Rahula annihilates St Xaviers

Priyan de Silva-Matara Sports Correspondent

Rahula college annihilated St Xavier's College Marawila by an innings and 205 runs at Uyanwatta Matara. On winning the toss Rahula Shehan Kahandugoda invited the visitiors to take first lease of the wicket. St Xaviers declared their first innings at 20/9 in just 8.2 overs unable to cope with the fiery bowling of Harsha Rajapakasa 6/15 and Piushan Kulathunga 3/5. Piushan's three wickets were a hat trick.

Rahula declared their first innings at the over night score of 320 runs for the loss of six wickets with Piushan Kulathunga excelling with the bat too. Piushan scored 141 runs off 176 deliveries with sixteen boundaries and two hits over the ropes.

He put on 152 runs for the fourth wicket with Lasindu Nimsara who scored 74 runs from 80 balls with ten boundaries.Lakshitha Dilshan captured three wickets for ninety two runs.

St Xaviers were bundled out for 95 runs in their second essay with Harsha Rajapaksha and Piushan Kulathunga capturing four wickets each.

Harsha has a match bag of ten wickets for sixty runs.

St Xavier's 20/9 declared in 8.2 overs (Lakshitha Dilshan 9, Harsha Rajapajksha 6/15, Piushan Kulathunga 3/05) and 95 in 27 overs (Lakshitha Dilshan 19, Piushan Kulathunga 4/42, Harsha Rajapakasha 4/45, Harindu Jayasingha 2/01)

Rahula 320/6 declared in 60.3 overs (Piushan Kulathunga 141, Lasindu Nimsara 74, Harsha Rajapaksha 30, Tharindu Narasingha 29, Lakshitha Dilshan 3/92, Shewanard Soyza 2/37)