Antonians in the box seat

S M Jiffrey Abdeen, Kandy Sports Correspondent

A fine knock of 66 with 11 fours off 77 balls by skipper Sandun Weerakkody helped Dharmaraja College to total 154 on the opening day of their inter-school cricket match against St Anthony's College which began at Katugastota yesterday.

If not for this good knock by Sandun Weerakkody, the Rajans would have been in deeper trouble. In fact they were 140 for 4 at one stage but lost their last 6 wickets for 14 runs with two leg spinners Suranga Rajaguru (3 for 17) and Buwaneka Wijetunga (2 for 5) doing the damage.

At close, the Antonians have replied with 124 for 4 and if their middle batting performs well this morning, the Rajans will face the task in saving the match.

Dharmaraja College: 154 all out in 53 overs (Sasith Gunasekera 31, Sandun Weerakkody 66, Viraj Karaputugala 24, Saranga Rajaguru 3 for 17, Buwaneka Wijetunga 2 for 5, Nimesha Gunasinghe 2 for 11).

St Anthony's College: 124 for 4 in 40 overs (Yohan Woods 30, Manoj Sarathchandra 26, Kanishka Ranaraja 17 n.o, Arvinda Withanarachchi 2 for 27, Nuwan Karunaratne 2 for 55).