Easy for Antonians

S.M. Jiffrey ABDEEN - Kandy Sports Corr.

Two fifteen year old off spinners Sachin Bulathsinhala 6 for 35 and Nimesha Gunasinghe 5 for 28 bowled St. Anthony's College, Kandy to a 126 runs win over D.S. Senanayake College, Colombo in their inter-school cricket match concluded at Katugastota yesterday.

It was the poor batting of D.S. Senanayake College cricketers which let them down after they chased a modest Antonian first innings total of 167.

Their first innings crumbled for a low score of 91 against some fine spin bowling by Sachin Bulathsinhala who captured five of the six wickets which fell yesterday returning the fine analysis of 11-2-36-6.

The Antonian batting a second time declared at 178 for 9 after batting for only 33.5 overs. Viraj Deepal hit an aggressive 50 with 7fours, facing 47 deliveries.

Set with a target of 255 to win in 58 overs D.S. Senanayake hardly rose up to the task and were dismissed for 128 in 48 overs in the fifth Mandatory.

This time it was the spin of Nimesha Gunasinghe which confused the D.S. Senanayake batsmen and he returned the figures of 12-2-28-5.

St. Anthony's College: 161 All out and 178 for 9 decl. In 33.5 overs (Viraj Deepal 50, Nimesha Gunasinghe 21, Kavinda Pullukuttiarachchi 28, Kanishka Ranaraja 37, Supun Madusanka 4 for 32).

D.S. Senanayake College: 44 for 4 overnight 91 all out in 36.1 overs (Saveen Cyril 20, Lasith Abeyratne 32, Supun Madusanka 18, Sachin Bulathsinhala 6 for 35) and 128 all out in 48 overs (Kavinda Bandara 24, Kanishka Prasan 15, Lasith Abeyratne 19, Sachintha Karunaratne 18, Supun Madusanka 28, Nimesha Gunasinghe 5 for 28, Buwaneka Wijetunga 3 for 23).