Innings win for Vidyartha against Horana Taxila

S.M. Jiffrey Abdeen, - Kandy Sports Correspondent

Vidyartha College, Kandy enjoying one of their best season registered their fourth outright win by defeating Taxila Vidyalaya, Horana by an innings and 27 runs in their schools under 19 cricket tournament match concluded at Police Grounds, Kandy yesterday. The Vidyarthians won before the lunch break on the second day.

A noteworthy factor is that the Vidyarthians scored a modest 143 all out but this total turned out to be good enough to secure an innings win with their bowlers sticking to their task in a big way, though the wickets were distributed among them spinner Chanaka Ratnayake was the pick among them taking 4 for 19 and 3 for 20.

Taxila Vidyalaya resuming yesterday morning had the uphill task of saving the match.

They had to make 91 with 9 wickets in hand with the whole day in front and with no signs of rain.

Within the first hour of play the writing appeared on the wall when they lost their first 5 wickets for 25 and it became 48 for 7.

The last three wickets fell with the total at 62.

Taxila Vidyalaya 54 all out and 62 all out in 32.2 overs (Vinod Kavinda 11, Kavindu Tharanga 23, Chanaka Ratnayake 3 for 20, Dasun Nawaratne 2 for 15, Isuru Weerasinghe 3 for 22, Muditha Elpitiya 2 for 2).

Vidyartha College 143 all out.