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Parsons, Abeyratne Breathe Life Into Final Day's Play Tuesday 18th January, 2011 First Youth Test Under-19 School Cricket Sohan reduces Parsons, Abeyratne breathe Royal to 114 BY REEMUS FERNANDO Paceman Sohan Kariyawasam picked up six wick- ets for Mahinda College to restrict Royal College to 114 runs on the first day of the Inter-School Under-19 life into final day’s play match that started at Mahinda College Grounds, Galle REEMUS FERNANDO Jayasuriya was in good form and when he was caught at silly point. yesterday. reporting from Galle scored 42 runs inclusive of eight Earlier England last two wickets In reply Mahinda were 105 for five wickets at close. fours. He was aggressive against added 30 runs to the overnight total Scores: Four wickets from off-spinner pace earlier and hit paceman Adam for them to post 532 runs. Shehan Royal 114 all out in 42.1 overs (Milan Abeysekara Jack Parsons and a defiant sixth Ball for three fours in one over. He Jayasuriya had Adam Ball caught 32, Sampath de Silva 14, Imran Khan 15; Dilan wicket stand of 140 between was out caught at point when he by Sanitha de Mel for 65 runs. The Buddhika 2/36, Sohan Kariyawasam 6/42) Duleeka Thissakuttige and Lasith tried to cut Parsons. number eight batsman batted for Mahinda 105 for 5 at stumps in 36 overs (Hashan Abeyratne, who cracked 97 runs in Then a 52 run partnership fol- 178 minutes and added a vital 34, 30 Kumuditha 25, Udara Jayasanka 36, Indeera Gallage 86 balls breathed life into the fourth lowed between captain Bhanuka and 44 run partnerships for the sev- 16; Devind Pathmanathan 2/28) day’s play of the first Youth Test Rajapaksha and Yasodha Lanka who enth, eighth and ninth wickets between Sri Lanka Under-19 and scored his second half-century of respectively before becoming a vic- Maliydeva 172/3, Revata 276 England Under-19 which ended in a the match to close the first innings tim to the part time bowler. Sri Nimna Karunaratne top scored with 65 runs for draw at Galle International Stadium deficit. Sri Lanka had 56 runs lead Lanka vice-captain Sanitha d Mel Maliyadeva College to post 172 for three wickets at yesterday. when Parsons sprang into action. picked up the last wicket of close in reply to Revata College’s 276 runs on the first Commencing the second innings Parson trapped Lanka lbw for57 England first innings bowling Jack day of their Under-19 encounter which started at with a deficit of 117 runs, Sri Lanka runs when he tried to sweep the off Parsons out for 12 runs. De Mel’s Balapitiya yesterday. ran into trouble when spinner spin. Left-hander Kaushalya four wicket haul cost him 103 runs. Scores: Parsons picked up two quick wick- Lasith Abeyratne Gajasinghe after surviving a caught Sri Lanka gave away 39 extras in the Revata 276 all out in 52.2 overs (A.R.M. Insaf 65, ets after tea to place the hosts at a behind chance in the first ball he first innings against England’s six A.B. Madusanka 49, K.N.S. de Silva 46; Thineth precarious position. Sri Lanka sixes and was out caught by Shiv faced was out in the same over runs. Manishka 2/20, Rasanjana Jayaratne 2/32, Nimna Under-19 had just taken a slender Thakor off the bowling of Ateeq Karunaratne 2/53, Hashan Gunathilaka 2/39) lead of 56 runs with seven wickets Javid when he was trying to clear SCOREBOARD Maliyadeva 172 for 3 at stumps in 38 overs (Nimna in hand when Parsons picked up the ropes to reach three figures. Karunaratne 65, Sandun Silva 51n.o, Leo Francisco 15, two wickets to expose the middle Together the batsmen from rival Sri Lanka U-19 1st Innings 415 Sri Lanka U-19 2nd Innings Dilshan Dharmasiri 13; S.M. de Silva 2/49 order which wilted against their schools took Sri Lanka to safety England U-19 1st Innings (502/8 overnight) S. Jayasuriya ct Drummond b Parsons 42 pacemen earlier in the first innings. with their 140 run partnership and Sam Wood ct de Silva b de Mel 25 Dananjaya de Silva ct Thakor b Parsons 13 Ramesh impresses for Moratu Vidyalaya But middle order batsmen by the time the dust settled on the Daniel Bell-Drummond bowled de Mel 35 Bhanuka Rajapaksha bowled A. Ball 31 All-rounder Sanka Ramesh impressed with a six Duleeka Thissakuttige and Lasith first Youth Test the middle order Ben Foakes bowled Liyanapathiranage 46 Yasodha Lanka lbw b Parsons 57 wicket haul and an unbeaten 76 runs for Moratu Abeyratne, who failed in the first which flopped in the first innings Lewis