Thomians take the final spot in the top four

By
Ranjika Perera
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S. Thomas’ College registered a comfortable 4 wicket victory over Nalanda College in their quarter final which was replayed today at Royal College Grounds. 

Nalanda College won the toss and elected to bat first. It was tough going for the double maroons as they kept loosing wickets right along. Dilmin Rathnayaka together with Shalin De Mel bowled brilliantly for the Thomians as they tightened the screws on the scoring. Few Nalandians got off to good starts. Lakshan Maydunne was the top scorer with 35 runs while Raveen De Silva and Jayod Caldera got starts and failed to capitalize. Nalanda College was ultimately cleaned up for a paltry 164.

The strong Thomian batting line up started off shaky but the experience of Maneesha Rupasinghe and Kishan Munasinghe got them closer to the target. Maneesha scored a sensible 36 while Munasinghe remained unbeaten on 37 to see off his team to victory. They got over the line in 44.2 overs with 4 wickets in hand.

Nalanda College, Colombo 164 (48.2) Lakshan Mayadunne 35, Jayod Kaldera 29, Raveen de Silva 30, Dilmin Rathnayaka 4/46, Shalin de Mel 3/28, Shamilka Wickramathilaka 2/22 
vs 
S. Thomas College, Mount Lavinia 165/6 (44.2) Kishan Munasinghe 37*, Maneesha Rupasinghe 36, Deon Fernando 28, Jithesh Wasala 2/30, Rashan Dissanayaka 2/18, Chamodya Rajapaksha 2/25








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Full Scorecard

Nalanda College

164/10

(48.2 overs)

Result

S. Thomas' College

165/6

(44.2 overs)

STC won by 4 wickets

Nalanda College’s Innings

Batting R B
L.Mayadunne b R Gunasekara 35 23
J H Kaldera c M Rupasinghe b S de Mel 29 56
M Sahan c K Munasinghe b D Rathnayake 2 8
A.Perera st M Rupasinghe b D Rathnayake 17 12
J Wasala b D Rathnayake 1 9
R A De Silva c M Rupasinghe b S de Mel 30 83
R Dissanayake b D Rathnayake 2 19
A Jithwara b S de Mel 12 19
T Kamalasooriya lbw by S Wickramathilaka 8 18
N Senarathne b S Wickramathilaka 16 32
C.Rajapakshe not out 0 1
Extras
11
Total
164/10 (48.2 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1- 54 (J Kaldera, 15.4 ov), 2-69 (M Sahan, 18.4 ov), 3-76 (L Mayadunne, 20.0 ov), 4-88 (A Perera, 22.3 ov), 5-91 (J Wasala, 24.2 ov), 6-95 (R Dissanayake, 28.3 ov), 7-115 (A Jithwara, 34.2 ov), 8-125 (T Kamalasooriya, 38.2 ov), 9-163 (R de Silva, 47.5 ov), 10-164 (N Senarathne, 48.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W E
S.Wickramathilake 8.2 0 22 2 2.68
S de Mel 9 0 28 3 3.11
R Gunasekara 10 1 20 1 2.00
R de Silva 2 0 15 0 7.50
M Isaaq 1 0 11 0 11.00
D Rathnayaka 10 0 46 4 4.60
U Suwaris 8 2 17 0 2.13

S. Thomas' College’s Innings

Batting R B
D.Rathnayake c M.Sahan b J Wasala 11 12
D Fernando c A.Jithwara b R Dissanayake 28 63
S de Mel c T Kamalasooriya b J.Wasala 0 2
M Isaaq c J H Kaldera b R Dissanayake 19 59
R de Silva b C Rajapakshe 12 18
K Munasinghe not out 37 64
M Rupasinghe c & b C Rajapakshe 36 48
U Suwaris not out 1 1
Extras
18
Total
165/6 (44.2 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-13 (D Rathnayake, 2.2 ov), 2-13 (S de Mel, 2.4 ov), 3-49 (M Isaaq, 19.3 ov), 4-76 (R de Silva, 25.2 ov), 5-78 (D Fernando, 26.2 ov), 6-154 (M Rupasinghe, 43.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W E
J.Wasala 5 1 30 2 6.00
N.Senarathna 5 2 7 0 1.40
L.Mayadunne 9 1 26 0 2.89
R.Dissanayake 7 2 18 2 2.57
R A de Silva 6 0 33 0 5.50
C Rajapakshe 8 0 25 2 3.13
J H Kaldera 4.2 0 22 0 5.24







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