An impressive all-round effort secured first innings points for St. Benedict’s College in their drawn U-19 inter-school cricket match against St. Peter’s College at Kotahena today.
After putting on a decent 227 with the bat, hosts bowled brilliantly to bowl out St. Peter’s for 176 runs with Yohan Soysa (4 for 32) and Geethika Jayathilake (3 for 56).
St. Benedict’s first innings was decorated with two identical half centuries by Victorio Roberto (56) and Janindu Karunathilake (56). Sahan Nanayakkara was the pick of the bowler for Peterites with four for 66 while Taneesha Weerakoon added three for 35 runs to restrict hosts to a defendable score. But a poor batting effort saw Peterites conceding first innings points. At stumps, the hosts in their second innings were 177 for eight with Shiran Ratnayake making an impressive 80. Taneesha Weerakoon who had three scalps in the first innings, affected four for 39 in the second innings to finish with a match bag of seven for 64.
St. Benedict’s: 227 in 83.2 overs (Victorio Roberto 56, Janindu Karunathilake 56, Shiran Ratnayake 35, Navod Abesinghe 22, Geethika Jayathilake 18, Sahan Nanayakkara 4/66, Taneesha Weerakoon 3/25, Sachin Dalpadado 2/13) and 177/8 in 58 overs (Shiran Ratnayake 80. Thulina Dilshan 18, Yohan Soysa 18, Taneesha Weerakoon 4/39, Sahan Nanayakkara 2/69)
St. Peter’s: 176 (61/1 o/n) in 58.5 overs (Dineth Thimodya 44, Taneesha Weerakoon 33, Oshan Karunaratne 22, Didulana Medis 19, Manelka De Silva 10, Geethika Jayathilake 3/56, Yohan Soysa 4/32)
