Chamod steers St. Joseph’s to victory

A matchbag of nine wickets by Chamod Gayan helped St. Joseph’s College Wattala recorded an exciting 17-run outright win over Lyceum, Panadura in their Under-19 Inter-schools Cricket Tournament encounter which concluded at the Prison Grounds in Dalupotha yesterday.

Meanwhile, Galahitiyawa Central recorded a firstinnings win against Carey College in another match which ended at Mount Mary.

At Dalupotha (St. Joseph’s Wattala won by 17 runs)

St. Joseph’s: 117 and (9/0 overnight) 100 (Malinga Silva 31, Aloka Madushan 20, Niven Rodrigo 7/42, Thithiea Tennekoon 3/9)

Lyceum, Panadura: 89 and 111 (Nesanda Weerasekera 66, Chamod Gayan 4/62, Isuru Tissera 3/30,Aloka Madushan 2/5).

At Mount Mary (1st innings win for Galahitiyawa Central)

Galahitiyawa Central: 238 and 231/5 (Isuru Tharaka 66, Sandaruwan Chinthaka 61, Senesh Nadeeshan 36, Manuditha Ravishan 36, Denham Miller 2/54, Janika Lakshitha 2/89)

Carey (67/2 overnight): 214 (Abdul Rahman 72, Mohamed Nabil 31, Mohamed Mustaf 25, Theekshana Abeyratne 23, Buddika Kamesh 4/42).