Rajapakse (13 for 101) leads Dharmaraja to victory
by Upananda Jayasundera
A magnificent spell of bowling by off-spinner Asmitha Rajapakse who
had a match bag of 13 for 101 runs helped Dharmaraja College to defeat
St.Benedict's College by five wickets in their Singer Under 19
tournament match concluded at Lake View yesterday.
Rajapakse took five wickets for 27 runs in the first innings and
eight for 74 runs in the second essay.
Dharmaraja had a target of 90 runs and reached it in 19 overs with
five overs overs to spare.
St.Benedict's 129 (Asmitha Rajapakse 5 for 27) and 214 (Thilina
Dilshan 75, Dineetha Basnayake 23, Supun Lakmal 51, Asmitha Rajapakse 8
for 74)
Dharmaraja 227 for 7 overnight 253 (Asmitha Rajapakse 30,
Chathuranga Aludeniya 28, Maheesh Theekshana 3 for 27) and 93 for 5 (Nimantha
Herath 19, Ruchira Pupulewatte 13, Venuka Galahitiyawa not out 15,
Lahiru Samarakoon not out 11, Madhushan Kularatne 3 for 27, Dineetha
Basnayake 2 for 30) |
