Ekanayake guides St. Sylvester’s

S.M. Jiffrey Abdeen Kandy Sports Corr

Ruwantha Ekanayake hit a fine 86 with 10 fours off 101 balls to guide St. Sylvester’s College, Kandy to their first outright win for the season when they beat President’s College, Kotte by an innings and 49 - runs in their schools under - 19 cricket tournament match concluded at Kotte on Sunday. One of the main contributory factor to President’s College defeat was their poor batting performance in the first innings when they dismissed for a paltry 48 in just 22 overs putting the pressure on themselves to save the match which was a tall order.

President’s College 48 all out in 22 over (Thanoj Withanage 20, Dananjaya Athauda 3 for 16, Waruna Wijesinghe 2 for 8, Ruwantha Ekanayake 2 for 12) and 224 all out in 58 overs (L. Kaburugamuwa 55, Thanoj Withanage 48, S. Wanigasekera 35, Y. Kuruwita 20, D. Malalasena 2 for 11, Faiz Ahamed 2 for 24, Tivanka Gunaratne 2 for 20).

St. Sylvester’s College 321 all out in 67 overs (Ruwantha Ekanayake 86, Kanishka Herath 65, Dileepa Gayashan 32, Dananjaya Athauda 35, Janith Herath 20, Nuwan Nilantha 15, Waruna Wijesinghe 19, Faiz Ahamed 15, Menika Nanayakkara 11, Y. Kuruwita 4 for 115, T. Wijesuriya 3 for 65).