S. Thomas’ got themselves prepared with a fine batting practice and to gain confidence in preparation for their Battle of the Blues encounter against Royal this week when they clobbered a massive score of 438 for 9 against St Sebastian’ in their Under 19 inter-school encounter concluded at Moratuwa yesterday.
St Sebastian’s 303 for 9 declared (Oshada Fernando 80, Brian Paul 78, Charith Fernando 65, Anuk de Alwis 23: Chamod Pathirana 2 for 30, aldrin Kerner 2 for 40, Chamal Fonseka 2 for 65)
S. Thomas’ (77/1 o’night) 438 for 9 (Fahim Saleem 141, Ravi Nirushan 119, Chamal Fonseka 73, Aldrin Kerner 25 n.o.: Amila Aposo 7 for 119)
Zahira defeat St Thomas Kotte
Zahira defeated St Thomas Kotte by nine wickets in the Under 19 inter-school match concluded at Maradana yesterday.
St Thomas Kotte 124 (Rangeeth Peiris 25, Dhanushka Dharmasiri 25 n.o.: Ishan Ibunu 3 for 19, Irshad Mohamed 3 for 33, Mohamed Shadeer 2 for 26, Mohamed Hayazeem 2 for 39) and 21 (Michael Vanhoff 53, Riyaz Allang 37, Nipuna Mahesh 30, Gihan Benedict 24: Isham Ghouse 4 for 25, Mohamed Hayazeem 3 for 32, Ishan Ibunu 2 for 40)
Zahira (236/5 o’night) 247 for 8 declared (Imras Rasi 106, Isham Ghouse 53, Mohamed Naseez 30, Mohamed Shadeer 30 : Mohamed Riyaz 4 for 69) and 89 for 1 (Isham Ghouse 38 n.o., Mohamed Zihan 31 n.o.)
Anwardt bags 6 for 25
Left arm spinner Dilanka Anwardt (6-25) cast a spell on the Antonians and paved the way for a 33 run first innings win for the Bens over the more fancied Antonians at Katugastota.
St. Anthony's 139 in 51.1 overs: (H. Wickremasekera 26, M. Perera 19, S. Palihakkara 21, K. Ranaraja 13; D. Anwardt 6-25, S. Silva 3-40) and 213-6 (H. Wickremasekera 104 not out, M. Perera 36, D. Kumarasinghe 29; D. Anwardt 2-64).
St. Benedict's 172 (I. Fonseka 33, S. Nandalal 33, D. Anwardt 30, K. Ekanayake 6-52, S. Palihakkara 2-37.
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Thirteen scalps for Akila
Some superb leg spin bowling by Akila Jayasundera (6-56 & 7-54) failed to bring victory to Trinity as the Sylvestrian last pair clung on tenaciously at Asgiriya yesterday.
Trinity 212 in 56 overs. (K. Wimalaweera 36, N. Dikwella 59, S. Wijesuriya 23, J. Premasinghe 15, K. Atugoda 27, S. Wickrema 21, M. Sajid 13; C. Colombage 2-53, V. Weerasinghe 3-51, M. Sarfraz 2-20, N. Silva 3-25) and 119-4 decl. (K. Wimalaweera 32, D. Gangoda 69; V. Weerasinghe 2-7).
Sylvesters 129 (M. Sarfraz 15, M. Nanayakkara 50, N. Silva 21; A. Jayasundera 6-56, R. Jaleel 3-31) and 139-9 (M. Sarfraz 37, C. Colombage 14, S. Embilmeegama 16; N. Silva 20, N. Nilantha 13; A. Jayasundera 7-54).
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