Joes pile up 325

Anushka WITHANAGE

Three fine half centuries by E. Silva (63), C. Jayasinghe (74) and S.Jayathilake (74) guided St. Joseph College team to score 325 runs against Ananda College in their under 19 cricket tournament match played at St. Joseph College grounds, Darley Road yesterday.

In reply Ananda College were 36 for 1 wicket when play was stopped early due to bad light.

Chief scores:

St. Joseph’s College 325 all out (S. Samarasekara 21, E. Silva 63, C. Jayasinghe 74, E. Kumara 74, S. Jayathilake 26, S. Perera 2 for 67, M. Janadi 3 for 58, M. Perera 2 for 106, P. Madushan 2 for 17).

Ananda College 36 for 1 wicket (Geeshan Wimaladharma 24 n.o).

Thomians shot out for 167

Two superb bowling performances by Nalandians - Rangana Kure (5 for 24) and Dinuk Jayasinghe (4 for 45) helped them to bundle out S. Thomas’ College, Mt. Lavinia for 167 runs in their first innings in the inter school under-19 cricket match which began at Nalanda College ground yesterday.

In reply Nalanda College were 151 for 6 wickets when play was stopped early due to bad light.

Chief scores:

S. Thomas 167 (Ashen Fernando 31, Chamod Pathirana 48, Lalinda Peris 23, Rangana Kure 5 for 24, Dinuk Jayasinghe 4 for 45).

Nalanda College 151 for 6 (Prashan Wickramasinghe 25, Nipun Karunanayake 54, Adeesha Nanayakkara 30, Nilaksha Fernando 2 for 51, Umesh Fernando 2 for 12).