Collective effort powers Isipatana to crucial victory

A collective bowling effort powered Isipatana to their second outright victory of the season and the first in their group in the Under 19 Division I Tier ‘B’ tournament as they beat St. Anthony’s College Wattala by nine wickets at Colts ground on Tuesday.

After extending their first innings lead to 73 runs Isipatana had only St. Anthony’s skipper Chamod Sandeepa resisting against them as none of the other top order batsmen reached double figures.

Sandeepa’s century (120) in adversity only delayed the inevitable.

Chasing a target of 88 runs, Isipatana lost just one wicket, as Ruchith Rodrigo’s unbeaten half century sealed the victory with many overs to spare.

Isipatana thus earned their first tournament points after four outings.

Scores:

St. Anthony’s Wattala

78 all out in 39 overs (Kavindu Senadi 16; Thithira Sansira 2/11, Menula Sadev 3/11) and 160 all out in 50.1 overs (Chamod Sandeepa 120; Chanul Dinoth 3/34, Menula Sadev 3/47)

Isipatana 132

for 7 overnight 151 all out in 50.4 overs (Navindu Hettiarachchige 39, Ranmith Senarath 41, Lesandu Kalpage 32; Ridma Colombage 2/19, Kavindu Senadi 2/36, Shanel Yogarathna 2/39, Akash Rathnasiri 3/28) and 89 for 1 in 17.2 overs (Navindu Hettiarachchige 22, Ruchith Rodrigo 55n.o.)

By – The Island