Right-arm paceman Rachintha De Silva shone with a six-wicket haul for Thursatan College against their traditional rivals Isipathana College on day one of the 62nd Battle of The Brothers Inter-School Big Match played at the SSC Grounds in Maitland Place yesterday. 

Rachintha had Isipathana struggling on 121 for six before they recovered thanks to Chanul Dinoth and Mohamed Asjad, which helped them to end with a respectable score of 203 runs. Thurstan, in their turn faced six overs and ended the day on 23 for no loss.

Text by: Shamil Amit / Pix by: Kushan Pathiraja