Matara S.C. Beat Old Vidyalians by 47 runs on first innings
by Priyan de Silva – Matara Sports Corr.
Matara Sports Club beat Old Vidyalians Sports Club by 47 runs on the
first innings in their Donovan Andree Trophy group ‘D’ match at
Chandrajothi Ground in Yakkala last week-end. Batting first, Matara
Sports Club made 261 while in the second innings Matara made 169. Old
Vidyalians Sports Club made 214 in their first innings and they were 80
for 5 wickets in their second innings at close of play.
MATARA SPORTS CLUB: 261 in 67.4 overs (Janitha Jayasuriya 56,
S.M. Jayasuriya 38, Ishan Nadeepa 22, Rasika Lakshantha 20, Namal
Seneviratne 3 for 81, Anuradha Marasinghe 2 for 7) and 169 in 48.4 overs
(Ishan Dilruksh 62, S.M. Jayasuriya 43, Anuradha Marasinghe 4 for 32,
Pasan Poornika 2 for 16, Kalpa Bandaranayake 2 for 44)
OLD VIDYALIANS S.C.: 214 (Kalpa Bandaranayake 57, Priyadarshan
Pathmaperuma 36, Shan Chathuranga 36, Chaluka Weerasinghe 31, Anuradha
Marasinghe 20, P.I.W. Jayasekera 5 for 107, Akila Lakmal 4 for 32) and
80 for 5 wkts at close (Kalpa Bandaranayake 56, Mohamed Rishwan 2 for 9,
Akila Lakmal 2 for 26). |
