Sylvestrians in close win

Kandy Sports Correspondent

A sixth wicket stand of 89 between Harsha Madushan 44 (5 fours) and Sumedha Dissanayake 54 (6 fours) helped St Sylvesters College to post a one wicket win over Devananda College, Ambalangoda in their schools under 19 limited over cricket tournament match played at St Anthony's College grounds, Katugastota yesterday.

When this pair came to the wicket the Sylvestrians were struggling at 61 for 5 and through some careful batting they took the score to 150 before Sumedha Dissanayake was dismissed.

Of the later batsmen Indunil Samarananda (29) and Dhanujaya Hettiarachchi 39 batted well for the Sylvestrians to post victory in the 47th over.

Devananda College 199 all out in 46.3 overs (Lakshitha Sirimanne 50, Gehan Madusanka 41, Dinesh Udaganga 28, Sumedha Dissanayake 3 for 28, Indunil Samarananda 2 for 25, Waruna Wijesinghe 2 for 43).

St Sylvesters College 201 for 9 wickets in 47.4 overs (Sumedha Dissanayake 54, Harsha Madushan 44, Dhanujaya Hettiarachchi 39, Indunil Samarananda 29, Charith Udara 3 for 38, Sithara Madhushan 2 for 29).