Lalindra pilots Thomians to victory

Sanjaya Ariyaratne

A fine unbeaten century (103 n.o. with 11 fours) by right hand middle order batsman Lalindra Peiris and a fine bowling spell of 5 for 11 by R.M. Matugama guided S. Thomas' College, Mt. Lavinia to an easy first innings win over St. John's College, Nugegoda in their Under 17 Division I first round cricket encounter played at Mount. Lavinia recently.

STC- 240 for 8 (H.L.E. Peiris 103 n.o, Chamod Pathirana 36, Kavinda Perera 31, P.Y.Y.U. Nanayakkara 31, A.C. Peiris 3 for 41, A.N.U.P. Weerasinghe 2 for 34)

St. John's College- 118 all out (S.L. David 31, D.L.M. Ranasinghe 30, A. Weerasinghe 18, A.C. Peiris 16 n.o, R.M. Matugama 5 for 11, L.J. De Silva 2 for 36)

Superb knock by Chamod

Right hand middle order batsman Chamod Pathirana, who scored a brilliant 88 (in 127 balls with 13 fours) and a fine bowling performance of 4 for 29 by Dimithri Dolapihilla propelled S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia to a first innings triumph over Prince of Wales College, Moratuwa in their under 17 division I first round cricket match played at Moratuwa, recently.

STC - 159 all out (Chamod Pathirana 88, M.S.C. Aponso 12, Salmesh Saviya 3 for 23, Gnamitha Umayanga 3 for 31, Sehan Jayasuriya 2 for 30)

Prince of Wales College- 124 all out (Salmesh Saviya 25, Malshan Mendis 24 n.o, Dimithri Dolapihilla 4 for 29, H.L.E Peiris 2 for 24)

DSS Triumph

D.S. Senanayake College scored an eight wicket win over Sri Sumangala Maha Vidyalaya in an under 17 division I cricket match played at Baddagama grounds, recently.

Sri Sumangala MV- 80 all out (W.V.K. Fernando 18, W.A.K.H. de Silva 11, Manila Thavinda 3/10, Dulaj Maduranga 3/10, Charith Jayampathy 2/29)

D.S. Senanayake- 83 for 2 (Thusitha Silva 34, Chanaka Roshan 18, Chamod Wickramasinghe 12 n.o, Charith Jayampathi 10 n.o, T.D. Fernando 1 for 25, N.S. Nalamuni 1 for 24)