Right arm off spinner Murfin Abhinash captured eight wickets to guide St. John’s College Jaffna to victory by 75 runs over S. De S. Jayasinghe Central Dehiwela in their Under-19 inter-school cricket tournament match played in Jaffna yesterday.
Murfin Abhinash claimed eight wickets for 23 runs to bundle out the visitors for just 78 runs in their second innings.
Scores:
St. John’s: 125 (Elshan Denushan 29, C. P. Thanujan 27, Yoshua Deshitha 4/30, Dilshan Kavindu 3/14) and 202 (N. Soumyan 53, M. Hemadushan 36, K. Harison 34, Yosua Deshitha 3/8, Hiran Manusha 2/40, Ranga Lakshan 2/46)
S. de S. Jayasinghe Central: 170 (Dilshan Kavindu 41, Iran Manusha 49, A. Sharon 7/35) and 78 (Chamindu Hansana 26, M. Abhinash 8/23)
Antonians 270/6, Vidyartha 139
St. Anthony’s Kandy: 270/6 dec. (Thamashan Abeykoon 58, Navodya Wijekumara 58, Mohammed Kamil 51 n.o., Dayan Pankaja 34, C. Pabasara 2/21)
Vidyartha Kandy 139 (M.D. Wijethilake 52, K.W. Cahturanga 24, Nimnaka Jayathilake 5/48, Novodya Wijekumara 3/34) and 93/7 (Isuru Prabodha 32, Dilhara Tennakoon 27 n.o., Nimnaka Jayathilake 4/34)
Sri Pangnananda 217, Christ King 226/5
Sri Pangnananda: 217 (Hansa Hiranya 103, Supun Dhananjaya 20, Ishodya Yashokara 28, Nisal Malinda 3/59, Isuru Lakshan 2/12, Madushanka Fernando 2/22, Lahiru Silva 2/84)
Christ King Ja-Ela: 226/5 (Roshan de Mel 65, Nisal Malinda 41, Dananjaya Fernando 58 n.o., Ishodya Yashokara 2/21)
Sri Devananda 158, Karandeniya Central 51/2
Sri Devananda: 158 (Kavindu Rajapakse 58, Sohan de Livera 28, Milaksha Senaratne 25, Dinuka Sewmina 3/28, Samith Isuru 7/41)
Karandeniya Central: 51/2 (Samith Isuru 34 n.o.) (YK)