St. Peter’s College came from behind with a magnificent performance to beat Isipathana College outright by 2 wickets in a thrilling inter school under 19 cricket match which concluded at the FTZ ground in Katunayake today.
The Peterites after conceding a first innings lead of 47 runs to their opponents hit back strongly through their bowlers while bundling out Isipathana College to just 124 runs in the second innings with Vinu Mohotty, Thaneesha Weerakoon and Sahan Nanayakkara causing the damage.
St. Peter’s College chasing a victory target of 171 runs lost wickets at regular intervals but a fighting half century from Oshan Karunaratne and useful contributions from the tail-enders helped them to complete a thrilling victory at the end.
Isipathana: 217 (Diluka Shehan 40, Avinda Soysa 32, Dushan Nirmana 76 n. o, Chemila Obeysekera 2/29, Vinu Mohotty 3/41, Sahan Nanayakkara 3/60) and 124 (Dhanura Dilanka 34, Chameera Dissanayake 24, Vinu Mohotty 3/22, Thaneesha Weerakoon 3/35, Sahan Nanayakkara 2/39)
St. Peter’s: 170 (Dineth Thimodya 36, Janith Liyanage 53, Chemila Obeysekera 20, Torry Thabrew 5/48, Chameera Dissanayake 4/51) and 172-8 (Oshan Karunaratne 60, Dineth Thimodya 28, Janith Liyanage 28, Chameera Dissanayake 2/35)
