Mahinda boy hits sixth hundred

Mahinda College's Under-13 batsman Navod Paranavithana hit his sixth century of the season as his team went on to beat St. Peter's College on first innings in their Division One match in Galle.

Paranavithana scored 106 in 77 balls with 12 boundaries and six sixes taking his seasonal aggregate to 1125 from 13 matches.

Royal College Panadura will meet Mahinda College at the Panadura Esplanade and St. Peter's College will meet Prince of Wales College at Bambalapitiya in two other matches tomorrow.

Scores:

St. Peter's: 115 in 38.3 overs (Anslem Peiris 20, Shenal Boteju 15, Kosala Udatanga 4/16, Chethiya Gunasekera 4/36)

Mahinda: 216 in 53.1 overs (Navod Paranavithana 106, Sandew Induwara 48, Jason Harding 4/26, Kavindu Herath 2/30)

-YK