Lakeview gets new turf wicket
Upananda Jayasundera - Kandy Sports Special Corr.
An international cricket match between Pakistan under-19 team and Sri
Lanka under-19 team was played at Lakeview Grounds, Kandy on the new
turf wicket as the first match, where former Sri Lanka Cricketer,
Pramodaya Wickremasinghe was the chief guest recently.
Jagath Samarasinghe, the former President of the Dharmaraja Old Boys
Union was the main person behind the construction of this ground to
international level along with the Principal of Dharmaraja S.M.
Keerthiratne POG Sarath Mataraarachchi, Teacher in Charge S. Alexander
the Present President of the OBU Senarath Jayasundera, K.M.R. Kulatunge,
Tissa Jayasinghe, Janaka Hettiarachchi, Chapa Weeraratne, Sarat
Fernando, Mahinda Pethiyagoda, Anura Fernando, Ranjith Ginige, Sarath
Munaweera and other OBU members.
Pakistanis won this match by 42 runs.
Pakistan Under 19 251 for 5 in 50 overs.
(Barber Azam 104, Hammad Azam 83 n.o; Lahiru Jayaratne 2 for 56)
Sri Lanka Under 19 209 all out in 46.1 overs
(Udara Jayasundera 48; Akshu Fernando 53; Nipuna Karunanayake 34;
Matheesha Perera 25; Usman Kadeer 4 for 51; Ahamed Shazad 2 for 27)
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