Singer Schools’ Cricket Cup St. Sylvester’s College dominates Under 15, Under 17 categories

By Shamseer Jaleel

Under 17: St. Sylvester’s win by 1 wicket

An unbeaten 64 runs by Pasindu Jayakody helped St. Sylvester’s College beat Dharmaraja College by 1 wicket in their Under 17 inter-school cricket encounter, which concluded at the Lake View grounds in Kandy.

Dharmaraja 

163 in 49.5 overs

J Gunarathne 57 not out

Maleesha Silva 2 for 12

St. Sylvester’s 

164 for 9 in 48.3 overs

P Jayakody 63 not out, K Vidudara 41

T Wanninayake 3 for 15, T Herath 3 for 17

Under 15: Innings win for St. Sylvester’s

St. Sylvester’s College beat their traditional rivals, Vidyartha College, by an innings and 47 runs in their Under 15 inter-school cricket encounter, which concluded at Pallekele. The highlight of the innings was a fine 70 by Osanda Heenkenda who hit 9 boundaries and 3 six’s for the winning team.

St Sylvester’s 

195 in 42.1 overs

Osanda Heenkenda 70, Arjuna Udugoda 47, Suneth Shabi 27

Ishan Nanayakkara 3 for 35, Ashen Senanayake 2 for 52

Vidyartha 

94 in 34 overs

Ashen Senanayake 31

Sadeepa Kalhara 3 for 12, Pasindu Madaewa 2 for 1

And 54 in 14 overs

Sandeepa Kalhara 3 for 27, Akila Wickremasinghe 4 for 0, Pasindu Madewa 2 for 6