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| Trinity bite the Asgiriya dust |
By Aubrey Kuruppu |
Trinity who have three wins on the trot this season, were given short shrift by a resurgent Josephian side and were beaten by an innings and 13 runs at Asgiriya yesterday.
Seamer Dinal Dhambarage (match bag of 8 for 92) and fellow seamer Chaturanga Kumara (7 for 86) were match winners for the Joes. Enrico de Silva also contributed handsomely with an elegant 87 (14 fours, 176 balls).
Consistent spinners Suresh Wickrema and Aamil Anas salvaged some pride for the Lions while skipper Sajid came good with an unbeaten 46.
Trinity 118 in 35.3 overs (N. Dikwella 24, K. Atugoda 20, S. Wijesuriya 18, M. Sajid 14; C. Kumara 4 for 43, D. Dhambarage 3 for 36) and 167 in 39.2 overs (K. Jayasuriya 43, K. Atugoda 22, M. Sajid 46 n.0; D. Dhambarage 5 for 56, C. Kumara 3 for 43, S. Jayatilleke 2 for 16).
St. Joseph’s (182 for 4 contd) 298 for 9 dec in 84 overs (Enrico Silva 87, K. Bernadus 14, S. Samarawickrema 40, J. Jayasinghe 28, R. Thatil 40, S. Jayatilleke 19, D. Dhambarage 29 n.o; A. Anas 3 for 68, K. Jayasuriya 2 for 75, S. Wickrema 3 for 105)
Match called off
Piliyandala Central and Sri Rahula Katugastota had to abort their tournament match at Piliyandala as the second day’s play did not take place due to security reasons. Skipper Amith Tillekeratne made a fighting half century for Sri Rahula, while opener Sandun Dilhan and Ruwan Ratnayake entered the forties. Leg spinner S. Chaturanga (4 for 49) had the best figures.
Solid contributions from openers Madushan and Meebindu put the Piliyandala team in an adventurous position at the end of day one.
Sri Rahula 206 in1.4 overs (S. Dilhan 42, A. Tillekeratne 58, R. Ratnayake 47, S. Dissanaike 21, N. Wanasundera 17; N. Nilantha 2 for 40, L. Indumina 2 for 19, S. Chaturanga 4 for 49)
Piliyandala Central 115 for 2 in 33 overs (G. Madushan 33, S. Meebindu 44 n.o, M. Tharindu 19 n.o; A. Tillekeratne 1 for 33, R. Subasinghe 1 for 15) - AK
Honours for Mahanama
Mahanama took honours in their drawn inter-school match against Zahira played at Maradana.
Mahanama Colombo 330 for 9 declared (Duleeka Tissakuttige 51, Randika Welikannage 50, Indunil Kumara 47, Chathura Wanniarachchi 46, Aravinda de Silva 37, Hashan Perera 22, Lahiru Weerakoon 26 n.o.: Irshad Umar 4 for 45, Imras Raffi 2 for 40, Irshad Mohamed 2 for 56)
Zahira (30/2 o’night) 184 (R. Bohoran 48, Imras Raffi 23: Indunil Kumara 3 for 20, Aravinda de Silva 2 for 36, Tharaka Cooray 2 for 38) and 258 for 8 (Ishan Ibunu 103, Irshad Mohamed 55: Indunil Kumara 5 for 62, Chathura Wanniarachchi 3 for 58) |
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