Third innings win for Trinity

S M Jiffrey Abdeen - Kandy Sports Corr.

Trinity College, Kandy continued their white wash when they routed Vidyaratha College by an innings and 47 runs in their inter-school cricket match concluded at the Asgiriya stadium, Kandy with nearly two sessions to spare yesterday.

Trinity College led by Akila Jayasundera scored their third successive innings win over a Kandy school this season.

This was one of the worst defeats suffered by Vidyartha in recent times in the hands of Trinity.

Medium pacer Tissa Sanjeewa Bandara wrought havoc in the first innings taking 6 for 15 off 7 overs to rout Vidyartha for 49 to lay the platform for victory. In the second innings too he took 2 for 9 to end up with match figures of 8 for 24.

Vidyartha College who made 49 in the first innings were expected to put up a better show but poor batting saw them being skittled out for 69. Only Ushan Wickremasinghe showed some confidence scoring 24.

Vidyartha College were 50 for 4 at one stage but lost their last six wickets for just 19 runs in a dramatic collapse. The wrecker this time was off-spinner Kavinda Jayasuriya who took 5 for 15 and he was also the top scorer for Trinity with a hard hit 49 which had 3 fours and 2 sixes off 64 balls.

The scores:

Vidyartha 49 all out in 26.3 overs (Ushan Wickremasinghe 14, Tissa Sanjeewa Bandara 6 for 15, Aamil Anas 2 for 3, Heshan Wanniarachchi 1 for 5) and 69 all out in 47.5 overs (Ushan Wickremasinghe 24, Nilusha Galapitige 12, R. Dissanayake 10, Tissa Sanjeewa Bandara 2 for 9, Kavinda Jayasuriya 5 for 15, Akila Jayasundera 1 for 25, Aamil Anas 1 for 81.

Trinity 165 for 6 declared in 37 overs (Heshan Wanniarachchi 21, Kavinda Jayasuriya 49, Akila Jayasundera 15, Dinuk Wickremanayake 31 not out, Tissa Sanjeewa Bandara 19 not out, Ushan Wickremasinghe 2 for 58, Samitha Attanayake 3 for 49).