Sri Rahula in nine wicket win

S. M. Jiffrey Abdeen - Kandy Sports Correspondent

Left arm spinner and skipper Amith Thilakaratne in a devastating spell captured a match bag of 12 for 97 (7 for 62 and 5 for 35) bowled Sri Rahula College, Katugastota to nine wicket win over Ananda Sastralaya, Kotte with 7 overs to spare at Kotte yesterday.

Playing a major role in Sri Rahula’s win was Nimesha Wanasundera who top scored with 82 (11 fours) in the first innings and followed with 45 not out (8 fours) in the second to aggregate 127 in the match being once out. He also put on 81 in an unbroken stand with Ruwan Ratnayake 31 not out.

Chief scores:

Ananda Sastralaya 185 all out in 53.3 overs (Ashan Prageeth 46, S. Akila 25, V. Sampath 35, A. Heshan 18, P. Hansajith 15, Amith Thillakakaratne 7 for 62, Sunimal Dissanayake 2 for 32) and 139 all out in 63.4 overs (Chalinda Lakshan 29, A. Heshan 24, S. Silva 23, V. Sampath 16, Amith Thillekeratne 5 for 35, Rajitha Ranatunga 2 for 8).

Sri Rahula College 234 all out in 67.2 overs (Sadun Dilhan 33, Dinuka Jayatunga 20, Nimesha Wanasundera 82, Amith Thilakaratne 24, Ruwan Perera 16, Sunimal Dissanayake 13, A. Heshan 2 for 55, V. Sampath 2 for 26, A. Prageeth 2 for 26, A. Madushanka 2 for 77) and 91 for 1 in 15 overs (Ruwan Ratnayake 31 n.o., Nimesh Wanasundera 45 n.o.).