Sylvestrians win by eight wickets

Upananda JAYASUNDERA, Kandy Sports Special Corr.

St Sylvester's College, Kandy beat Sri Rahula, Katugastota by eight wickets in their third term cricket fixture conducted at Prison Grounds, Pallekelle yesterday. St Sylvester's had to score 78 runs for a outright victory and they raced to victory losing two wickets for 81 runs in 15.4 overs. St Sylvester's 1st innings 267 all out in 65.1 overs. (Indunil Samaranandana 61, Faiz Ahamed 61, Umesh Danujaya 53, Waruna Wijesinghe 38, (R. Subasinghe 3 for 82, K. Jayasuriya 2 for 25, R. Ranatunga 2 for 57).

Sri Rahula 1st innings 165 all out in 58 overs.

R. Ranatunga 53, P. Priyadarshana 27 (Sumedha Dissanayake 3 for 19, Dushan Malalasena 5 for 53) Sri Rahula 2nd innings 180 all out in 49.2 overs. P. Priyadarshana 24, R. Tennakoon 23, P. Jayasuriya 33, R. Subasinghe 28 (Sumedha Dissanayake 4 for 54, Faiz Ahamed 3 for 34, Dushan Malalasena 2 for 62).

St Sylvester's 2nd innings 81 for 2 in 15.4 overs. (Faiz Ahamed 15, Waruna Wijesinghe not out 32, Sumedha Dissanayake not out 20 (R. Ranatunga 2 for 32).