An unbeaten 119 off 124 balls with eleven boundaries and four sixes by Ravindu de Silva and a 76 ball 84 with four boundaries and half a dozen sixes by Umayanga Suwaris helped S. Thomas College, Mt Lavinia to over come Piliyandala Central College by 129 run (Parabola System) in their under 17 division one first round encounter played at Mt Lavinia yesterday.
The Thomians elected to bat first scored 316 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in their 50 overs. Deon Fernando, Dilmin Rathnayaka and skipper Shalin de Mel too contributed to Thomian total. Piliyandala Central’s skipper Chamod Sandaru captured 3 wickets.
Piliyandala Central were on par with the Thomians at the end of the 20th over but two quick wickets by Dilmin Rathnayaka saw them at 130/5 when play was interrupted by rain 11 overs later. The Piliyandala innings was reduced to 39 overs with a target score of 282 calculated on the parabola system but were only able to reach 153 for the loss of six wickets at close of play. Heshara Dilkith scored 41 runs and Chamod Sandaru chipped in with 36.
Scores:
STC 316/5 in 50 overs (Dilmin Ratnayaka 25, Shalin de Mel 23, Ravindu de Silva 119 not out, Deon Fernando 35, Umayanga Swaris 84, Chamod Sandaru 3/54)
Piliyandala Central 153/6 in 39 overs (Heshara Dilkith 41, Chamod Sandaru 36, Dilmin Rathnayaka 2/12)
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