Mahith Perera and Romesh Mendis saved S. Thomas’ College as they took the first innings honors against St. John’s College after having been stuttering with the bat on day one.
After conceding 285 runs to Isipathana College in their first innings, St. Servatius’ College made a great comeback, posting 316/8. Vishwa Supun (61*), Kushan Wijerama (58) and Denuwan Pramod (58) stroked valuable half centuries with the bat for St. Servatius’ College.
Thomas’ College, who were stuttering at 75/5 at stumps on day one, came back strongly with the bat on day two, putting on 279 runs for their first innings. Mahith Perera (101*) and Romesh Mendis (92) who starred with the bat, were the saviors of Thomian innings.
St. Anthony’s College continued their domination over Kingswood College for the second day as they snatched an outright victory in their traditional encounter, which ended today at St. Anthony’s College Ground, Kandy.
After restricting Kingswood College for just 99 runs for their first innings, the Antonians declared their second innings on 49/5 setting a massive target of 310 for the opposition. The visitors once again failed with the bat as they were bowled out for just 152 runs handing a 157-run victory for Antonians.
Two more traditional encounters began today at Sooriyawewa and Galle as Devapathiraja College and Dharmasoka College locked horns with Gurukula College and Mahinda College respectively.
Devapathiraja College’s Sasanka Nirmal (105) and Manasa De Silva (86) of Dharmasoka College stood above the rest with exceptional performances with the bat.
Brief Scores
Isipathana College, Colombo 285 (78.4) Tharushka Ashel 124, Yuneth Senevirathne 78, Ameesh Rahul 23, Kevin Ranger Samuel 22*, Thaush Damimdu Sankalpa 5/82, Kushan Wijerama 3/34
St. Servatius’ College, Matara 316/8 (92) Vishwa Supun 61*, Kushan Wijerama 58, Denuwan Pramod 58, Hasitha Amarasinghe 39, Malith Charls 29, Sithuka Gunawardana 4/97
Result – Match Drawn
St. John’s College, Jaffna 132 (58.1) Sachin Anderson 25, Premachchandran Sajeepan 24, Aathif Siddhique 5/44, Manith Perera 3/22 & 241 (55.1) Anton Abhishek 77, Sangeeth Smith 41, Antonypillai Sukethan 39, Nesaakumar Jezial 31, Ryan Fernando 4/08, Kanistan Kunarathne 2/60
Thomas College, Mount Lavinia 279/7d (64.1) Mahith Perera 101*, Romesh Mendis 92, Ryan Fernando 27, Anton Abhishek 2/18 & 17/2 (6)
Result – Match Drawn
St. Anthonys College, Kandy 359/7d (67) Chandimal Herath 116, Rayan Anthony 50*, Kavindu Shehan 45, Asitha Wanninayake 36, Thisara Ekanayake 32, Lahiru Abeysinghe 29, Iduwara Galapitage 23, Mayuranga Rajapaksha 2/56, Hasintha Polkotuwa 2/93 & 49/5 (9) Chamudika Abeyratne 2/20, Kavija Gamage 2/23
Kingswood College, Kandy 99 (27.5) Oshan Viranjana 54, Lahiru Abeysinghe 3/39, Iduwara Galapitage 2/19 & 152 (36) Oshan Viranjana 44, Kavija Gamage 37, Hasintha Polkotuwa 23, Jayodya Amarasena 4/35, Lahiru Abeysinghe 3/31, Asitha Wanninayake 3/44
Result – St. Anthony’s College won by 157 runs
Devapathiraja College, Rathgama 337 (87.4) Sasanka Nirmal 105, Irushka Thimira 66, Pawan Sandesh 51, Matheesha Saranga 32, Janitha Shehan 2/45, Yuwaneth Madusanka 2/51, Hiruna Fernando 2/55
Gurukula College, Kelaniya 1/0 (1)
Stumps – Day 1
Dharmasoka College, Ambalangoda 210 (59.3) Manasa De Silva 86, Hasitha Rajapaksha 30, Chanaka Jananga 27, Kushan Madusha 3/61, Ranmina Hettiarachchi 2/26, Shehan Hasaranga 2/35, Dinura Kalupahana 2/40
Mahinda College, Galle 146/1 (25) Pramesh Madubashana 78*, Dinura Kalupahana 52*
Stumps – Day 1
