Under 19 Cricket S. Thomas’ outclass Isipathana

By M. Shamil Amit 

S. Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia recorded their second successive outright win in the ongoing Under 19 inter-school season when they outclassed Isipathana College by nine wickets in the match concluded at Mount Lavinia yesterday.   

The second day’s play saw the Thomians declaring their first innings on their overnight score of 201 for 4 in reply to the Isipathanians score of 31 runs.   

Batting the second time with a deficit of 170 runs to erase, Isipathana was in a spot of bother with six of their top batsmen back in the pavilion with 82 runs on the board.   
Themiya Gunaratne, who made a top score of 57, along with Kevin Samuel added 40 runs for the seventh wicket but Isipathana lost their remaining three wickets for the addition of 51 runs though they managed to avoid an innings defeat.   

The second day’s play saw the Thomians declaring their first innings on their overnight score of 201 for 4 in reply to the Isipathanians score of 31 runs

Right arm pacie Nathan Caldera and Charuka Peiris shared eight wickets between them with Caldera ending the match with an eight-wicket haul.   

S. Thomas’ left with just four runs for victory needed one over to record the win.  

Result

Isipathana 31 (Akash Fernando 5 for 8, Nathan Caldera 4 for 11) and 173 (Themiya Gunaratne 47, Kevin Samuel 34, Naveen Kanishka 21; Nathan Caldera 4 for 41, Charuka Peiris 4 for 63, Akash Fernando 2 for 41)   
S. Thomas’ 201 for 4 declared (Romesh Mendis 70, Senadhi Bulankulame 29, Senesh Hettiarachchi 51 not out, Mahith Perera 30 not out) and 5 for 1