Top order batsman Sanesh de Mel hammered a ton and a half century as he helped S. Thomas' to record a convincing win against Asoka Vidyalaya and a thrilling win against St. Peter's in the inter-school under-17 cricket tournament which is in progress presently. De Mel hammered a 131 ball 110 to help S. Thomas' post a mammoth 318 in their match against Asoka at Mt. Lavinia. After bowing out their opponents for a meager 92, S. Thomas' went on to record an easy 226-run win. In their second match against St. Peter's at Bam balapitiya, de Mel (51) and Thilaksha Malshan (55) scored half centuries as S. Thomas' recorded a thrilling 33-run win. All-rounder Madushan Ravichandrakumar performed exceptionally well at both occasions.

S. Thomas' beat Asoka Vidyalaya by 226 runs
S. Thomas' 318 (49.4) (Nipuna Gam age 22, Sanesh de Mel 110, Thilaksha Malshan 22, Ramith Gunaratne 33, Usman Ishak 53, Sahan Jayasinghe 26 n.o., M. N. Dissanayake 2/58, B. H. L. Udara 2/47, Charith Sandeepa 2/63)

Asoka Vidyalaya 92 (32) (W. N. Sha minda 32, Charith Sandeepa 19, Sahan Wijesinghe 3/22, Dhaniska Jayasekera 2/29, Usman Ishak 2/2)

S. Thomas' beat St. Peter's by
33 runs
S. Thomas' 258-8 (50) (Nipuna Ga mage 31, Devin Jayasinghe 41, Sanesh De Mel 51, Thilaksha Malshan 55, Madushan Ravichandrakumar 40 n.o., C. Obeyasekera 2/57, J. de Silva 3/63)
St. Peter's 225 (49) (S. Fernando 56, J. Vimukuthi 33, L. Nilantha 21, J. de Silva 70, Madushan Rav inchandrakumar 3/31, Dinuka Subasinghe 2/41)