Antonians miss out on a win

By Shamseer Jaleel

St. Anthony’s College missed out on an outright win against Maliyadeva College in their under-19 interschool cricket encounter, which concluded at Katugastota recently.  Chasing a target of 97 off just 7 overs, the Antonians ended on 48/4 at stumps. Kaveesha Piyumal had a match bag of 12 wickets, which took him past 50 wickets this season.

Scores:
Maliyadeva 205 in 80.2 overs (Gayana Weerasinghe 45, Sandeepa Chamod 41; Kaveesha Piyumal 6/59) and 131 in 47.2 overs (Gayana Weerasinghe 37; Kaveesha Piyumal 6/46, Kevan Ramika 2/13)
St. Anthony’s 240 in 71.1 overs (Kevan Ramika 72, Kaveesha Piyumal 57; Dimath Abeysinghe 5/107) and 48/4 in 7 overs