Given a target of 159 to win, D.S. Senanayake College, Colombo, were 80 for seven at close as their closely contested Inter-school Under-19 two-day cricket encounter against s. Thomas’ College ended in a draw at Mount Lavinia yesterday (20).

S. Thomas,’ who commenced the day with eight wickets in hand while trailing by four runs, made amends to their first innings’ disappointments as Chamod Pathirana and Fahim Saleem did the bulk of the scoring to post 164 for eight declared.

Later, Hemaka Ariyaratne and Pathirana shared five wickets apiece to trouble their visitors who lost seven within a space of 80 runs.

However, the highlight of the game was the impressive seven-wicket haul by Sri Lanka Under-19 paceman Charith Jayampathi who restricted S. Thomas’ to 128 in the first innings.

S. Thomas’ - 128 all out in 45 overs (Adrian Kerner 35, F. Saleem 28; C. Jayampathi 7/34, Navin Kavikara 2/28) and (6 for 2 wkts. o/n) 164 for 8 wkts. declared in 72.1 overs (F. Saleem 49, R. Nirushan 32, C. Pathirana 42 n.o.; Nadun Pathirana 4/18, Malshan Munasinghe 2/22)

D.S. Senanayake - 138 all out in 41.2 overs (N. Pathirana 24, Chamara Kariyawasam 23, C. Jayampathy 41 n.o.; P. Pathirana 3 for 27, H. Ariyaratne 2/16, F. Saleem 2/24) and 80 for 7 wkts. in 26 overs (Chamara Kariyawasam 16, C. Jayampathi 29; N. Jayakody 20 n.o.; H. Ariyaratne 3/14, C. Pathirana 2/23).