Sri Lanka, April 12 -- Pavan Rathnayake hit a top score of 81 but Mahanama College, Colombo were dismissed for 169 in their first innings on the opening day of their Inter-Schools Under-19 traditional fixture against St. Anne's College which began at Kurunegala yesterday.

St. Anne's in reply were well placed at 79 for one wicket at stumps.

Mahanama: 169 (Pavan Rathnayake 81, Sachira Weliwatta 23, Sadishan Chamodya 22, Pasindu Tennakoon 4/51, Kalindu Wijesinghe 2/28, Manaan Muzammil 2/49)

St. Anne's: 79/1 (Dilhara Deshabandu 35 n.o, Kavindu Ekanayake 29 n.o).

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