Leshan’s unbeaten ton seals mammoth win for Isipathana
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An unbeaten 162 off 165 balls with fourteen boundaries and seven sixes by Leshan Amarasinghe and a five-wicket haul by Isira Kamalgoda helped Isipathana College register a 205-run win over Ananda Sasthralaya in the first round of the Under-17 Division I Cricket Tournament. The match was played at the Colts ground.
Invited to bat first Isipathana were four down for 86 but a 144-run fifth-wicket partnership between Leshan and Shamika Wickremathilake, 37 runs off 62 balls with two boundaries saw them reach 276/5 in their allocation of 50 overs.
Isira Kamalgoda grabbed five wickets for six runs off 7.1 overs while Tharusha Perera was rewarded with three wickets for nine runs off six overs to restrict the Sasthralaya innings to 71. Charith Thiwanka (18) was the highest run getter for Ananda Sasthralaya.
Isipathana 276/5 in 50 overs (Leshan Amarasinghe 162, Shamilka Wickremathilake 37, Charith Thiwanka 2/50)
Ananda Sasthralaya 71 in 27.1 overs (Charith Thiwanka 18, Yasas Weerasekera 15, Isira Kamalgoda 5/6, Tharusha Perera 3/9)
- Text and picture P.D. de Silva