Thurstanites bounce back to beat Cambrians

Dilwin Mendis, Moratuwa Sports Corre

Thurstan College, Colombo after conceding a first innings lead of 64 runs bounced back to beat Prince of Wales’ College by 148 runs in their inter-school second eleven cricket match worked off at Moratuwa.

Batting first, Thurstanites were all out for 146 runs with Sajith Gunathilleke scoring 46 runs and Devaka Dabare had a good spell of bowling with 5 for 41 for the Cambrians. In reply Cambrians scored 210 with Ravindu Sasanka making the top score of 48 runs while Iyesh Weerarathne claimed 4 for 48.

In their second essay Thurstanites bounced back and delcared at 312 for 8 with Pramod Gunawardene and Iyesh Weerathne scoring 95 and unbeaten 65 runs respectively. Once again Devaka Dabare captured 4 for 98. Set to make 249 runs for an outright victory Cambrians were all out for 100 runs with Iyesh Weerathne taking 5 for 25.

TC – 146 (Sajith Gunatilleke 46, Avishka Perera 31, Eranga Jayasinghe 22 n.o, Vihanga Weerakkody 4/21, Devaka Dabare 5/41 and 312/8 dec – Sajith Gunatilleke 44, Pramod Gunawardene 95, Iyesh Weerathne 65 n.o, Devaka Dabare 4/98).

PWC – 210 (Vihanga Weerakkody 43, Ravindu Sasanka 33, Gihan Fernando 48, Iyesh Weerathne 4/48, Senal Wijesinghe 4/49 and 100 – Vihanga Weerakkody 25, Gayan Chamara 29, Iyesh Weerathne 5/25, Senal Wijesinghe 2/24).