Dilan shines in drawn game at Reid Avenue

A fighting and unbeaten knock of 61 inclusive of six boundaries and a six by Dilan Thabrew helped St. Benedict’s from jaws of defeat and denied Royal a victory in their Under19 Inter-School cricket encounter concluded at Reid Avenue yesterday.

Royal made a formidable score of 286 for 7 on day one while in response St. Benedict's were bowled out for a low score of 141 runs. Made to follow on with task of erasing a deficit 145 runs, St. Benedict's were reeling at 45 for 5 before Thabrew came to rescue side with a fighting knock which enabling to hold on and end the day at 134 for 8.

In another traditional match between St. Joseph’s and Ananda played at Ananda Mawatha, the hosts piled up 259 for the loss of 7 wickets with half tons coming from Lakshitha Kularatne and Nethma Karunaratne. Batting first St. Joseph’s declared their innings from their overnight total of 251 for 7.