Weerasinghe brothers tame the Lions

By Leslie Fernando

CRICKET: Weerasinghe brothers (Sameera and Rajeeva) bowled a fine spell to help St. Joseph's to a resounding 9 wickets win over Trinity in their school cricket match played at Darley Road yesterday.

Sameera claimed 5 for 53 in the first innings, while Rajeeva captured 4 for 18. Sameera had a match haul of 7 for 58, while Rajeeva 6 for 82.

Trinity who were lowly placed at 76 for 6 in reply to Joes 228 for 5 decl on Friday were dismissed for 85.

Trinity following on fared better to total 196 with good contributions from Wasika Munasinghe who stroked 55 with 8 fours and Lasitha Jayatilaka 42 with 6 fours.

In addition to Weerasinghe brothers, Treshan Rajasooriya 3 for 16 and Anton de Livera 2 for 10 also helped to wreck the Trinity batting line up.

Joes needing 54 for an outright victory scored 55 for 1 with Anton de Livera top scoring with a defiant unbeaten 47.

For Joes it was their sixth successive victory for the season.

St. Joseph's 228 for 5 decl and 55 for 1 (A. de Livera 47 n.o.

Trinity 85 (S. Weerasinghe 2 for 3, R. Weerasinghe 4 for 18, A. de Livera 2 for 10) and 196 (W. Munasinghe 55, L. Jayatilaka 42, Romesh Perera 21, S. Weerasinghe 5 for 53, Treshan Rajasooriya 3 for 16, R. Weerasinghe 2 for 64).