Gregory ct Rajapaksha b Rajaguru 62 Duleeka Thissakuttige not out 70 Vidyalya to post 141 for six wickets at close in reply to innings batted with confidence had sprung into life. Thissakuttige Ateeq Javid st Abeyratne b Rajaguru 47 K. Gajasinghe ct Foakes b Parsons 02 St. Sebastian’s College 212 runs on the first day of against spinners bowling to a remained unbeaten on 70 runs Adam Rossington bowled de Mel 113 Lasith Abeyratne ct Thakor b Javid 97 their Under-19 encounter which started at Moratu crowded close in field to take Sri which came in 138 balls (6x4s). Shiv Thakor lbw b Rajaguru 47 Chathuranga Kumara not out 00 Vidyalaya Ground yesterday. Lanka to safety. Despite an attack- Sri Lanka Under-19 lost their Adam Ball ct de Mel b Jayasuriya 65 Extras: (2b, 4lb, 6n) 12 Scores: ing field waiting to gulp close-to-bat first three wickets before they could Tom Milnes lbw b Rajapaksha 13 Total (for six wickets) 324 St. Sebastian’s 212 all out in 45.4 overs (Oshada catches, neither Thissakuttige nor close the first innings deficit of 117 Gurman Randhawa not out 28 Fall of wickets: 1-52, 2-57, 3-109,4-173, 5- Fernando 32, Deshan Dias 68, Anuk de Alwis 61; Abeyratne gave in to the pressure. runs. England opted for spin in the Jack Parsons bowled de Mel 12 175, 6-315 Sanka Ramesh 6/56, Wishwa Fonseka 2/53) Instead, Abeyratne staged a counter eighth over and off-spinner Jack Extras (20b, 10lb, 16n, 3w) 39 Bowling: T. Milnes 4-1-22-0(1n), A. Ball 8-2- Moratu Vidyalaya 141 for 6 at stumps in 47 overs attack finding the gaps with safe Parsons got them results picking up Total (all out ) 532 29-1(2n), L. Gregory 7-2-23-0, J. Parson 26-0- (Sanka Ramesh 76 n.o, Janitha Nimesh 26n.o; shots to reach 50 runs in 42 balls the wickets of the openers in suc- Over: 162.5 (648 minutes) 93-4(1n), G. Randhawa 19-1-56-0(1n), A. Javid Wishawa Fernando 2/51) with nine fours. Mahanama College cessive overs (his 5th and 6th). He Fall of wickets: 1-66, 2-73, 3-171, 4-213, 5- 9-0-49-1, S. Thakor 3-0-16-0, S. Wood 5-0-30- batsman Thissakuttige who was had Dananjaya de Silva who scored 292, 6-397, 7-431, 8-461, 9-505 0(1n). Sachith picks up five wickets playing the anchor role was given a 84 runs in the first innings caught Bowling: C. Kumara 20-3-77-0(1w,3n), S. de Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena, Ranmore Spinner Sachith Dias picked up five wickets for life when English fielders fumbled at cover point by Daniel Bell- Mel 29.5-3-103-4(2w, 3n), B. Rajapaksha 19-5- Martinesz Thurstan College to restrict St. Benedict’s College to an easy catch when he was on 47. Drummond for 13 runs. The openers 69-1, M. Liyanapathiranage 45-15-80-1(9n), S. Match Referee: Basil Perera 232 runs on the first day of their encounter which D.S. Senanayake College bats- put on 52 runs for the first wicket Rajaguru 29-4-110-3, K. Gajasinghe 14-2-38-0 Reserve Umpire: Gamini Dissanayake started at Reid Avenue yesterday. The spinner has man Abeyratne made an aggressive with left-hander Shehan Jayasuriya (1n), S. Jayasuriya 5-2-25-1, D. de Silva 1-1-0- Scorers: Jagath Premachandra, Kevin Jansz, picked up over 50 wickets this season. 97 which included 13 fours and two scoring the bulk of runs. 0. Fazal Mohamed Thurstan were 83 for three wickets at close. Scores: St. Benedict’s 232 all out in 70.5 overs (Jason Perera 44, Roy Sheran 85, Arjuna Perera 43; Sachith Dias 5/88, Prabodha Arthavidu 2/34) Openers guide Thurstan 83 for 3 at stumps in 24 overs (Supun Navaratne 51) Ruhuna to victory Spinners impress for Wesley and Royal Spinners Ruchira Tharindra and Sachin BY ROSHEN STEELMAN Chamara Silva (40) and Jayawardena picked up six wicket hauls for Royal Veteran Sanath Jayasuriya Jeevan Mendis (38) put the fin- College, Panadura and Wesley College respectively in scored another half-century ishing touches to take Ruhuna their Under-19 match which started at Panadura yes- and picked up two wickets for through. Ruhuna as they recoded a 69 Basnahira lost wickets at terday. Royal Panadura were 154 for seven wickets at run win over Basnahira in regular intervals but Angelo close in reply to Wesley’s 137 runs. the seventh match of the Mathews, who bowled only Scores: Inter-Provincial Limited over four overs fought hard with 56 Wesley 137 all out in 56.2 overs (Ashain Fonseka Tournament played at SSC, runs. He was well supported 35, Raninda Sooriyakumara 31, Lahiru Perera 24; yesterday.
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