Movin Subasinghe managed 6 for 43 against St. Sebastian’s College while Avindu Theekshana 5 for 65 helped Richmond put SPC under immense pressure.
Meanwhile Ananda College bowlers keep St. Anthony’s College Kandy at bay, handing the hosts a chance for first innings points while Royal College ended day one on 99 for 3 in a low scoring day in school cricket.
Wesley vs St. Sebastian’s
The visitors won the toss and elected to bat first at Campbell Park with the intention of putting the hosts under pressure early in the game. Things did not go according to plan for the visitors as the host, spearheaded by Movin with the ball ran through the Sebastian batting leaving the visitors in tatters for 153 in their first innings.
Wesley College did not have things easy with the bat as the hosts ended day one, reeling at 107 for the loss of 6 wickets, trailing the visitors by 46 runs with 4 wickets left.
The game will continue tomorrow for day two at Campbell Park.
Brief Scores:
St. Sebastians College – 153 (34.1) Nimesh Bandara 76, Malintha Pieris 41, Movin Subasinghe 6/43, Shenal Dangalle 3/25
Wesley College – 107/6 (48) Movin Subasinghe 31*, Shamod Athulathmudali 28
Peters vs Richmond
Avindu Theekshana’s 5 for 65 kept a lid on the hosts as they ended day one on 181 for 9 wickets. Santhush Gunathilake was the stand out batsman for Peters with a brilliant knock of 72.
The game will continue tomorrow for day two at St. Peter’s grounds.
Brief Scores:
St. Peter’s College 181/9 (92) Santhush Gunathilake 72, Shivan Perera 21, Avindu Theekshana 5/65, Dhananjaya Lakshan 2/41, Ravishka Wijesiri 2/35
Ananda vs St. Anthony’s
Ananda College bowlers managed to bundle out the Anthonian batting for a below par 118. Dileepa Jayalath 4/16, Kavishka Anjula 2/06 and Supun Waragoda 2/40 were the chief destroyers bagging 8 wicket between them.
Ananda batting in their first innings ended day one at 81 for the loss of a single wicket.
The game will continue tomorrow for day two at Ananda grounds.
Brief Scores:
St. Anthony’s College 118 (39) Mohommed Alfar 47, Sunera Jaysinghe 28, Mohommed Absar 20, Dileepa Jayalath 4/16, Kavishka Anjula 2/06, Supun Waragoda 2/40
Ananda College 81/1 (16.3) Kavindu Gimhana 27, Sahan Suraweera 31*
Thurstan vs Royal
Royal College was sent into bat but managed just 99 runs on day one as rain interrupted play with just 32.3 overs played in the game.
The game will continue tomorrow for day two at Thurstan grounds.
Brief Scores:
Royal College 99/3 (32.3) Madara Thalduwa 34, Ronuka Jayawardane 33
