Under 15 Cricket Savi, Ethan steer St. Peter’s to thrilling win

By M. Shamil Amit

Savi Fernando and Ethan Ransillge cracked half tons as St. Peter’s pulled off a thrilling five wicket win over traditional rivals with three balls to spare in the Under 15 inter-school cricket encounter played at Darley Road yesterday. The pair’s knock helped St. Peter’s in pursuit of 224 runs for victory to reach the target in 49.3 overs. Piliyandala Central and Carey were the other two teams to come out victorious.

Results:

At Darley Road – St Peter’s won by five wickets
St. Joseph’s 223 for 8 in 50 overs (Kaven Pathirana 60, Kanishka Dissanayake 42, Anick Fernando 41, Dihen de Silva 23; Vishwa Dias 3 for 42, Dineth Premaratne 
2 for 39)
St. Peter’s 227 for 5 in 49.3 overs (Savi Fernando 71, Ethan Ransillge 50, Asadisa de Silva 45; Rithika Geeneth 2 for 35)
At Dehiwala – Piliyandala Central won by nine wickets
S. de S. Jayasinghe MMV Dehiwala 93 in 33.4 overs (Rukshan Sachin 19; Chamod Heshan 5 for 29, Adeepa Fernando 2 for 8, Thineth Salinga 2 for 17)
Piliyandala Central 95 for 1 in 14.2 overs (Adeepa Fernando 25, Mihin Lakdinu 33 n.o.)
At Muthuwella – Carey won by three wickets
De La Salle Mutwal 129 in 33 overs (Nithindu Sankalpa 28; Dinoth Gallage 5 for 20, Thaveesha Perera 2 for 21)
Carey 132 for 7 in 31.5 overs (Thabithh Rasfikar 60, Pawan Akash 20; Heshan Vihanga 4 for 47, Nithindu Sankalpa 2 for 24)