St. Peters College won by an innings and 29 runs in their interschool cricket match played against St. Sylvesters College at Bambalapitiya today.
The Peterites dominated proceedings during day one getting their opponents out for just 101 runs in 38 over’s. They then took on the willow, batting with great confidence spearheaded by their skipper and senior man Dushan Hemantha who carved a well deserved 71* at the end of play yesterday.
Ton up Hemantha
He continued his form on to day two, as he went on to notch up a deserving century scoring an unbeaten 102 runs off 129 balls. It was a sight for sore eyes as Hemantha dispatched the ball to the boundary at will scoring 6 boundaries on his way to a ton.
With a healthy overnight lead of 75 runs the Peters increased the lead to 120 runs ending their first innings on 221 for the loss of 7 wickets in 53 over’s. Dulina de Silva was the man who was unbeaten on 14* along with skipper Hemantha at the time of declaration.
Leg spinners destroy Sylvesters
St. Sylvester’s after a very disappointing outing with the bat in their first innings failed to hold on to their wickets in the 2nd innings as spinners De Silva and Fernando tore through the Sylvester’s batting line up. Left arm leg spinner Julian De Silva was the pick of the bowlers for the Peterites capturing 5 wickets for 29 runs while right arm leg spinner Chrishan Fernando ended with figures of 4/13.
Both spinners bowled with a lot of control during day two, getting a lot of assistance from the pitch. Sylvester’s could only musters up 91 runs in 43.4 over’s giving the Peterites an innings and 29 run victory on home soil.
Scores in Brief
St. Sylvesters College 1st innings 101 in 38 overs (Akalanka Dissanayake 19,Hemantha Samaranando 15, Sumedha Dissanayake 32, Rohan Malalasena 14, Chemil Obeysekera 5/19, Dushan Hemantha 4/24)
St. Peters College 1st innings 176/6 Overnight and 221/7 in 53 overs (Janith Liyanage 30, Jason Bultjense 36, Ramitha Liyanarachchi 20, Dushan Hemantha 102*, Dulina de Silva 14*, Hashan Barammanage 2/46, Nimesha Mendis 2/66)
St. Sylvesters College 2nd innings 91 all out in 43.4 overs (Hansamal Perera 11, Sumedha Dissanayake 22, Dushan Malalasena 13, Nimesh Mendis 11, Chrishan Fernando 4/13, Julien de Silva 5/29)
St. Peters College won by an innings and 29 runs.
