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Thurstan secure hat-trick of wins

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Bringing in all the confidence they got from the big match win, Thurstan College secured a dominating victory over Isipathana College by 139 runs in the 39th limited overs encounter played for W. A. de Silva Challenge trophy at the P Sara Oval today.

Photos: Thurstan College vs Isipathana College – 39th One Day Encounter

Thurstan skipper Sandaru Dias won the toss without any doubt decided to bat first. The opening pair started off brilliantly. Yohan Liyanage played a blistering knock of 24 runs and his partner Jayavihan Pradeeptha went on to play the anchor role in the innings. His sublime innings of 83 earned him the Man of the Match award at the end of the game. However, the match defining innings came from their big match centurion, Ranesh Silva. His 44 ball 65 was a treat to watch.

Ranesh swept square, swept fine, scooped, paddle swept and even beltered the ball down the ground in his knock. He and Bawantha Jayasinghe paced the innings perfectly and the Isipathana bowlers had no control of it. Thevindu Dickwella was the pick of the bowlers with 3 wickets but the rest of the bowlers were leaking runs and ultimately they conceded 256 runs in their allocated 50 overs.

In reply, Isipathana had a huge task ahead of them. They needed a strong start and they got the exact opposite. Three wickets fell between the first 6 overs with their two big boys, Ravindu Ratnayaka and Thevindu Dickwella back in the hut. Ravindu was run out and Dickwella played a poor shot to be caught inside the ring.

There was no turning it around for Isipathana as wickets tumbled and they finally got cleaned up for 117 runs. Medium pace bowler Avishka Kaushlaya picked up 3 wickets up front which earned him the Best Bowlers award. With this win Thurstan completed a hatrick of wins and a golden season for their school.

Read: Sandaru Dias spins Thurstan to landmark win

  • Best Fielder – Leshan Amarasinghe (IC)
  • Best Bowler – Avishka Kaulshalya (TC)
  • Best Batsmen – Ranesh Silva (TC)
  • Man of the match – Jayavihan Pradeeptha (TC)

Result


Thurstan College
256/5 (50)

Isipathana College
117/10 (36)

Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
Yohan Liyanage c Leshan Kavisha Amarasinghe b Ravindu Rathnayakke 24 15 4 1 160.00
Jayavihan Mahavithana c S Uthsara b Thevindu Damsara Dickwella 83 119 10 1 69.75
Pruthuvi Tharuksha b Thevindu Damsara Dickwella 10 47 1 0 21.28
Nimesh Perera c Madushika Sandaruwan b S Uthsara 10 19 0 0 52.63
A Karunananyake st Leshan Kavisha Amarasinghe b Thevindu Damsara Dickwella 20 21 2 0 95.24
R Silva not out 65 44 6 1 147.73
Bawantha Jayasinghe not out 27 35 1 0 77.14


Extras 17 (b 0 , lb 7 , nb 0, w 10, pen 0)
Total 256/5 (50 Overs, RR: 5.12)
Bowling O M R W Econ
Ravindu Rathnayakke 4 0 32 1 8.00
Thuwan Kalik Amath 8 1 30 0 3.75
Kavindu Bandara 8 0 52 0 6.50
Thevindu Damsara Dickwella 10 0 55 3 5.50
Madushika Sandaruwan 10 1 48 0 4.80
S Uthsara 10 1 32 1 3.20


Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
Mandeepa Gunasekara lbw b Avishka Kaushalya 7 13 1 0 53.85
Thevindu Damsara Dickwella c Sandaru Dias b Avishka Kaushalya 4 15 0 0 26.67
R Rathnayakke run out (Bawantha Jayasinghe) 10 17 2 0 58.82
I Sandamal lbw b Bawantha Jayasinghe 0 10 0 0 0.00
Leshan Kavisha Amarasinghe lbw b Ayesh Harshana 18 37 2 0 48.65
S Uthsara b Avishka Kaushalya 2 4 0 0 50.00
Eshan Anupa Fernando c Jayavihan Mahavithana b Shalaka Bandara 27 60 2 0 45.00
Thuwan Kalik Amath c Shalaka Bandara b Sandaru Dias 13 28 1 0 46.43
Yasiru Kasthuriarachchi not out 2 16 0 0 12.50
Madushika Sandaruwan lbw b Shalaka Bandara 0 10 0 0 0.00
Kavindu Bandara b Sandaru Dias 4 6 1 0 66.67


Extras 30 (b 8 , lb 6 , nb 0, w 16, pen 0)
Total 117/10 (36 Overs, RR: 3.25)
Bowling O M R W Econ
Bawantha Jayasinghe 6 0 14 1 2.33
Avishka Kaushalya 9 0 37 3 4.11
Ayesh Harshana 5 1 11 1 2.20
Sandaru Dias 6 2 14 2 2.33
Yohan Liyanage 5 0 18 0 3.60
Shalaka Bandara 5 2 8 2 1.60