Tail-enders clinch first innings win for Isipathana
Tail enders Shenal Deelaka 89 off 140 balls with a dozen boundaries and Shehan Sandaruwan 56 off 116 balls with five boundaries and a six shared a 129 run partnership for the ninth wicket to help Isipathana register a first innings win over St. Sebastian’s College in their Under-19 Division I match played at the St. Sebastian’s College grounds in Moratuwa.
Isipathana skipper Chameera Dissanayake captured seven wickets to restrict St. Sebastian’s to a first innings score of 149. Then Malinda Uthpala captured three wickets in the 38th over to see Isipathana reeling at 56/6 but the gritty Pathana tail-enders saved the team from humiliation.
St. Sebastian’s 149 in 54 overs (Avishka Fernando 39, Vishal Senanayake 44, Chameera Dissanayake7/54, Shehan Sandaruwan 1/7, Shenal Deelaka 1/33) and 124/4 in 45 overs (Gayan Silva 30, Avishka Fernando 31, Vishal Senanayake 31 not out, Chameera Dissanayake 2/41)
Isipathana 225 in 77 overs (David Imesha 20, Sanjula Abeywickrema 27, Shenal Deelaka 89, Shehan Sandaruwan 56, Malindu Uthpala 4/44, Vishal de Mel 2/47, Nimesh Bandara 2/9)