Epic knock of 239 by Angelo

CRICKET: Sri Lanka youth cap Angelo Perera hammered a trail blazing 239 as St. Peter's College took major honours in their inter school cricket tournament match against Nalanda College which ended in a draw at Bambalapitiya yesterday.

The number three right hand batsman hoisted five sixes and 24 boundaries while collecting his runs from 206 deliveries as the Peterites amassed a mammoth 501 runs in their first innings in reply to Nalanda's total of 295.This is the first time that Angelo Perera has rossed the two hundred run mark in first eleven cricket having made back to back double centuries in the under 14 tournament. This is also the first double century for St. Peter's College since Clive Inman's knock of 204 not out against the traditional rivals St. Joseph's College way back in 1954.

Chief scores "

Nalanda: 295 and 30 for 2.

St. Peter's: 501 (A. Berenger 26, A. Perera 239, S. Ranasuriya 78, I. Perera 30, A. Fernando 42, N. Karunanayake 3 for 88, D. Jayasinghe 3 for 90, A. Nanayakkara 2 for 63).