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Dineth pilots St. John’s to victory

A fine bowling spell of 6 for 8 runs from Dineth Prasanga helped St. John’s College, Panadura to beat Homagama Central on first innings by 58 runs in their inter school under 13 division one tournament cricket match played at Panadura.

Batting first visitors were all out for 51 runs as Dineth finished with figures of 6/8 as did Kavishka Fernando with three wickets for 6 and in reply Johnians were 109 for 3 at the close.

Chief Scores:

Homagama Central - 51 - Ushan Sathsara 28, Deneth Prasanga 6/8, Kavishka Fermamdo 4/6

St. John’s - 109/3 - Imasra Ferando 35, Kaushka Fernando 32, T. Sandeepa 21

Lalith Athulathmudali beat Defense Services School

In another game in division three Lalith Athulathmudali College beat Defense Services School, Colombo by 10 wickets at Rathmalana.

Batting first Defense School were all out for 33 runs with Bihandu Devnaka claiming 5 for 2 runs and in reply homesters were all out for 74 with Adeesha Nethsara bagging 4 for 7. In their second essay visitors were all out for 48 runs with Mulitha de Costa capturing 4 for 17 runs. Set to make 6 runs for a outright victory Homesters scored without loss.

Chief Scores:

Defense School - 33 in 15 overs - Bihandu Devnaka 5/2, Mulitha de Costa 2/11 and 48 - Mulitha de Costa 4/17, Bihandu Devnaka 3/25, Surath Rasanjaya 3/1

Lalith Athulathmudali College - 77 in 29 overs - Adeesha Nethsara 4/7, Dunuk Methnmika 2/17, Sithuma Sakunith 2/33 and 7/0


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