The St. Thomas batters showed such a poor performance in both innings as they were blown away for 77 & 76 respectively. Yenula Dewtusa was the real threat to watch with the ball in a record match bagging 9 wickets to guide St. Joseph’s College to an innings victory.
Amesh Thennakoon scored 137 runs to take his side to a 1st innings lead against Prince Of Wales College. However, they were 258/8 when the match ended in draw.
Thurstan College were able to dismiss the St. Aloysius’ batters for 111 runs to take 1st innings lead after posting 156. However, the Thurstan batters posted only 162 runs to set a target of 208 runs for their opponents, as they chased down the target to register a 6-wicket win.
Amesh Thennakoon (Maliyadewa College, Kurunegala), Senura Silva (D. S. Senanayake College, Colombo), Sharujan Shanmuganathan (St. Benedict’s College, Colombo) scored hundreds while Yenula Dewtusa (St. Joseph’s College, Colombo), Vishen Helambage (St. Peters College, Colombo), Kithma Withanapathirana (Ananda College, Colombo), Minod Caldera (Nalanda College, Colombo) and Sanithu Amarasinghe (Wesley College, Colombo) recorded 5-wicket hauls.
Brief Scores:
St. Thomas’ College, Matara 77 (40.4) Pesandu Sanjan 24, Yenula Dewtusa 4/38, Lahiru Amarasekara 3/14 & 76 (30) Pesandu Sanjan 33*, Yenula Dewtusa 5/32, Lahiru Amarasekara 3/13
St. Joseph’s College, Colombo 196/9d (28.5) Awintha De Alwis 42, Maanasa Madubashana 35, Manuga Yonal 3/23
Result: St. Thomas’ College won by an innings and 43 runs
Prince Of Wales College, Moratuwa 184 (51.5) Omesh Mendis 52, Rivith Jayasuriya 44, Dimath Abeysinghe 4/37 & 258 (64.1) M.S.G. Fernando 61, Oshan De Silva 47, Thaweesha Balasooriya 3/76
Maliyadewa College, Kurunegala 285/9d (78.1) Amesh Thennakoon 137, Gayana Weerasinghe 63, Prasanna Lakmina 2/20
Result: Match Drawn (Maliyadewa College won 1st Innings)
Thurstan College, Colombo 156 (41) Azeem Mohomad 37, Kalana Pathum 5/47, Kavindu Kesara 4/6 & 162 (56.5) Shanikya Deshapriya 46, Thenuka Dewapriya 40, Kavindu Kesara 3/23
St. Aloysius’ College, 111 (33.5) Charya Paranavithana 41, Vihas Thewmika 4/29, Thanuga Palihawadana 3/25 & 210/3 (38.4) Hasitha Suranga 76*, Vidura Lakshan 56*, Vihas Thewmika 2/63
Result: St. Aloysius’ College won by 7 wickets
St. Benedict’s College, Colombo 323 (76) Sharujan Shanmuganathan 137, Sheron Kannangara 60, Vishen Helambage 5/108
St. Peter’s College, Colombo 107/5 (20) Vishen Helambage 77, Chamath Chathurya 3/22
Day 1 Stumps.
Richmond College, Galle 70 (32.4) Kaveesha Induwara 21, Kithma Withanapathirana 5/13, Nethma Samaraweera 3/15 & 123/2 (43) Tharinda Nirmal 65, Thamindu Pradeeptha 38
Ananda College, Colombo 42 (23.2) Ashinsa Nainayake 19, Malsha Tharupathi 4/9, Sihath Ramanyake 2/4
Day 1 Stumps.
Wesley College, Colombo 315 (67.4) Sanithu Amarasinghe 96, Rashmika Amararathne 57*, Minod Caldera 7/100
Nalanda College 83/6 (27) Sadew Samarasinghe 36, Yasiru Samarakoon 23, Sanithu Amarasinghe 5/27
Day 1 Stumps.
S. Thomas’ College, Mt. Lavinia 250 (67.3) Senadi Bulankulame 63, Kaveesha Piyumal 4/37, Traveen Mathew 2/51
St. Anthony’s College, Kandy 105/5 (27) Induwara Galapitage 49*, Thisara Ekanayake 26, Akash Fernando 2/18
Day 1 Stumps.
D S. Senanayake College, Colombo 301/9d (73.1) Senura Silva 103, Gaviru Senhas 57, M.I. Slasa 3/44
Zahira College, Colombo 57/4 (20) Mohomed Ijaz 19*, Manura Peiris 2/17
Day 1 Stumps.
