Trinity in innings win over Thomians

S. M. Jiffrey ABDEEN, Kandy Sports Correspondent

Trinity College further enhanced their claim as the best schools cricket team in the island when they coasted to their ninth outright win for the season by defeating St. Thomas College, Mount Lavinia by an innings and 124 runs in their inter-school cricket match concluded at the Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy yesterday. What is most remarkable by Trinity's win is that they have won all their matches by an innings which may itself be a record.

The Thomians 266 runs behind on first innings and forced to follow on fared a little better in the second innings scoring 137 all out.

Trinity's win was a little delayed following a stubborn knock of 35 not out by N. Wickremanayake but he could not stop the inevitable.

Off spinner Janishka Premasinghe took 5 for 43 and in the first innings had the figures of 4 for 18 returning a match haul of 9 for 61. He has now captured 82 wickets for the season and could well become the first school cricketer from Kandy to capture 100 wickets this season. He could come closer to this goal when Trinity College plays Zahira College at Asgiriya on Monday.

Trinity College 314 for 7 declared.

St. Thomas College 53 all out and 137 all out in 65.2 overs (U. de Mel 35, Chamod Pathirana 22, N. Wickremanayake 35 not out, Janishka Premasinghe 5 for 43, Lakshan Jayasinghe 3 for 8).