Major honours for DS in drawn game

Priyan de Silva- - Matara Sports Corr.

With their home ground being renovated D S Senanayaka College were more than glad to accept an invitation to play St Servatius College at the Uyanwatta Stadium Matara. This match is in addition to the sixteen fixtures permitted by the SLSCA.

Opting to bat first st Servatius were dismissed for 92 runs in just 21.4 overs Yohan Chanuka scored 25 runs while right arm leg spinner Supun Madhusanka captured three wickets for ten runs. Uvin Bandara, Binura Fernando and Suchinthana Karunarathna claimed two wickets each. D S Senanayaka were sitting pretty on an over night score of 251 for four runs but lost their balance six wickets for the addition of 18 runs. Uvin Bandara, Khanihka Prashan and Akil Inham registered half centuries. Uvin and Khanishka shared an opening stand of 122 runs off 199 balls. Anoj Lakshan captured three wickets for forty five runs. St Servatius were 163 for the loss of 3 wickets when the game was stopped prematurely as agreed by both teams. Skipper Gihan Nimsara 76 and Sanjika Ridma 51 put on 120 runs for the third wicket.

St Servatius 92 in 21.4 overs (Yohan Chanuka 25, Supun Madhusanka 3/10, Uvin Bandara 2/11, Binura Fernando 2/20, Suchinthana Karunarathna 2/23, Duleeka Brahmanage 1/17) and 163 / 3 in 35 overs (Gihan Nimsara 76, Sanjika Ridma 51, Yohan Chanuka 30, Duleeka Brahmanage 1/10)

D S Senananyaka 269 in72 overs (Uvin Bandara 69, Khanishka Prashan 53, Akil Inham 59, Binura Fernando 30, Harith Maduwantha 21, Anoj Lakshan 3/45, Ruchira Jayathunga 2/24, Ramesh Nimantha 2/63, Sanjika Ridma 1/49, Chalanaka Weerasinghe 1/54)