Mahinda win by 10 runs
Mahinda P. Liyanage, Galle Central Special Corr
Mahinda College past cricketers registered a victory in the twelfth
Colonel Henry Steele Olcott Memorial Cricket tournament by defeating
Dharmasoka by 10 runs in a keenly contested game.
|
Action at yesterdays match in the Col Henry Steel Olcott
Cricket Tournament for Buddhist School past circketers
played in Galle.Picture by Mahinda Vvithanachchi |
The first match of the tournament was Mahinda vs Dharmasoka in which
Mahinda batted first winning the toss and Mahinda was 99 for 7 wickets
in their 12 overs.
Duminda Wickramasingha of Mahinda College displayed excellent batting
scoring 44 before retiring.
Chasing a target of 99 Dharmasoka could manage 90 for 8 at the end of
12 overs.
In the second match Pannipitiya Dharmapala was 111 for 5 in their 12
overs who selected to bat after winning the toss. In the Dharmapala
innings the top batting performance was by Susila Gunawardane who scored
34 hitting the first ball over the rope in the tournament.
At the time of this going to press Nalanda was 11 for one wicket in
their second over in reply to Dharmapala's total of 111.
Mahinda vs Dharmasoka
Mahinda: 99/7 (Dilipa Wickramsinghe 14, Duminda Wickramasinghe 44
(Ret), Sujith Sirimanne 18, Lal Ranasinghe 2/9, T. Wasantha 2/19, H.
Premasiri 1/16, Sarath Ginige 1/29).
Dharmasoka: 90/8 (H. Premasiri 13, T.D.L. Lal 14, Saman Mahesh 18
n/o, Gayan Lanka 2/15, Dilipa Wickramasingha 1/14, Saman Fonseka 2/11).
Dharmapala: (5/111 - Ravindra Wimalasiri 10, Senaka Angulugaha 16,
Susila Gunawardane 34, Nihal Soyza 29 n/o, Mahendra Amarasingha 2/13,
Gihan Wimalasooriya 1/23, P. Abeygunasinha 1/22, Sunil Perera 1/16).
Nalanda: 11/1.
The tournament will continue today (9) and tomorrow (Monday 10). |
