Richmond Are Worthy Champions, Trinity Miss The Double – 101 run first innings win for the Southern School

SLSCA Under 19 Schools Division 01 Tier A Two Day Championship 2023 / 2024 – Maitland Place ( SSC ), Colombo – Final – concluded after 03 days

Trinity, Kandy put into bat, 203 all out – ( 89.5 Overs ) Dimantha Mahavithana 54, Supun Waduge 40, Viduka Dhammage 31, Tharana Wimaladharma 19, Dinusha Peiris 18, Extras 12 – Dimantha Mahavithana / Viduka Dhammage 71 run opening stand, Dimantha Mahavithana / Dinusha Peiris 34 runs for the 02nd wicket – lost the first 05 wickets for the addition of 79 runs, the last05 wickets fell for the addition of 38 runs – Sharon Abhishek 4 / 71, Sihath Ramanayake 3 / 38 & 02 catches, Kaveesha Induwara 2 / 46, Chehan Subasinghe 03 victims & 01 run out assist & 254 / 9 dec – ( 99.2 Overs ) Supun Waduge 96, Tharana Wimaladharma 57, Manula Kularatne 23, Dinusha Peiris 20, Viduka Dhammage 15, Janishka Warnakula 14 – Supun Waduge / Manula Kularatne 52 runs for the 05th wicket, Supun Waduge / Tharana Wimaladharma 68 runs for the 07th wicket – Yuri Kottigoda 2 / 31, Kaveesha Induwara 2 / 49, Sihath Ramanayake 2 / 66, Sharon Abhishek 2 / 68, Chehan Subasinghe 03 victims, Malsha Tharupathi 02 catches.

Richmond, Galle in reply, 304 all out – ( 89.1 Overs ) Nikil Jayaweera 139 ( 1×6, 13×4, 235 balls ) – career best – Shehan De Zoysa 50, Seneth Sisan 39, Chehan Subasinghe 31, Extras 20 – Chehan Subasinghe / Nikil Jayaweera 60 run opening stand, Nikil Jayaweera / Seneth Sisan 75 runs for the 04th wicket, Nikil Jayaweera / Shehan De Zoysa 114 runs for the 05th wicket – the last 06 wickets fell for the addition of 22 runs – Tharana Wimaladharma 4 / 82, Supun Waduge 2 / 16, Dinusha Peiris 02 victims & 02 run out assists, Vathila Udara 02 catches & 36 / 1 – ( 11.2 Overs ) Chehan Subasinghe 17no, Thamindu Pradeeptha 15 – 36 run opening stand.

Runners Up : Trinity, Kandy
Captain : Manula Kularatne
Vice Captain : Dinusha Peiris
Head Coach : Nuwan Ekanayake
Assistant Coach : Lakshitha Alahakoon
Master in Charge : Brian Senaratne
Director of Sports : Gihan Samarasekera
Principal : Rev. Fr. Araliya Jayasundara

Champions : Richmond, Galle
Captain : Malsha Tharupathi
Vice Captain : Sharon Abhishek
Head Coach : Lakmal De Silva
Assistant Coach : Lahiru Maduwantha Sidath Priyankara
Master in Charge : Nuwan Jayasinghe
Prefect of Games : Nishantha Daluwatta
Principal : P S Pushpakumara

St. Peter’s beat Lumbini on the first innings by 122 runs, Both teams ( neighbours ) promoted to Div One – Tier A

SLSCA Under 19 Schools Division 01 Tier B Two Day Championship 2023 / 2024 – Wijerama Mawatha ( MCA ), Colombo – Final – concluded after 02 days

St. Peter’s, Colombo electing to bat, 291 all out – ( 87.5 Overs ) Asadisa de Silva 46, Oween Salgado 41, Chamindu Perera 35, Lashmika Perera 34, Dilana Damsara 33, Skipper Vishen Halambage 32, Shennan Rodrigo 29, Nathan David 16no, Extras 12 – Oween Salgado / Dilana Damsara 36 run opening stand, Oween Salgado / Vishen Halambage 46 runs for the 02nd wicket, Oween Salgado / Asadisa De Silva 54 runs for the 03rd wicket, Asadisa De Silva / Shennan Rodrigo 42 runs for the 05th wicket, Lashmika Perera / Chamindu Perera 57 runs for the 07th wicket – lost the last 04 wickets for the addition of 32 runs – 05 batters dismissed bowled – Skipper Sahan Kaushalya 3 / 60, Praveen Maneesha 3 / 72, Ushan Sathsara 2 / 55 & 59 / 3 – ( 16 Overs ) Dilana Damsara 20no, Shennan Rodrigo 13, Oween Salgado 12, Praveen Maneesha 2 / 26.

Lumbini, Colombo in reply, 169 all out – ( 41.4 Overs ) Nabeel Rajudeen 44, Ashan Shanika 36, Dinitha De Silva 15, Praveen Maneesha 15, Gimhana Wijayapura 14, Gihan Lakshitha 10, Extras 19 – Nabeel Rajudeen / Ashan Shanika 69 runs for the 02nd wicket, Ashan Shanika / Dinitha De Silva 34 runs for the 03rd wicket – lost the last 08 wickets for the addition of 66 runs – Shennan Rodrigo 6 / 55, Skipper Vishen Halambage 2 / 38, Rusanda Gamage 02 catches & 000 / 00 – ( 00.0 Overs ) Dinitha De Silva 67, Nabeel Rajudeen 53, Dumindu Sewmina 26, Skipper Sahan Kaushalya 22, Gimhana Wijayapura 00, Ashan Shanika 14 – Nabeel Rajudeen / Sahan Kaushalya 38 runs for the 02nd wicket, Nabeel Rajudeen / Dumindu Sewmina 54 runs for the 03rd wicket – then lost 05 wickets for the addition of 60 runs – Dinitha De Silva / Gimhana Wijayapura 48 runs for the 08th wicket – Janith Kaushan 3 / 47, Chamindu Perera 2 / 39, Shennan Rodrigo 2 / 94, Nathan David 02 victims, Ishira Ayupala 02 catches.

Runners Up : Lumbini, Colombo
Captain : Sahan Kaushalya
Vice Captain : Nabeel Rajudeen
Head Coach : Dinesh Weerasinghe
Assistant Coach : Lalanga Rajapaksha
Master in Charge : Panduka Silva
Prefect of Games : D M Rajaratne
Principal : Sarath Gunathilaka

Champions : St. Peter’s, Colombo
Captain : Vishen Halambage
Vice Captain : Rusandu Gamage
Head Coach : Mohan Liyanage
Assistant Coach : Thushara Madushanka
Master in Charge : Sunanda Fernando
Sports Co-ordinator : Rev. Fr. Milan Bernard
Rector : Rev. Fr. Rohitha Rodrigo

Report assisted by slsca.batsman.com/result
Photos courtesy Reshwan Perera