Mathew, Asitha shine as St. Anthony’s win  

by Reemus Fernando

Sri Lanka Under 19 spinner Treveen Mathew bagged twelve wickets to lead St. Anthony’s to an innings and three runs victory over St. Servatius’ in the Under 19 match which ended with a session to spare at Katugastota on Wednesday.

The home team had a first innings lead of 198 runs after stand in skipper Asitha Wanninayake scored an unbeaten 111 runs for them to post 305 for seven wickets declared.

In their second essay the visitors did well to better their first innings performance but their batting efforts led by Hasitha Amarasinghe could not make St. Anthony’s bat again.

Sri Lanka Under 19 player Mathew played the key role in restricting the visitors as he took six wickets each in the two innings.

Incidentally, Mathew is playing his first Under 19 season for St. Anthony’s.

Scores:

St. Servatius’ 107 all out in 38.4 overs (Kushan Wijerama 22, Deneth Kawya 22n.o.; Divyesh Ramaiya 3/19, Treveen Mathew 6/23) and 195 all out in 52.4 overs (Hasitha Amarasinghe 77, Kaveesha Randula 23, Mithila Minsara 31; Treveen Mathew 6/48, Kaveesha Piyumal 2/66)

St Anthony’s 251 for 5 overnight 305 for 7 in 68 overs dec. (Thisara Ekanayake 40, Mohameed Aaqil 64, Asitha Wanninayake 111n.o., Lahiru Abeysinghe 40, Chandimal Herath 26; Hasitha Amarasinghe 5/72, Vishwa Supun 2/50)