Promising St. Anthony’s College batsman Harsha Weerasooriya made an unbeaten 208 against Sangamitta MV Gampaha in their first round fixture of the Gampaha District Inter School Academy Under 15 cricket tournament conduct by RB Cricket Foundation recently.
Weerasooriya scored his unbeaten 208 in just 80 balls with 33 boundaries and two sixes as he and Shanel Thimana (99) put on a 325 runs stand for first wicket.
St. Anthony’s College Wattala in the process scored 401 runs for one wicket in just 31 overs.
Some 24 schools and academy teams in the Gampaha district participated in this tournament.
At Wattala
St. Anthony’s College: 401/1 dec (31) (Harsha Weerasooriya 208 n.o. Shanel Thimana 99, Thishan de Silva 53 n.o.)
Sangamitta MV, Gampaha: 52 (29.2) (Chamod Sandeepa 5/20 Thishan Abishek 3/7)
At Kirindiwela
SN Cricket Academy: 204 (47.2) (Kavishan Nadeesha 98, Chemitha Ridmal 34, Yasith Ishina 6/74)
St. Joseph’s College Wattala 115 (31.2) (Nemitha Dewkith 46, Anjana Anushka 28, Saviru Nimnal 3/19, Kavishan Nadeesha 2/04, Thimira Mikashana 2/15, Savin Induwara 2/35)
At Yakkala
York International Cricket Academy: 97 (42.1) (Matheesha Costa 40, Ahinsa 6/20, Yesith Ekanayake 3/20) and 5/1 (4)
Serendib Cricket Academy: 90 (35.4) (Ahinsa Nainayake 24, Vidura Wettasinghe 4/24)
At Kirindiwela
Mathews Cricket Academy Wattala: 70 (25) (Sandun Prabash 36 n.o., Deneth Nirmal 5/23, Vidura Wettasinghe 2/12) and 3/0 (1.5)
York International School, Sapugaskanda: 229/5 dec (33) (Manoj Bandara 54, Dilan Jayaweera 50 n.o., Vidura Wettasinghe 46, Prabash Nirwan 25 n.o., Udara Sewwanda 3/42)-(YK)