First innings win for Trinity
Trinity College recorded a first innings win over S. Thomas’ College Mt. Lavinia in their Under-19 Inter-School cricket encounter concluded at Asgiriya in Kandy yesterday. Highlight of the encounter was three fine half centuries and one fine spell of fine spin bowling.
In batting Pasan Ganegoda (87) and Thevin Amarasinghe (62) of Trinity batted beautifully while Thomian player Gavin Boteju (79) was equal to the task in batting while Trinity spin bowler and all rounder, Abishek Anandakumar continued his fine form in bowling with a six-wicket haul. Nearly 120 minutes of play was lost on the second 2 due to rain in the Hills.
St. Anthony’s College Katugastota qualified for the quarter-finals of the Singer Cup Inter-School Cricket Tournament when they beat Maliyadeva College by 9 wickets at Katugastota yesterday.
| ScoreCard | |
| At Asgiriya: Match drawn Trinity 281 for 9 dec (71.2) (Pasan Ganegoda 87, Thevin Amarasinghe 62, Ranuda Somarathne 42, Agbo Amarasinghe 33, Diren de Silva 3/52, Yasiru Rodrigo 3/56) and 35 for 4 (10.3) (Yasiru Rodrigo 2/7, G. Canniston 2/21) S. Thomas’ 250 all out (81.2) (Gavin Boteju 79, Thevin Eriyagama 37n.o., Shalin de Mel 37, Dilmin Rathnayake 29, Ryan Fernando 22, Maneesha Rupasinghe 21, Abishek Anandakumar 6/79, Uvindu Wimaladarma 2/61) At Katugastota: Match drawn Maliyadeva 109 (47) (Matheesha Weerasinghe 46, Gihan Ebert 4/29, Nimnaka Jayathilake 4/29) and 128 (39.5) (Muditha Premdasa 39, Amesh Thennakon 26, Matheesha Weerasinghe 21, Asitha Wanninayake 5/6, Nimnaka Jayathilake 4/54) St. Anthony’s 204 (54.1) (Anjana Bandara 57, Chamindu Wickramasinghe 49, Sakindu Wijetilleke 5/69, Pasindu Tennakoon 4/57) and 34 for 1 (5.4) |