Ushan puts Vidyartha on top

S M Jiffry ABDEEN- Kandy sports corr

A brilliant knock of 109 with 14 fours and one six off 126 balls by all-rounder Ushan Wickremasinghe put Vidyartha College on top in their inter-school cricket match against St Anthony's College, Wattala which began at police grounds, Kandy yesterday. The match will be continued today at 9.30 am.

This innings by Ushan Wickremasinghe was one of the finest seen this season as he executed some elegant drives which was pleasing to watch.

Apart from him Samitha Attanayake batted well to score 55 with 10 fours and a six off 46 balls showing some sort of an aggression. Overall the Vidyaratha College batting showed consistency with 8 of their batsmen entering double figures. Openers put on 65 and the highest stand of the innings was 70 for the fifth wicket but overall they did not lose wickets at regular intervals.

Having posted a very good total of 340 all out, Vidyartha College have struck again by having the Wattala Antonian struggling at 34 for 2 at close. Ushan Wickremasinghe has taken 2 for 9.

Vidyartha College 340 all out in 81.5 overs (Tharindu Ranaweera 36, Ruwan Bandara 30, Diluksha Gallapathi 32, Keshan Gamage 12, Ushan Wickremasinghe 109, Kasun Nawaratne 29, Thusitha Elpitiya 13, Samitha Attanayake 55, K H Perera 3 for 32, C A Jayatillake 2 for 22).

St Anthony's College, Wattala 34 for 2 in 11.4 overs (N M. Zurdeen 15, Ushan Wickremasinghe 2 for 9).