Sri Lanka Schools: St Peter's content with draw (7 March 1999)
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07-Mar-1999
7 March 1999
Sri Lanka Schools: St Peter's content with draw
Richard Dwight
St. Peter's were content on indulging in batting practice for the
'big match' next week than on setting St. Anthony's College a victory
target and this cricket encounter ended in a listless draw at
Bambalapitiya yesterday.
St. Anthony's continuing from their overnight score of 40 for 3 in
reply to St. Peter's first innings score of 207 fell to the off-spin
of Dilshan Rupasinghe to lose wickets cheaply to be 78 for 8 - but a
purposeful 9th wicket partnership of 51 runs, between Samson Burke
and Nuwan Senarathmudali, enabled St. Anthony's to get up to 158 all
out.
Rupasinghe had the fine figures of 6 for 39, ably supported by
Suranga Pinto 3 for 34 for St. Peter's.
Enjoying a first innings lead of 51 runs, St. Peter's who were 116
for 6, batted on to the close to be 193 for 6 with Malin Silva and
Gavin Lodewyke batting well again, for both to be unbeaten on 52 and
45 respectively.
Scores:
St. Peter's 207 and 193 for 6 (M. Silva 52 not out, G. Lodewyke 45
n.o., S. Gunesekera 42, S. Pinto 17, S. Basnayake 2 for 7, P.
Jayawardene 2 for 56).
St. Anthony's 158 (S. Burke 42 n.o., S. Pinnaduwa 23, N. Nizam 37, N.
Senarathmudali 20, P. Jayawardene 12, D. Rupasinghe 6 for 39, S.
Pinto 3 for 34).
Source :: Daily News (https://www.lanka.net)