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St. Sebastian’s make clean sweep with T20 win

19 Mar 2024 - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}}      

By M. Shamil Amit   


St. Sebastian’s College made a clean sweep against traditional rivals Prince of Wales College having won the two day big clash by four wickets, the limited over encounter by 20 runs and now by pulling off a thrilling three wicket win with four balls to spare in the 2nd Battle of the Golds T20 encounter played at De Zoysa Stadium in Moratuwa recently.  
The Cambrians taking first lease of the wicket helped by a top knock of 71 from Oshan de Silva made a challenging score of 161 runs and the Sebs helped by useful knocks from Ryan Dissanayake, Vimath Dinsara and Manuja Chanthuka succeeded to race to the target with four balls to spare.  
Result:
At Moratuwa - St. Sebastian’s won by three wickets
 Prince of Wales 161 for 9 in 20 overs (Oshan de Silva 71, Achala Perera 28, Sachira Damian 20: Adesh Almeida 3/21, Malintha Silva 2/31, Manuja Chanthuka 2/35)  
St. Sebastian’s 164 for 7 in 19.2 overs (Ryan Dissanayake 35, Vimath Dinsara 32, Manuja Chanthuka 39 n.o..: Achala Perera 3/16)