Santhush, Nipunaka put St. Peter’s in command

A fine knock of 123 by Santhush Gunatileke and an unbeaten 84 by Nipunaka Fonseka put St. Peter’s College in a strong position at the end of the first day’s play in their Under-19 Inter-schools Cricket Tournament encounter against President’s College, Kotte played at Bambalapitiya yesterday.

St. Peter’s after bundling out their opponents for 92 runs, ended the day with a formidable first innings score of 281 for five.

At Bambalapitiya President’s College: 92 (Vikum Kalhara 30, Keshara Pushpakumara 30, Santhush Gunatileke 3/6, Tariq Saboor 2/5, Kanishka Maduwantha 2/23, Ruvin Seneviratne 2/37)

St. Peter’s: 281/5 (Santhush Gunatileke 123, Shannon Fernando 25, Nipunaka Fonseka 84 n.o).

At Campbell Place De Mazenod: 146 (Nadun Dilshan 30, Nimna Fernando 28, Lakshitha Rasanjana 7/41, Chamindu Wijesinghe 3/34)

Nalanda: 153/2 (Ranidu de Silva 56, Avishka Perera 23).

At Mount Lavinia Prince of Wales: 148 (Prince Fernando 54, Kavindu Dilshan 21, Dilmin Ratnayake 4/24, Shannon Fernando 2/13, Kalana Perera 2/54)

S. Thomas’: 182/3 (Deon Fernando 47, Dilmin Ratnayake 33, Umayanga Suwaris 49 n.o, Ravindu de Silva 45 n.o, Kavinda Dilshan 2/36).

At Reid Avenue Bandaranayake MMV Gampaha: 105 (Arosha Wickramage 28, Sisitha Madanayake 25, Lahiru Madusanka 3/32, Manula Perera 3/41, Kanika Dyaratne 2/10)

Royal Colombo: 235/5 (Ahan Wickramasinghe 88, Pasindu Sooriyabandara 65, Tithira Weerasinghe 27, Kamil Mishara 25, Gayashan Hettiarachchi 3/71, Kavishka Thilakshana 2/28).