St. Servatius’, S. Thomas’ retain Tier ‘A’ slots

By M. Shamil Amit   

St. Servatius’ College, Matara and S. Thomas’ College, Mt Lavinia retained their slots of the Under 19 inter-school Division One Tier ‘A’ segment two day tournament when they came out on top against St. Thomas’ Matara and De Mazenod Kandana in the relegation matches played at Matara and Reid Avenue.  
St. Servatius helped by a six wicket haul by Viran Chamuditha and half tons by Diniru Abeywickramasinghe and Vishwa Supun recorded a comfortable first innings win over traditional rivals St. Thomas, Matara while S. Thomas’ succeeded by virtue of obtaining bonus points in their match against De Mazenod which ended in a no decision.  
St. Thomas’ Matara and De Mazenod will be demoted to the Division One Tier ‘B’ segment from next season.  

Result
At Matara - First innings win for St Servatius’ 
St. Thomas’ Matara 197 (Pesandu Sanjan 57, Senura Perera 45: Viran Chamuditha 6/42, Sanju Dilshan 2/46)  
St. Servatius’ Matara 263 (Diniru Abeywickramasinghe 76, Vishwa Supun 55, Chamarindu Nethsara 30, Heshan Madusanka 24: Manuga Guruge 4/50, Pesandu Sanjan 3/45, Loshitha Diksith 2/23)  
At Reid Avenue - No decision 
S. Thomas’ 294 for 7 vs De Mazenod