S. Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia hosted Wesley College Colombo for the Mahadevan Sathasivam trophy at Mount Lavinia today.
The Thomians batsmen who have been in sublime form continued their work in the middle amassing 300 runs in their first innings with 6 wickets gone. Devin Jayasinghe was the star for the Thomians as the number 5 batsman together with skipper Javed Bongso put on a healthy 101 runs for the 4th wicket after a minor hiccup early on.
Javed Bongso coming after a 184 runs against Ananda continued his good form scoring 55 runs while left hand middle order batsman Devin Jayasinghe ended with 119 runs. It was a superb knock from Jayasinghe as he achieved his score in quick time scoring it in only 128 ball. His knock was inclusive of 12 boundaries and 3 sixes. Senior man Sanesh De Mel also contributed lower down with an unbeaten 58* runs which pushed his team to the 300 run mark.
Wesley College in their reply were 41 runs for the loss of 3 wickets at the close of play in 11 overs.
Scores in Brief
S. Thomas’ College 1st innings 300/6 dec in 84 over’s (Javed Bongso 55, Devin Jayasinghe 119, Sanesh De Mel 58*)
Wesley College 1st innings 41/3 in 11.1 over’s (Sachin Jayawardena 22, Ishan Kularatne 2/9)
