S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia vs Piliyandala MMV, Piliyandala
Easy wins for Royal and Wesley!
Royal, Wesley, St. Sylvester’s & St. Servatius finished the month..
S. Thomas’ College won the toss and elected to bat first at their home ground. They put up a huge total on board, scoring 316 runs loss of just 6 wickets in 50 overs.
Ravindu De Silva was unbeaten on 116, the standout performer for the Thora boys while Umayanga Suwaris supported him with 84 runs. Chamodh Sandaru grabbed 3 wickets for 54 runs for the boys from Piliyandala.
Chasing down a target of 282 runs in 39 overs as per the Parabola Method, Piliyandala MMV managed to score only 153 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. Heshan Dilkith’s 41 runs was the highest score while once again showing all round performance Chamodh Sandaru scored 36 runs.
S. Thomas College, Mount Lavinia 316/5 (50) Ravindu de Silva 119*, Umayanga Suwaris 84, Dilmin Rathnayake 25, Shalin Dilhara 23 Chamodh Sandaru 3/54
Vs
Piliyandala MMV, Piliyandala 153/6 (39) Chamod Sandaru 36, Heshara Dilkith 41
S. THOMAS’ WON BY 129 RUNS (PARABOLA METHOD)
St. Sylvester’s College, Kandy vs St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa
St. Sebastian’s won the toss and invited the home town boys Sylvester’s to bat first. A brilliant bowing performance saw the visitors bowling out the home team for 124 runs in 41.4 overs. Dilantha Wickramasinghe scored 44 runs while Janishka Perera and Nadeera Fernando demolished the batting line up by grabbing four wickets each, 4 for 27 runs and 4 for 23 runs respectively.
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Chasing down the target was too easy for the boys from Moratuwa as they scored 125 runs losing just one wicket in 19 overs. Dunith Jayathunga scored an unbeaten half century while Sukith Prasanna scored 25 runs not out.
St. Sylvester’s College, Kandy 124 (41.4) Dilantha Wickramasinghe 44, Charith Rajaguru 27, Nishantha Jayawardena 20 Janishka Perera 4/27, Nadeera Fernando 4/23, Chamod Mendis 2/06
Vs
St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa 125/1 (19) Dunith Jayathunga 65*, Kavindu Rodrigo 28, Sukitha Prasanna 25*
ST. SEBASTIAN’S COLLEGE WON BY 9 WICKETS
Thurstan College, Colombo vs Vidyaloka College, Galle
Another match ended up with the Parabola Method coming into play, this time in favor of Thurstan College, Colombo when they took on Vidyaloka College, Galle in their Singer Schools U17 Division 01 group ‘T’ match. Thurstan won the toss and opted to bat first, scoring 187 all out in 49.2 overs. Bavantha Jayasinghe and Ramesh Silva were the top scorers for Thurstan, making 44 and 42 respectively. Nadeera Ishan chipped in with 3 wickets for 23 runs while Rishan Chamika took 3 wickets for 30 runs.
As per the Parbola Method, Vidyaloka’s target was 132 in 27 overs. But they managed to score only 74 runs for the loss of 4 wickets giving the victory to Thurstan.
Thurstan College, Colombo 187 (49.2) Bavantha Jayasinghe 44, Ramesh Silva 42, Suram Perera 25, Prasanna Pushpakumara 24 Nadeera Ishan 3/23, Rishan Chamika 3/30, Kavinda Basnayake 2/17
Vs
Vidyaloka College, Galle 73/4 (27)
THURSTAN WON BY 59 RUNS (PARABOLA METHOD)
St. Joseph Vaz College, Wennappuwa vs St. Peter’s College, Colombo.
Hosts St. Peter’s won the toss and invited the visitors to bat first. Joseph Vaz scored 197 runs for the loss of 7 wickets at the end of 50 overs. Diyana Pathirana scored 50 runs not out for Joseph Vaz while Sheran Amindu scored 42 runs. Monil Silva was the pick of the bowlers for the Peterites, taking 3 wickets for 27 runs.
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Chasing down the target was easy for the home team as the St. Peter’s boys completed the target for the loss of 3 wickets in 32.3 overs. Rishitha Ssanthush and Shenal Botheju 58 runs and 53 runs respectively.
St. Joseph Vaz College, Wennappuwa 197/7 (50) Diyana Pathirana 50*, Sheran Amindu 42, Pasindu Dasanayake 20, Shenura Fernando 29 Monil Silva 3/27
Vs
St. Peter’s College, Colombo 198/3 (32.3) Rishitha Santhush 58, Shenal Botheju 53, Bhanuka de Silva 29, Himthara Ramdini 24* Senura Fernando 2/46
ST. PETER’S WON BY 7 WICKETS
