Zahira fall short

Zahira College ran out of overs as they fell short by three wickets from pulling off an outright victory over President's College in their inter school under 19 cricket tournament match which ended in a draw at Maradana yesterday.

Zahira: 321 for 9 decl (I. Rafi 144, I. Mohamed 63, D. Hilmy 41, S. Jainuddeen 26, M. Hannan 6 for 106, Y. Kuruwita 3 for 96) and 179 for 5 (I. Mohamed 51, A. Bohoran 50 n.o, D. Hilmy 21, Y. Kuruwita 2 for 54, M. Hannan 2 for 54).

President's College: 204 (Y. Kuruwita 44, T. Guruge 40, L. Kamburupitita 25,D. Weeratunga 24, W. Sinnen 3 for 19, M. Irshad 2 for 29, I. Rafi 2 for 41) and 116 for 7 (L. Kamburupitiya 52 n.o, I. Rafi 2 for 24, S. Ahmed 2 for 21).