Kalutara PCC win

Dilwin Mendis, - Moratuwa Sports Corr

Kalutara PCC beat their arch rivals Kalutara Town Club by 164 runs on first innings in their inter-club division one tournament cricket match played for the Sara Trophy at Kalutara.

Electing to bat Kalutara TC were skittled out for 86 runs for a fine bowling spell of 5 for 28 by Ruchira Tharandra and in reply Kalutara PCC declared at 250 for 7 with an unbeaten elegant knock of 100 runs by Crishan Dinindu ably supported by Manjula Prabath who scored 61 runs.

Kalutara TC – 86 (Vimukthi Weerasinghe 36, Ruchira Tharandra 5/28, Duleep Manjula 2/8, Akila Lakshan 2/34) and 155/6 (Vimukthi Weerasinghe 51 n.o, S Kahiyangala 29, Akila Lakshan 2/44, Duleep Manjula 2/28).

Kalutara PCC – 250/7 dec. (Crishan Dinindu 100 n.o, Manjula Prabath 61, Udara Munasinghe 29, Manoj Niroshaka 21, Dumindu Gigiripura 2/56).