Rajans-splendid show against Ananda
View(s):Opener Isuru Dayananda’s 363 minute, 274 ball knock of 123 ensured that the Rajans overhauled Ananda’s fairly tall total of 271 in their drawn match at Lake View.
Dayananda and skipper Sachintha Senanayake added 114 for the first wicket, as the Dharmaraja batting clicked. Senanayake missed out on a fifty. However all rounder Yasitha Samararatne made sure of a half century with a dashing innings of 65. Ananda skipper Kamesh Nirmal had a good match, personally, with scores of 77 and 37 not out.
Ananda College, Colombo 252 (Kamesh Nirmal 77, Janidu Jayawardhane 45, Kalana Wijesiri 44, Moditha Ranathunga 23, Sudeepa Agulugaha 22, Upendra Warnakulasooriya 6/88, Yasith Samararathne 2/44) and 73/1 (Kamesh Nirmal 37 n.o., Kanishka Ranthilakage 26 n.o.)
Dharmaraja College, Kandy 317/6d (Isuru Dayananda 122, Yasitha Samararathne 65, Sachintha Senanayake 42, Dulaj Bandara 25, Dhanuka Marasinghe 23*, Janindu Jayawardhane 2/66)