Quick fire ton by Nimantha guides STC Matara to an eight wicket win
View(s):An unbeaten 104 off 57 balls with eleven boundaries and five sixes by skipper Nimantha Kavishwara helped St Thomas’ College Matara register an exciting eight wicket win over Tissa Central College Kalutara in their under 19 division II group C encounterwhich was played at the Uyanwatte Stadium.
St. Thomas’ College Matara team
Tissa Central invited to bat first were restricted to 151. Kosala Ravindu topped the score card with 46 while Praveen Madushan captured five wickets. In reply the Thomians could only manage to score 176 in their first essay with Hashin Dilmal, Tharusha Kavindya and Nimantha Kavishwara contributing to the score. Shamal Shiwanka, Kosala Ravindu and Rohan Sanjaya captured three wickets each.
The visitors posted an almost identical — 153 in their second essay with opener Lashan Harshana (40), Rohan Sanjaya (35) and Malindu Ravishan (32) doing the major part of the scoring. Lahiru Gimhan captured four wickets and Hashin Dilmal captured three.
Set a victory target of 129 the Matara Thomians led by skipper Nimantha’s onslaught finished the game in just 15.5 overs with more than a dozen overs to spare and eight wickets in hand. Tissa Central 151 in 51.4 overs (Kosala Ravindu 46, Malindu Ravishan 27, Gangul Ravina 23, Nimantha Kavishwara 2/31, Hashin Dilmal 2/44, Praveen Madushan 2/46) and 153 in 48.1 overs (Lakshan Harshana 40, Malindu Ravishan32, Rohan Sanjaya 35; Hashin Dilmal 3/58, Lahiru Gimhan 4/21)
STC Matara 176 in 56.4 overs (Nimantha Kavishwara 27, Tharusha Kavindya 30, Hashin Dilmal 36; Samal Shiwanka 3/34, Kosala Ravindu 3/61, Rohan Sanjaya 3/40) and 130/2 in 15.5 overs (Nimantha Kavishwara 104 not out, Mihisal Amoda 10 not out)