S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia massacred St. Mary’s College, Kegalle at the S. Thomas’ Grounds. D.S. Senanayake College earned first innings points against President’s College and Devapatiraja College, Rathgama engaged in their traditional battle with Rahula College, Matara at Uyanwatta Stadium, Matara.
S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia vs St. Mary’s College, Kegalle
S.Thomas’ College, who were put to bat first, scored 311 runs for the loss of 8 wickets and declared their first innings. Umayanga Suwaris brought up a crafty century to put S. Thomas’ on top of the game. Shalin de Mel hit 66 runs while the skipper, Sithara Hapuhinna contributed with 47 runs. Hiran Biyagama picked up 4 wickets for 85 runs.
The best bit of the game unfolded when the tall left-arm speedster started to rotate his arm. Kalana Perera was too much to handle for the boys from Kegalle as 8 of them succumbed to his pace and fierce. St. Mary’s were dismantled for 72 runs in their first innings. Following on, Kalana Perera just kept crushing the visitors as he ended day one with figures of 4 for none with St. Mary’s on 4 runs for 5 wickets. Day two was nothing different either as Kalana added 4 more wickets to his tally quickly, destroying the Marians, and wrapping a match-bag of 16 wickets. Kalana’s spell of 8 wickets for 1 runs in the second innings is a Sri Lanka school cricket record, a record spell at the S. Thomas’ Grounds and a Thomian record for the best spell surpassing Barney Reid’s 8 for 2 and Bertie Wijesinghe’s 8 for 3. S. Thomas’ also wrote their name in the record books by bowling out St. Mary’s for just 6 runs which is a Sri Lanka schools record.
Brief scores
S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia 311/8d (64.3)
Umayanga Suwaris 107*, Shalin de Mel 66, Sithara Hapuinna 47, Deon Fernando 46, Kalana Perera 25, Hiran Biyagama 4/85, Sineth Weerasooriya 3/102St. Mary’s College, Kegalle 72 (23)
Pasan Walisinghe 34*, Kalana Perera 8/17
& F/O 6 (10.5)
Kalana Perera 8/01S. THOMAS’ WON BY AN INNINGS AND 233 RUNS
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D.S. Senanayake College, Colombo vs President’s College, Kotte
D.S. Senanayake College who won the toss elected to field first. Accordingly, President’s posted 120 runs for their first innings in 37.1 overs. Skipper Iranga Hashan top-scored with 44 runs while Chamath Yatawara picked 7 wickets for 30 runs.
In reply, D.S. Senanayake College scored 209 runs in 43.1 overs. Amitha Dabare was the pick of the batsmen for his 64 runs while Thashika Nirmal captured 4 wickets for 53 runs.
President’s College in their second innings, were at 115 for 4 when the game was called a draw. Thashika Nirmal and Iranga Hashan both scored 43 runs each. Chamath Yatawara picked up 3 more scalps to make it a match-bag ten-wicket haul.
Brief scores
Presidents College, Kotte 120 (37.1)
Iranga Hashan 44, Chamath Yatawara 7/30, Muditha Lakshan 2/14
& 115/4 (36)
Thashika Nirmal 43, Iranga Hashan 43*, Chamath Yatawara 3/29D.S. Senanayake College, Colombo 209 (43.1)
Amitha Dabare 64, Pasindu Adithya 42, Sandaru Wickramarathne 23, Thashika Nirmal 4/53, Dinith Nelumdeniya 3/41MATCH DRAWN (DS WON FIRST INNINGS POINTS)
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Devapathiraja College, Rathgama vs Rahula College, Matara
Rahula College were asked to put runs on board first by Devapathiraja who won the toss. Sahan Bandara’s half-century and another couple of 30-plus scores from Binara Sankith and Lakindu Chamodya took Rahula to 230 runs for the loss of 9 wickets before declaring their innings. Pathum Madusanka was the pick of the bowlers with figures of 3 for 51.
For Devapathiraja, it was Sudeera Weerarathne (133) and Jeewaka Shashin (124*) who took the steering and batted the game out of Rahula’s reach. They seemed to be in complete control on their way to their hundreds as they batted the whole of day 2. The game ended in a draw with Devapathiraja at 307 for 3.
Brief scores
Rahula College, Matara 230/9d (81.5)
Sahan Bandara 59, Binara Sankith 39, Lakindu Chamodya 32, Pathum Madusanka 3/51, Sudeera Weerarathne 2/17, Irushaka Thimira 2/46Devapathiraja College, Rathgama 307/3 (75.5)
Sudeera Weerarathne 133, Jeewaka Shashin 124*, Hiruksha Thimira 25MATCH DRAWN
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