St. Peter’s in thrilling 2-run win
St. Peter’s recorded a thrilling two run win over Piliyandala Central in the Under-17 Division I Inter-School Cricket encounter played at Piliyandala yesterday. St. Peter’s after making 161 underwent some anxious before restricting the home side for a score of 159.
A knock of 107 by Thevindu Dickwella helped Isipathana record an easy 77 run win over Maris Stella in their match played at the BRC ground.
In the other matches that were played yesterday saw St. Sebastian’s Moratuwa, St. Joseph Vaz Wennappuwa and Kingswood secure first inning wins against Lumbini MV, St. John’s Nugegoda and Sri Sumangala Kandy.
Results
- At Piliyandala: St. Peter’s won by 2 runs
St. Peter’s 161 in 39.1 overs (Risika Santhush 59, Bhanuka de Silva 42, Himsara Randeni 25: Ruchira Adhikari 4 for 15, Sandun Sathsara 2 for 25, Ushan Deemantha 2 for 36)
Piliyandala Central 159 for 8 in 50 overs (Chamod Sandaru 49, Ruchira Adhikari 33: Kavindu Herath 4 for 30, Vinuja Pujana 2 for 40)
- At BRC: Isipathana won by 77 runs
Isipathana 220 in 45.5 overs (Thevindu Dickwella 107, Nishan Amarasinghe 42: Shenaz Fernando 6 for 43)
Maris Stella 143 in 35.2 overs (Shiran Perera 71: Ravindu Ratnayake 4 for 33, Yasiru Kasthuriarachchi 2 for 12)
- At Colts: St. Sebastian’s won by five wickets
Lumbini MV 95 for 9 in 36 overs (Tharusha Nimhara 15, Shashi Priyashan 16 n.o.: Thadula de Silva 4 for 25, Nadeera Fernando 3 for 23)
St. Sebastian’s 96 for 5 in 32.4 overs (Nadeera Fernando 31 n.o., Sukitha Fernando 24 n.o.: Nethul Rajapakse 4 for 37)
- At Katana: St. Joseph Vaz won by two wickets
St. John’s Nugegoda 79 in 34.3 overs (Dineth Fernando 3 for 3, Dhanuka Nirmal 3 for 8, Senura Fernando 3 for 10)
St. Joseph Vaz Wennappuwa 80 for 8 in 19.5 overs (D. Selvakumar 3 for 17, Charuka Ganege 2 for 25)
- At Godigamuwa: Kingswood won by 32 runs on Parabola
Kingswood 156 in 42 overs (Keshan Kevin 27, Imanga Deshamanya 27: Shimel Deradya 4 for 22, Chamara Lasantha 4 for 34)
Sri Sumangala Kandy 116 in 32.3 overs (Madusanka Abeykoon 54: Navodya Nethmika 4 for 18, Ometh Vinupa 3 for 20)