Worthy title for St.Thomas’
View(s):In the Inter-School Under-17 Division II tournament St. Thomas’ College, Mount-Lavinia defeated Siri Piyaratana Central College, Padukka by 28 runs in the final played at the Thurstan College ground.
Chasing 153 runs to win Siri Piyaratana were restricted to 124 runs as left-arm spinner Thavisha Ranasinghe took three wickets for 14 runs while fast bowler Sheron Liyanage and off-spinner Dulith Perera took two wickets each, Induneth Fernando and Anuk Plaihawadana grabbed one wicket each.
Kavinda Ishwara excelled for Sri Priyarathana but his half century was in vain as only one other batsman Heshan Fernando (18) managed to post a notable score.
Batting first the Thomians scored 152 with Vineth Bandaranayake top scored with 33 runs. Valuable support coming from Ranuka Perera made 28. Manindu Rabel chipped in with 16 runs.
St. Thomas’ 152 (49.3) (Vineth Bandaranayake 33, Ranuka Perera 28, Kavinda Ishwara 2/28, Dineth Deemantha 2/36, Dulaksha Peiris 2/30)
Siri Piyarathana 124 all out (42.4) (Kavinda Ishwara 50, Heshan Fernando 18; Thavisha Ranasinghe 3/14, Sheron Liyanage 2/19, Dulith Perera 2/30)