Three wins for STC Matale
St. Thomas’ Matale registered their third successive victory in the ongoing SLSCA U/17 division 1 cricket tournament when they beat Sri Sumangala college Kandy by 8 wickets in their inter school cricket encounter played at STC ground Matale.
Elected to bat first Sri Sumangala made 130 all out in 34.5 overs with J.R. Weerasinghe top scoring with 32 runs St. Thomas’ in their run chase reached the target in 23.4 overs for the loss of two wickets. Visal Ekanayake made a top score of 53 runs for St. Thomas’.
Scores
Sri Sumangala Kandy 130 all out 34.5 overs (J.R. Weerasinghe 32, S.R. Peiris 22, L.D. Wickremasinghe 15, Shehan Awandaya 3/30, Gimhana Fernando 3/40, Damith Samarawickrama 2/41)
St. Thomas’ Matale 133/2 wickets 23 overs (Visal Ekanayake 53, Chandima Kahawatta 19, Shehan Jayasingha 15)
Beat Vidyartha
Earlier St. Thomas’ Matale beat Vidyartha College Kandy by 36 runs and Sri Rahula College Katugastota by 7 wickets at the same venue.
St. Thomas Matale 209 /7 (50 overs) (Shehan Awandaya 38, Ravishka Lakshan 38, Dilshan Karunarathna 28, Visal Ekanayake 24, M.B. Wijetilleke 3/20, Kasun Gunarathna 2/27)
Vidyartha 173 all out 24 overs (Arosha Dilhara 77, M.B. Wijetilleke 41, Chanaka Rajapaksha 5/55, Shehan Awandaya 4/37)
Beat Rahula
Sri Rahula Katugastota 123/9 (M.N.H Wijerathna 36, J.M. Ranasinghe 28, D. Samarawickrama 3/15, Shehan Awandaya 3/38, Chanaka Rajapaksha 2/15)
St. Thomas’ Matale 126/3 (overs 23.3) (Shehan Awandaya 40, V. Ekanayake 35, V.H. Milinda 2/28)