Three groups each played a game on the second day of the Inter-international Cricket tournament, here’s the brief look into the summary of the games and scores.
Group A – Lyceum International School Wattala vs. Asian International School
Lyceum won the toss and decided to bat first. They have a strong batting line up which was looking excellent with the bat; they made 221/8 in their 30 overs. The Asian boys had a brilliant start but the constant fall of wickets stopped them from reaching their target; they could only score 186/8 in 30 overs.
Lyceum Int. School Wattala: 221/8 (30) Shafiq Ifthary 61, Sharmeean Srideran 43, Chandima Rathnayake 32*, Avishka De Silva 2/26, Harshan Yogendran 2/39, Sanik Senanayake 2/41
Asian Int. School: 186/8 (30) Thiwanka Anthony 79, Yasas Abeysekara 22, Shakib Istarif 2/07, Himansu Hiroshan 2/19
Result – Lyceum International School won by 35 runs
Group B – British School vs. Lyceum International School Panadura
British School won the toss and chose to bat first. They made a steady 171/9 in 30 overs. With a strong batting line-up, the Lyceum batsmen were consistent throughout the game which led them to reach their target quite easily as they made 173/1 in just 21.5 overs.
British School : 171/9 (30) Stefan De Silva 41, Nisal Kaluarachige 40, Pradyun Saikia 28, Isuru Perera 2/13, Aditha Iddamalgoda 2/24, Sasidu De Silva 2/32
Lyceum Int. School Panadura: 173/1 (21.5) Sheron Liyanage 83*, Nesanda Weerasekara 57*
Result – Lyceum International School Panadura won by 9 wickets
Group D – Lyceum International School Nugegoda vs. Leeds International School
Leeds won the toss and chose to field first but it didn’t look like a very good decision by them in the beginning. Lyceum Nugegoda made 180/7 in 30 overs. In the second innings Leeds struggled with the bat and were all out for 105 in 24.3 overs.
Lyceum Int.School Nugegoda: 180/7 (30) Shehan Walpola 31, Damitha Pawan 28, Sajitha Kaluarachi 26, Malinda Prashan 2/12, Hansa Botheju 2/31
Leeds Int. School: 105 all out (24.3) Chathuranga 26, Malinda Prashan 23, Nisal Hettiarachi 4/12, Nimesh Madushan 2/11, Avinash Perera 2/12
Result – Lyceum International School Nugegoda won by 75 runs
