Pawan Sandesh of Devapathiraja College Ratgama made 172 in 139 balls against St. Thomas’ College Matara in their first round fixture of the Singer Trophy Under 15 Division I inter school cricket tournament played at Ratgama on recently.
Sandesh hammered 13 boundaries and 13 sixes.
In two other matches Tehan Perera of Ananda College took seven wickets for 16 runs against Basilica College Ragama while Yasiru Gamarachchi of Dharmaraja College Kandy made 125 against St. Joseph Vaz College Wennappuwa.
Nethmal de Zoysa (St. Joseph Vaz) and Kawya Jayasekara (Revatha Balapitiya) scored centuries in other matches against Dharmaraja and Mahinda College.
Devapathiraja -St. Thomas’ draw
Devapathiraja: 273/8 (Pawan Sandesh 172, Hareen Achintha 38, Jeewaka Shasheen 27, Nithin Chamuda 21 n.o., Harindu Jayasekara 3/79, Janaka Pawan 2/32)
St.Thomas’: 90/9 (Nirun Ruchira 49 n.o., Irushka Thimira 4/19, Pawan Sandesh 3/26)
Ananda rout Basilica
Basilica Ragama: 73 (Tharuka Nethmal 37 n.o., Tehan Perera 7/16, Dulen Edirimanne 3/12) and 74 (Sajith de Silva 5/16, Dulen Edirimanna 2/5)
Ananda: 145/6 dec (Methma Karunaratne 42 n.o., Nushal Darmaratne 42, Haren Wickramarachchi 30, Sewmina Priyamal 3/34, Damindu Fernando 2/29) and 5/0
Dharmaraja - Joseph Vaz draw
Dharmaraja: 246 (Yasiru Gamarachchi 125, Maleesha Rajakaruna 31, M. Ratnayake 25, Kavinda Liyanapathirana 4/62, Chamath Yashoshara 3/44, Achintha Deshan 2/37)
St. Joseph Vaz: 179/4 (Nethmal De Zoysa 113 n.o., B Jayamanne 31)
(IR)