Gurukula trounce fancied Nalanda
Dilwin Mendis, Moratuwa Sports Corr.
Gurukula Vidyalaya, Kelaniya trounced formidable and more fancied
Nalanda Vidyalaya, Colombo by five wickets in their inter-school
Under-19 limited over tournament cricket match conducted by Sri Lanka
Schools Cricket Association and worked off at Prisons grounds.
Nalanda batted first skittled out for a paltry 99 runs with some
resistance coming off the bats of Lahiru Wijerathna 28 and Oshantha
Silva 27. Gurukula skipper Nalin Perera had an excellent figures of 4
for 16.
In reply Gurukula passed the opponents score with ease and Hashan
Duminda played a masterly knock of unbeaten 58 runs which consisted
eight fours in 74 balls.
Nalanda: 99 in 36 overs (Oshantha Silva 27, Lahiru Wijerathne
28, Nalin Perera 4/16, Jayanal Wanniarachchi 2/41). Gurukula: 100/5 in
22.3 overs (Hashan Duminda 58 n.o, Kasun Madushanka 12, Malinga de Silva
2/20). |
