St Peter’s defeat Isipathana to record second win

St Peter’s College defeated Isipathana College, who were pummeled to their third successive outright defeat, by four wickets in the Under 19 interschool cricket encounter concluded at Bambalapitiya yesterday.

The low-scoring match saw Isipathana take a slender three-run lead in the first innings but failed miserably in the second innings when they were bowled out for 120 having resumed on their overnight score of 17 for no loss as they succumbed to the bowling combination of Chrishan Fernando and Julian de Zylva who shared seven wickets between them.

St Peter’s chasing a target of 124 runs for victory underwent some anxious moments before reaching the required target in the 35th over, thanks to an unbeaten knock of 49 by Shasheen Fernando.

Isipathana 140 (Chenutha Wickramasinghe 66, Julian de Zylva 3 for 33, Chemila Obesekara 2 for 26, Dushan Hemantha 2 for 35, Ranitha Liyanarachchi 2 for 36) and (17/0 overnight) 120 (Ramitha Sandaruwan 37, Deshan Jayakumar 37, Chrishan Fernando 4 for 12, Julian de Zylva 3 for 26, Ranitha Liyanarachchi 2 for 40)

St. Peter’s 137 (Lahiru Milantha 27, Chemila Obeysekara 27, Janith Liyanage 25, Chrishan Fernando 18 n.o., Kelum Bastians 4 for 38, Malin Dias 4 for 49) and 124 for 6 (Ranitha Liyanaarachchi 21, Lahiru Milantha 18, Shasheen Fernando 49 n.o., Sameera Dissanayake 3 for 19, Dilan Punchihewa 2 for 35)