STC Mt. Lavinia enter Pre Quarters with ten wins in a row
Text and pic by P.D. de Silva
S. Thomas' College Mt. Lavinia entered the pre quarter finals of the Under-17 Division I Cricket Tournament undefeated after ten outings.
Playing in Group 'B' of the tournament in the first round the Thomians registered convincing wins over Carey College, Thurstan College, St. John's College Nugegoda, De La Salle College Mutwal, Holy Cross College Kalutara, St. Joseph Vaz College Wennappuwa and Presidents College Kotte to accumulate 34 points out of a possible 35.
In the second round playing in Group 'Q' the Thomians defeated Piliyandala Central College, Ananda College and Mahanama College and will meet Dharmaraja College Kandy in the pre-quarter finals.
The Thomian Under-17 team led by Shalin de Mel comprise of Ravindu de Silva, Umayanga Swaris, Mohamed Ishaq, Maneesha Rupasinghe, Deon Fernando, Shamilka Wickramatilleke, Dilmin Rathnayaka, Gavin Boteju, Kishan Munasinghe, Shehan Silva, Ashendra Rajadurai and Thihan Dilmith. The team is coached by Dilshan Mendis. Dinesh Kumarasinghe is Director of Cricket at STC Mt Lavinia.
How they fared in round two: Vs Piliyandala Central College: Won by 129 runs (Parabola method)
STC 316/5 in 50 overs (Ravindu de Silva 119 not out, Umayanga Swaris 84, Dilmin Athanayake 25, Shalin de Mel 23; Chamod Sandaru 3/54,
Piliyandala Central 153/6 in 39 overs (Heshan Dilkith 41, Chamod Sandaru 36, Dilmin Rathnayaka 2/12) Vs Ananda College: Won by 81 runs
STC 286/8 in 50 overs (Umayanga Swaris 59, Kishan Munasinghe 46, Deon Fernando 34, Mohamed Ishaq 32 not out, Ravindu de Silva 27; Atheesha Perera 3/51)
Ananda 205 in 42.3 overs (Senera Kudagama 57, Khanishka Ranthilakage 49, Janith Jayawardena 21, Shamilka Wickramatilleke 5/31, Dilmin Rathnayake 2/41)
Vs Mahanama College: STC won by 9 wickets Mahanama 78 in 25.5 overs (Chamikara Peiris 23 not out; Mohamed Ishaq 2/7, Shalin de Mel 2/8, Dilmin Rathnayake 2/10 and Shamilka Wickramatilleke 2/35)
STC 79/1 in 12 overs (Maneesha Rupasinghe 53 not out)