul with a half century.

‎‎In a Tier ‘A’ match which started on Wednesday, Venura Kaveethra led the way with a four wicket haul for Mahanama to bowl out S. Thomas’ for 203 runs at Mount Lavinia. Mahanama were 69 for one wicket at stumps. (RF)



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