Old Rajans win

S M Jiffrey Abdeen - Kandy Sports Correspondent

A brilliant knock of 72 not out with 12 fours by 16 year old Dharmaraja College opener Rameesh Ranasinghe spearheaded the Old Rajans Sports Club to a good six wicket win over Lihini Sports Club, Kadugannawa in their Sri Lanka Crickets’ inter-club cricket tournament match played at Lake View, Kandy on Saturday.

For Lihini Sports Club opener Waruna Chandrasekera scored a hard hit 92 with 13 fours and 5 sixes but in the end it turned out to be a vain effort.

Spinners Tharush Weragoda (3 for 28) and Deneth Lanka (3 for 44) bowled well for Old Rajans. Lihini Sports Club 195 all out in 46 overs (Roshan Dharmasiri 30, Waruna Chandrasekara 92, Tharush Weragoda 3 for 28, Deneth Lanka 3 for 44, Asanka Marapana 2 for 5).

Old Rajans SC 196 for 4 wickets in 27.2 overs (Rameesh Ranasinghe 72 not out, Kavishka Dissanayake 21, Jayapadma Tennakoon 24, Chandimal de Silva 40, B Nishantha 2 for 48).