Antonians beat Trinity in Mini Battle

By Shamseer Jaleel

St. Anthony’s College warmed up for their Big Match next week with a convincing eight-wicket win over their traditional rivals, Trinity College, in their U-19 Mini Battle encounter at the Asgiriya Stadium in Kandy last weekend.

Imeth Rajapaksha was the match-winner for the Katugastota lads, claiming a match haul of 10 for 99, guiding them to victory.

Scores:
St. Anthony’s 228 in 81.3 overs (Kavindu Nawanjana 39, Okitha Fernando 38, Anjana Weerasekara 33, Yohan Senanayake 32; Ashwin Herath 4/36, Kavindu Jayarathne 3/64) and 75/2 in 14.1 overs (Thilina Edirisinghe 29 n.o., Yohan Senanayake 18 n.o.; Vidunitha Dhammage 2/21)
Trinity 119 in 41.3 overs (Nethil Senanayake 32, Vidunitha Dhammage 16, Kavindu Jayarathne 15; Sanithu Gunathilaka 4/30, Imeth Rajapaksha 4/41) and (follow-on) 179 in 49.4 overs (Vidunitha Dhammage 51, Nethil Senanayake 32, Sanjana Weerasekara 23; Imeth Rajapaksha 6/58, Vishwa Thilakarathne 4/45)