SRCC in first innings

S M Jiffrey Abdeen - Kandy sports Correspondent

Seeduwa Raddoluwo Cricket Club scored a first innings win over Kandy Cricket Club in their Sri Lanka Cricket’s under 23 inter-club Cricket Tournament match concluded at the Open Prison Camp Ground, Pallekelle Yesterday.

Seeduwa Raddoluwo CC Chasing a victory target of 164 were straggling at (91 for 7 when stumps were drawn. Spinner Kasun Ekanayake took 3 for 19 to end up with match figures of 9 for 43.

Earlier 16 year old Dinuk Wickremanayake 51 (8 fours) and Kasun Ekanayake 56 (9 fours) put in 105 for the 9th wicket for Kandy CC to rescue them from a precarious position of 105 for 8 in the second innings. Kandy CCC 91 all out in 20.2 overs (Janishke Premasinghe 32, Roshan Madhushan 24, Lakshika Dassanayake 14, Hemaka Priyaratne 5 for 32, Lakshika de Silva 2 for 28) and 214 all out in 64 overs (Kavinda Jayasuriya 66, Dinuk Wickramanayake 51, Kasun Ekanayake 56, Hemaka Priyaratne 3 for 43, Anuk de Alwis 3 for 33, Hemantha Jayasundera 2 for 55)

Seeduwa Raddoluwo CC 132 all out in 39.1 overs (Hiran Wickramasekera 27, Hemantha Jayasundara 14, Shehan Hirudika 18, Kasun Ekanayake 6 for 24, Janishka Premasinghe 2 for 49, Roshan Madusanka 2 for 23) and 91 for 7 in 45 overs (Shehan Hirudika 45, Lakshitha de Silva 30, Kasun Ekanayake 3 for 19, Janishka Premasinghe 2 for 22, Gayan Bopitiya 2 for 7)