Sports in Brief

Lasantha’s father dies

Kandy Sports Club Rugby Chairman and SLRFU Council member Lasantha Wijesuriya’s father Nihal Wijesuriya passed away yesterday. His funeral will take place today at the General Cemetery Mahaiyawa at 3 p.m.

Finn finishes off Bangladesh

MANCHESTER, England, June 6, 2010 - Steven Finn took five wickets as England thrashed Bangladesh by an innings and 80 runs inside three days in the second Test to wrap up a 2-0 series victory at Old Trafford here on Sunday.

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RC ‘89 Group get-together

The get-together of the Royal College Group of ‘89 will be held on June 12 (Saturday) at the Park Premier Excel World from 8.30 p.m onwards after the Bradby Shield First Leg.

More details could be obtained from Dr Ruwan (0777 303 200), Dhanika (0777 445 508) and Nalin (0777 583 087).

Wesley beat Rajans - 23/7

S.M. Jiffrey Abdeen

Wesley College, Colombo put up their best performance this season when they scored a surprise 23 points (2 goals, 3 penalties) to 7 (1 goal) win over Dharmaraja College, Kandy in their Schools Under-19 Division I Segment ‘A’ Rugby Tournament match played at the Bogambara Stadium in Kandy yesterday. At lemons Wesley led 13-0.