Sebastianites in command

by Dilwin Mendis, Moratuwa Sports Corr.

CRICKET: St. Sebastians College, Moratuwa was in a strong position at the end of day one in their inter-school under-19 cricket match against St. Anthony's College, Kandy played at Moratuwa on Friday.

St. Anthony's batting first were all out for 148 runs. Tharaka Jayasinghe top scoring with 60 runs.

The homesters were 265 for 7 at stumps with Deshan Dias unbeaten on 78 and Ramesh Fernando 72.

Chief scores

St. Anthony's College: 148 (Tharaka Jayasinghe 60, Anith Nadarajah 29, S. de Mel 3/22, Amila Aponso 3/39, Anuk de Alwis 2/37).

St. Sebastians College: 263/7 (Deshan Dias 78 n.o, Ramesh Fernando 72, Kasun Fernando 47, Adil Reyal 4/98, Aruna Bandara 2/48)