Having a lamentable end result at the first game of the season, S.Thomas’ College Mt.Lavinia recorded a comprehensive outright victory by an inning and 32 runs against St.Anthony’s College, Katugastota today (02.10.2015). The match was played at St.Anthony’s College Cricket Grounds.
Confining the first innings total to 121, Antonians were all dismissed making the Skipper Kanishka Uggalpaya to become the top scorer who chipped a hostile 25. Opening pace bowler Senal De Silva picked up 4 crucial wickets of the Antonians.
Decent bowling attack early on by the boys from Katugastota made the visitors to struggle when they lost half of their side for 33 runs. But the consolidated middle order managed to surpass 121 in no time, taking the final score to 211 for 9 wickets before declaring their innings. Being the anchor of the visitors, Romesh Nallapperuma stroked a worthwhile 84, with eleven boundaries and two whopping sixes.
The Antonian batting was even more substandard in their 2nd innings when they loss all their wickets for just 58 runs. Diyon Stouter and Kavidu Yapa were the only batsmen to get into double figures. Multi-talented chap who was the captain of the opponents Sachith Jayathilake along with offie Dellon Peiris claimed 3 wickets each.
St.Anthony’s College, Katugastota – 1st Innings
121/10 (38.2 overs)
(Kansihka Uggalpaya 25, Diyon Stouter 21 Virajitha Jayasinghe 15*:
Senal De Silva 4 for 45, Sachith Jayathilake 2 for 10)
St.Thomas’ College Mt.Lavinia – 1st Innings 211
(194/6 overnight) /9 Dec. (44.3 overs)
(Romesh Nallapperuma 84, Tirendra Gunathilake 50, Sachith Jayathilake 45:
Sandaruwan Dharmarathne 6 for 73, Virajitha Jayasinghe 2 for 31)
St.Anthony’s College, Katugastota – 2nd Innings
58/10 (32.3 overs)
(Diyon Stouter 21: Sachith Jayathilake 3 for 2, Dellon Peiris 3 for 25)
