Marians favoured to win

S M Jiffrey ABDEEN- Kandy Sports corr

St Mary's College, Kegalle will take on their traditional rivals Kegalu Vidyalaya in their 17th limited over clash for the Mano Wijeratne Trophy to be played at the Kegalle Esplanade on Friday commencing at 9.45 am.

This limited over clash was first played in 1991 and to date 16 matches have been played. Marians have won 10 matches, Kegalu Vidyalaya 5 and 01 match was abandoned due to rain.

Marians with a better outfit have been enjoying a very good season having scored 9 outrigit wins. In the schools limited over tournament they did not reach the quarter finals losing to St Joseph's College, Colombo during the week.

Kegalu Vidyalaya though not enjoying the same measure of success as the Marians will be no push overs as they are bound to give their opponents a tough fight.

St Mary's (from) Malinda Gunaratne (Capt), Christopher Denipitiya, Prince Jayakumar, Jude Perera, Mohamed Malik, Madhawa Herath, Chathuranga Ranaweera, Sahan Opatha, Iraj Jayamanne, Kevin Galdeniya, Chamika Karunaratne, Prageeth Edirisinghe, Chamika Senaratne, Lahiru Madusanka,

Kegalu Vidyalaya (from) Chaluka Weerasinghe (Capt), Udara Tillakasiri, Tharaka Somaratne, Kalpa Bandaranayake, I N B Somatilleke, K C Ranasinghe, Asanga Balasuriya, Samadhi Dissanayake, Wimantha Ratnayake, D B Dissanayake, B M L S Perera, P V V Withanage, A S Wijesinghe, Ruwan Jayasuriya.