Sixteen year old all-rounder Ashan Dilhara of St. John’s College Panadura scored a chanceless huricane 153 runs and guided his alma mater to beat their arch rivals Royal College Panadura by a massive 181 runs in their inter-school annual 19th limited overs cricket match played at Panadura Esplanade. Old Johnian Upali Suraweera was the chief guest.
Ashan who buts left hand and opens the bowling attach with right arm fast medium pace hit seventeen fours and six sixes and faced 147 balls. Also he was associated in a record second wicket partnership of 154 runs with his captain Rukishan Dissanayake who contributed 69 runs. He was adjudged as the Best Batsman and the Man of the Match.
He commenced his cricket career at the age of ten years and played for under 13 cricket team and he captained in his final year. Also he played for the under 15 team and led in the second year. Last year he was the vice captain of the under 17 team and this year he leads the under 17 team.
He played for the 2016/17 and 2017/18 cricket seasons for the first eleven team and notched up 602 runs this season and also he played in two Big Matches and in two one dayers. Last year he represented the Old Cambrians Cricket team Moratuwa in the division two.
Chief Scores
St. John’s – 306/6 in 50 overs (Ashan Dilhara 153, Rukshan Dissanayake 69 Jayashanka Perera 26, Yuwan Viduranga 3/257.
Royal College Panadura – 125 in 29.4 overs – (Nipun Alwis 16, Dulanka Kavindu 16, Yuwan Viduranga 16, Dilshan Prasanna 3/25, Tharindu Niwarthana 2/19).
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