Sri Lanka youth cap Lasith Croospulle of Maris Stella College Negombo scored unbeaten 205 against St. Xavier’s College Marawila in their Singer Cup Under 19 inter-schools cricket match played at Kadirana yesterday.
Croospulle scored an unbeaten 205 of 155 balls with 27 fours and 2 sixes carrying his season’s aggregate to 1235 runs in 14 matches (21 innings) with a double century, 3 centuries and 8 half centuries.
Malindu Madhuranga of Mahanama College scored his fifth century of the season - an unbeaten 120 off 121 balls with 13 fours and 2 sixes against St. Servatius College Matara at Sooriyawewa.
RESULTS
l At Kadirana: Maris Stella won by 447 runs.
Maris Stella: 336/4 decl. and 331/4 decl.(162/1 o/n) in 49 overs (Lasith Croospulle 205 n.o., Mark Fernando 66, Ravindu Fernando 31, Dulaj Ashen 2/75)
St. Xavier’s: 75 and 145 in 42 overs (Dulaj Ashen 80, Akash Nadeeshan 17, Pasindu Ushetti 6/71, Shenath Fernando 2/33, Pasindu Kolombage 2/32)
l At Sooriyawewa: Match drawn.
Mahanama: 153 and 204/9 in 61 overs (Malindu Madhuranga 120 n.o., Shashika Dulshan 3/46, Pasindu Manupriya 2/50, Isuru Udayanga 2/51)
St. Servatius: 129 (55/6 o/n) in 65.2 overs (Muditha Hashan 53, Pasindu Manuppriya 29, V S K Mudalige 2/12, Nelika Hettiarachchi 2/18, Wathsala Perera 2/24)
l At Mahinda ground Galle: Match drawn.
Mahinda: 352/9 decl. (320/6 o/n) in 112 overs (Reshan Kavinda 88, Ravindu Hansika 50, Vinura Hiranjith 50, K. K. Kevin 45, Nipun Malinga 39, Pramith Hansika 31, Kavindu Ediriweera 27, Chamindu Samarasingha 4/39, Mahima Weerakoon 2/121) and 253/4 in 45 overs (Ashen Kandambi 59, Vinura Hiranjith 53 n.o., Kavindu Ediriweera 53, Nipun Malinga 50, Mahima Weerakoon 2/67, Kanishka Jayasundara 2/69)
Dharmapala: 99 in 32.3 overs (Mahima Weerakoon 44, Pramith Hansika 3/16, Kavindu Ediriweera 2/09, K. K. Kevin 2/22, Nipun Malinga 2/26)
DAY ONE SCORES
l At Kurunegala: Dharmaraja: 170/5 at close in 54.2 overs (Deshan Gunasinghe 49, Udantha Amarakoon 38, Gihan Vitharana 24, Damitha Silva 2/13, Sachintha Illangakoon 2/15) vs Maliyadeva
l At Peradeniya Campus: Kingswood: 143 in 60.5 overs (Avishka Chandrasiri 22, Ganindu Kaushalya 22, Movin Subasinghe 4/51, Sakuntha Liyanage 3/15, Ryan Reid 2/17)
Wesley: 28/0 at close in 7 overs. - YK