First innings win for Antonians

S.M. Jiffrey Abdeen Kandy Sports Corr.

A tantalising spell of left-arm spin bowling by Adil Reyal helped St. Anthony's College to score a first innings win over Wesley College in their inter-school cricket match concluded at Katugastota on Saturday.In reply to Antonian total of 204, the Wesleyites were tottering at 85 for 8 at one stage appeared to be in the danger of being asked to follow on.

But a face-saving ninth wicket stand of 55 between Shanika Jeewantha 40 not out and Sachin Jayawardena 15 helped them to recover to a total of 143. Left-arm spinner Adil Reyal in a deadly spell took 6 for 40 and five of his victims were trapped leg before bemused by the sharp turn. His figures read 27.5-12-40-6. Adil Reyal has now captured over 20 wickets this season.

Batting a second time, the Antonians scored 123 for 6 wickets declared with off spinner Dulanjan Wijesinghe again bowling well to capture 3 for 35 giving him a match bag of 7 for 100. Set a victory target of 185 in 11 overs, Wesley had scored 15 for no loss in 5 overs before badlight stopped play.

St. Anthony's College 204 all out in 58.4 overs (H.A. Wickremasekera 37, D. Kumarasinghe 30, M. Perera 13, A. Reyal 13, J. Siegertsz 24, Sahan Pallihakkara 50, Dulanjana Wijesinghe 4 for 65, Sachin Jayawardena 4 for 76) and 123 for 6 wkts decl. in 27 overs. (D. Kumarasinghe 23, K. Ekanayake 20, J. Siegertsz 22 not out, S. Pallihakkara 17, Dulanjana Wijesinghe 3 for 35).

Wesley College 143 all out in 75.5 overs (D. Samarasekera 18, D. Wijesinghe 12, T. Abeysekera 11, Shanika Jeewantha 40 not out, S. Jayawa6

rdena 15, T. Bandara 2 for 37, Adil Reyal 6 for 40) and 15 for no loss in 5 overs.