Nalanda rout Trinity by 7 wickets
Nalanda College routed Trinity College by 7 wickets to clinch their annual Mahela-Sanga Challenge Trophy encounter ended at Campbell Place yesterday.
Nalanda dominated the second day proceedings as they did on day one in the two-day annual fixture. They bundled out the Trinitians for a mere 109 runs in the second innings. Trinitians managed only 72 runs in the first innings in reply to Nalanda’s first innings total of 172 runs.
It was left-arm spinner Sajitha Vithanage who ended up with a match bag of seven wickets, as he along with Minod Caldera and Thisara Dewdunu led the Nalanda to a comfortable victory. This left Nalanda a target of just 10 runs to lay their hands on the Mahela-Sanga Challenge Trophy after a lapse of three years.
| Brief Scores | |
| Trinity 72 all out (Rajindu Tilekeratne 19; Sajitha Vithanage 4/14, Minod Caldera 3/11, Nadul Jayalath 2/21) and (40/0 o’night) 109 all out (Pulisha Tilekeratne 20, Vathila Udara 20, Viduneth Gimhana 15; Sajitha Vithanage 3/35, Minod Caldera 3/50, Thisara Dewdunu 2/13) Nalanda 172 all out (Sajitha Vithanage 40, Sadew Samarasinghe 34, Minew Paranavithana 33, Sathmina Serasinghe 23; Vathila Udara 5/29, Chaniru Hansana 2/33) and 11 for 3 at close (Thisal Yapa 2/2) |