Kegalle Marians win easily

S M Jiffrey Abdeen - Kandy Sports correspondent

A fine knock of 90 runs with 12 fours and a six by Eraj Jayamanne and good bowling by spinners Malinga Gunaratne 5 for 22 and Prince Juliard 4 for 12 helped St Mary's College, Kegalle, to score a 135 run win over Sri Rahula College, Katugastota in their inter school cricket match played at the Kegalle Esplanade over the weekend.

The match at the end of the first day appeared to be evenly balanced but on the second day, an expected collapse for 61 runs by Sri Rahula College resulted in the Marians romping home winners by 135 runs.

Marian left arm spinner C Karunaratne also bowled well to capture 5 for 38 in Sri Rahula's first innings.

For Sri Rahula College off spinner Rajitha Ranatunga had a match haul of 9 for 69 but could not prevent his side from sliding to defeat.

St Mary's College 201 all out in 53 overs (Christopher Denapitiya 20, Sahan Opatha 42, C Karunaratne 14, Eray Jayamanne 90, Rajitha Ranatunga 3 for 23, C Jayasuriya 3 for 32, A S M Asela 2 for 31, Roshan Subhasinghe 2 for 53) and 150 all out in 36.2 overs (P Juliard 22, M Herath 19, T A R Perera 30, Sahan Opatha 28, Rajitha Ranatunga 6 for 46)

Sri Rahula College 155 all out in 41 overs (R Subhasinghe 17, N Dunulemedalawa 33, I Hewage 44, C Jayasuriya 13, P Juliard 3 for 32, C Karunaratne 5 for 38) and 61 all out in 24.4 overs (M Joseph 10, P Juliard 4 for 12, Malinga Gunaratne 5 for 22)