Ashen steers Bens to victory
St. Benedict’s College registered an easy nine wicket win over St. Anne’s Kurunegala on the back of a fine all-round performance by Ashen de Soyza in the Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter concluded at Kotahena yesterday.
The match between St. Peter’s and Nalanda played at Bambalapitoya ended in a tame draw.
Results
At Kotahena: St Benedict’s won by nine wickets
St Benedict’s 207 and 85 for 1 (Pasan Suwahas 21, Ashen de Soyza 52 n.o.)
St Anne’s Kurunegala 56 and 233 (Rivithu Fernando 56, Risitha Perera 33, Adithya Nirwan 32, Mannan Muzammil 22, Pasindu Tennekoon 46 n.o.: Ashen de Soyza 4-82, Chamath Chathurya 3-56)
At Bambalapitiya: Match drawn
Nalanda 304 and 70 for 4 (Vinuja Ranpul 29, Risith Jayaratne 24: Shannon Rodrigo 3-14)
St Peter’s (18/1 overnight) 231 (Nimuthu Gunawardena 58, Sanshay Gunatileke 36, Rusanda Gamage 35. Shannon Rodrigo 34, Lahiru Dawatage 28: Sajitha Vithanage 6-48)