Sylvestrians in massive victory

S M Jiffrey Abdeen, - Kandy Sports Correspondent

St Sylvester’s College, Kandy created another upset when they scored a massive 232-run win over the strong Kingswood College in their schools under-17 Division One cricket tournament match played at Open Prison Camp grounds, Pallekele yesterday.

This was Sylvestrians third successive victory and are unbeaten todate.

Highlight of the match was the tantalizing spell of spin bowling by Dushan Malalasena who took 5 for 10 in 6 overs in which 3 were maidens. The Sylvestrians batting first ran up a massive 315 for 5 wickets in 50 overs, scoring at the rate of over 6 runs per over.

Akalanka Dissanayake scored 63 with 10 fours while Sumedha Dissanayake was the top scorer with 70 which had 12 fours. The Kingswoodians chasing this huge total were dismissed for a paltry 86 with Dushan Malalasena running through the cream of the batting.

St Sylvester’s College: 318 for 5 wickets in 50 overs (Dilan Mel 35, Sumedha Dissanayake 70, Akalanka Dissanayake 63, Janith Herath 29, Dananjaya Hettiarachchi 43, Dushan Malalasena 29 n.o, T H Hettiarachchi 2 for 43).

Kingswood College: 86 all out in 29 overs (M M T S Marasinghe 23, R R Wijeratne 10, S Walisundara 16, L B Weerasinghe 11, Dananjaya Hettimulla 2 for 24, Dushan Malalasena 5 for 10).