Thread: Inter-School Under-19 Limited Overs tournament

Defending  champions Nalanda stun Royal
by Reemus Fernando


A rejuvenated Nalanda College performed a major upset yesterday as they edged out Royal College, one of the favorites to the title, in the Inter- School Under-19 Limited Overs Knockout Tournament pre-quarter-final match played at Bloomfield Ground.

Nalanda beat Royal by six wickets to keep alive their dream of defending the Limited Overs Tournament title they won last year. After restricting them to a paltry 123 runs, the Nalandians chased the target for the loss of four wickets with as many as 20 overs to spare.

Nalanda who had enjoyed fluctuating fortunes during the two day tournament were the clear underdogs as they faced the formidable Royalists with a strong batting lineup. But after paceman Vimukthi Perera and leg-spinner Nipun Karunanayake shared five wickets between them to restrict Royal College to 123 runs they didn’t lose the grip on the game.

Bhanuka Rajapakse, who was selected for the Sri Lanka Under-19 team recently to tour Bangladesh and Kithruwan Withanage were the only batsmen to top 30 runs.

Chasing the target, Prashan Wickramasinghe and Chandimanthu Rodrigo chipped in with 32 and 27 runs respectively while Adeesha Nanayakkara and Dinuk Jayasinghe hit unbeaten 25 and 22 respectively.

Now Nalanda will meet Maliyadewa in the quarter-finals which will be played at CCC Ground on Saturday.

Royal 123 all out (28.3) Sahan Hettiarachchi 23, Bhanuka Rajapakse 32, Kithruwan Withanage 44; Vimukthi Perera 2/24, Nipun Karunanayake 3/06.

Nalanda 124 for four (29.3) Prashan Wickramasinghe 32, Chandimanthu Rodrigo 27, Adeesha Nanayakkara 25 n.o, Dinuk Jayasinghe 22 n.o; Yasith Abeykoon 2/32, Bhanuka Rajapakse 2/28.

http://www.island.lk/2009/03/27/sports11.html

nalanda vs maliyadeva game will be interesting.nalanda bowling is brilliant and devans have two super stars vimanga and maneeshan who both scored 1000 runs this season.

Unfortunate for Royal I thought they would advance furtherninto the tournament

Shivanga guides Joes victory

Middle order batsman Shiwanga Ranasuriya hit a fighting half century to spearhead St. Peter’s College to a 45 run victory over the giant killers Dharmasoka College Ambalangoda in their Munchee inter school under 19 knock out limited overs cricket tournament quarter final match worked off at the CCC grounds in Maitland Crescent yesterday.

Ranasuriya hit a top score 67 with the help of one six and seven boundaries to help his team reach a healthy 177 runs in 48.1 overs.

Skipper Angelo Perera then snapped up four wickets for 27 as Dharmasoka College were skittled out for just 132 runs from 39.1 overs.

St. Peter’s: 177 in 48.1 overs (S. Ranasuriya 67, I. Peiris 21, A. Fernando 22, A. Berenger 19, L. Ashen 2 for19, K. Niranjana 2 for 36, I. Udayanga 2 for 30)

Dharmasoka: 132 in 39.1 overs (L. Ashen 52, I. Udayanga 33, A. Perera 4 for 27, S. Fernando 3 for 21)

Navin 4/20

Off spinner Navin Kavikara captured four wickets for 20 to lead D. S. Senanayake College to a convincing 86 run victory over Zahira College in their Munchee inter school under 19 knockout limited overs cricket tournament pre quarter final match worked off at Wijerama Mawatha yesterday.

D. S. Senanayake: 170 in 49.4 overs (T. Udugamavithana 33, C. Kariyawasam 25, L. Jayampathy 23, N. Kavikara 17, M. Gunasinghe 27 n.o, D. Mohamed 2 for 18, I. Ghouze 2 for 27)

Zahira: 84 in 35.3 overs (M. Irshad 25, N. Kavikara 4 for 20)

Easy for Thomians

Michael van Hoff returned excellent figures of five wickets for 19 to give St. Thomas’ College Kotte a rousing eight wicket victory over St. Patrick’s College Jaffna in their Munchee inter school under 19 division three limited overs cricket tournament semi final match worked off at Baddegana yesterday.

St. Patricks College: 107 in 36 overs (V. Navadeepan 26, A. Manoj 24, A. Kamasgaran 18, M. van Hoff 5 for 19, G. Benedict 2 for 38, R. Allan 2 for 20)

St. Thomas’: 111 for 3 in 29 overs (M. Perera 56, A. Weerasinghe 24, D. Lavateeshan 2 for 33)

Joes in to semis

St. Joseph’s College will take on Maliyadeva College Kurunegala in their Munchee inter school under 19 knock out limited overs cricket tournament semi final match. C.D.

so in semis st josephs against maliyadeva .. wow hope devans will win this too like they did against nalanda..
come on devans..

What happened to Ananda? are they in the Semis........

SJC in final

Two solid half centuries from Rosco Tatil (51) and skipper Shameera Weerasinghe (63) and a four wicket haul from Chaturanga Kumara helped St. Joseph's College beat Maliyadeva College Kurunegala by 73 runs in their Munchee inter school under 19 knock out limited over cricket tournament semifinal match worked off at the CCC grounds in Maitland Crescent yesterday.

St. Joseph's: 222 in 49.1 overs (R. Tatil 51, S. Weerasinghe 63, J. Jayasinghe 21, C. Kumara 26, W. Perera 5 for 38, W. Danushka 2 for 40, D. Madumal 2 for 58)

Maliyadeva: 149 in 38.2 overs (V. Kumara 23, N. Karunaratne 27, C. Kumara 4 for 37, S. Jayatilleke 3 for 30).

Easy for Peterites
St. Peter's College set up a final showdown with their traditional rivals St. Joseph's College while outplaying D. S. Senanayake College by 95 runs in the Munchee inter school under 19 knock out limited overs cricket tournament second semi-final match worked off at the CCC grounds in Maitland Place yesterday.

The Peterites recovered from a poor start to amass a formidable 280 for 7 with Akshu Fernando, skipper Angelo Perera and Vinod Perera making significant contributions. The trio then continued their dominance with the ball by sharing eight wickets between them as D. S. Senanayake were dismissed for 185 runs in reply.

St. Peter's: 280 for 7 in 50 overs (A. Fernando 70 n.o, A. Perera 48, V. Perera 69, C. Jayampathy 4 for 44)

D.S. Senanayake: 185 in 40 overs (C. Jayampathy 49, T. Anuruddha 44, A. Fernando 3 for 53, A. Perera 3 for 24, V. Perera 2 for 28) C.D.

http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/04/04/spo27.asp

good final can be seen between traditional 2 schools..I think peters slightly ahead joes..