Lakshina fashions Peterite win

By Ranjan Anandappa

Two exhilarating innings ( 93 and 22n.o) by Peterite wicket keeper batsman Lakshina Rodrigo who had afine day behind the stumps and with the bat helped St.Peter's todefeat St.Anthony's Katugasthota by 7 wickets in their Singer under19 school cricket match played at Bambalapitiya yesterday.

The Peterites who had to get 39 runs in5 mandatory overs romped home when Lakshina Rodrigo( 22 n.o) the topscorer in the first innings blasted the Antonian attack to score therequired runs in 3 overs.

The Antonians going in for the secondtime with a deficit of 128 were all out for 166. Kanishka Uggalpaya( 52), Yapa Bandara ( 31) and Buwaneka Wijetunga ( 30) were mainscorers for the Katugastota school. Ashant Malaka took 5 for 37 forthe Peterites.

Brief scores.

St.Anthony's College, Katugastota 155( Damitha Panditharatne 57, Pulasthi Bandara 43, Ashant Malka 3 for16, Randel Seneviratne 3 for 22, Thaneesha Weerakoon 3 for 52) and166 ( Kanishka Uggalpaya 52, Yapa Bandara 31, Buweneka Wijeratne 30, A.Malka 5 for 37, Thaneesha Weerakoon 2 for 25, Vinu Mohotty 2 for22)

St.Peter's College 191 for 5 overnight283 for 7 declared ( Dineth Thamodya 72, Lakshina Rodrigo 93, SachinDalpadadu 37, Manelka de Silva 27, Vinu Mohotti 33 n.o, DilanBandara 2 for 65, Buwaneka Wijetunga 2 for 59) and 41 for 3 in 3overs ( Lakshina Rodrigo 22 n.o)