Rajans win on 1st innings

Kandy Sports Spl Corr.

A fine spell of medium pace bowling by Mayura Ratnayake who took seven wickets for sixty four runs helped Dharmaraja College beat Zahira College, Colombo on first innings in their cricket match played at Peradeniya on Saturday.

Dharmaraja 217 (E. Wadagedara 56, Buwaneka Ekanayaka 63, Prathap Silva 40, M.I. Ghouse 2 for 26, M.I. Mohamed 3 for 34, M. Nizam 1 for 1) and 116/3 (Buwaneka Ekanayake 73, M.I. Ghouse 2/29)

Zahira 143 (M.H.M. Haysin not out 34, M.I. Ipunu 29, Mayura Rathnayake 7 for 64).