Asiri Shines As Thomians Take Major Honours

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Published on Saturday, 28 January 2012 22:35

Written by Sarinda Peiris

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S. Thomas' College Mt. Lavinia took major honours in their inter school Cricket match against St. Josephs' College Colombo as the match ended in a tame draw at Mt.Lavinia today.

For the Thomians it was their opener Asiri Wickramanayake who stood out scoring a well compiled 119. After going through a bad patch in the early season, Asiri has rediscovered his form once again and has been among the runs in the last 3 outings. It was his first century for the season as the Thomians went on a run spree by scoring 318 for 6 declared.

The massive partnership of over 150 runs between Asiri and fresher Sanesh put the Thomians well on course to overhaul the Joes first innings total of 232 all out.  Freshers Sanesh de Mel and Thilaksha Sumanasiri also scored half centuries to swell the Thomian total.

Resuming from their overnight score of 95 for 1, the  Thomians grounded their way to a formidable score in excess of 300 before declaring for the loss of 6 wickets . For the Joes, Supeshela Jayathilake had the best figures of 3 for 107.

In their second essay the Joes fared much better as they scored 135 for 2 with Dilan Fernandopulle scoring an unbeaten half century. Although the Thomians comfortably won on the first innings, Joes by virtue of the match ending in a draw retained the Gilmour Jayasuriya challenge trophy for another year. The Joes last won the match outright in 2009 while it has been a spate of draws in the last 3 years.

Scores in Brief:

S. Josephs' College - 232 all out( first innings)

S. Thomas' College -  318 for 6 declared( first innings) Asiri Wickramanayake 119, Sanesh De Mel   64, Thilaksha Sumanasiri 50 not out, Chamod Pathirana  48, Supeshela Jayathilake  3 for 107

S. Josephs' College - - 135 for 2 at stumps( second innings), Dilan Fernandopulle  - 57 not out

MATCH DRAWN

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