Kithmal helps Trinity recover

S. M. Jiffrey Abdeen

Kandy sports corr

A stubborn knock of 48 not out by fresher Kithmal Wimalaweera helped Trinity College to recover and even up exchanges in their Schools Lemonade Trophy Cricket Tournament match against Dharmaraja College which began at the Asgiriya Stadium in Kandy yesterday. The match will be continued today at 9.30 a.m.

Rajans who batted first were struggling at 108 for 6 at one stage before the tail enders helped them to reach 164.

Trinitians in their turn at the wickets were not too happily placed at 60 for 4 wickets before Kithmal Wimalaweera and Roshan Jaleel 22 not out steered them pass the 110 mark with an unbroken stand of 53 for the fifth wicket.

Medium pacer T. D. Balasuriya captured all the wickets which fell to return figures of 4 for 27.

Dharmaraja College 164 all out in 47.4 overs (R. C. K. Ambagaspitiya 34, R. Y. Bandara 26, J. C. Ratnayake 19, T. Balasooriya 16, P. R. Amarakoon 12, T. M. Perera 27, P. A. de Silva 12 not out, H. Illangaratne 3 for 48, R. Perera 3 for 31, R. Jaleel 2 for 16, C. Umadantha 2 for 24).

Trinity College 113 for 4 wkts in 22 overs (D. Gangoda 14, Kithmal Wimalaweera 48 not out, R. Jaleel 22 not out, T. D. Balasooriya 4 for 27).