Sawal and Udayanga help Old Kingswoodians

By Upananda Jayasundera - Kandy Sports Special Corr.

A Sparkling knock of 56 with 4 fours and 4 huge sixes by M.Sawal and a fine spell of medium pace bowling by Udayanga Nanayakkara helped Old Kingswoodians to beat Old Rajans by 16 runs in their 7^th Clifford Ratnavibushana/Arthur Alwis Memorial trophy cricket encounter played at the Lake View Grounds recently. Prasanna Walalawala top scorer for Old Rajans with 32 with 5 fours. Old Kingswoodians 176 for 4 wickets in 20 overs.

(Upul Sumanasekera 45, M.Sawal 56, Arjuna Bandara 1 for 34,Saliya Jayasundera 1 for 25) Old Rajans 160 for 8 in 20 overs.

(Prasanna Walalawala 32, Nalaka Fernando 25, Saliya Jayasundera 22 Thirana Gamage 2 for 26, Suwanji Madanayake 2 for 22, Udayanga Nanayakkara 4 for 20) Former Kingwood paceman (1975-1979)Jaliya Weerasinghe was the Chief Guest who gave away the awards.

Best bowler - Udayanga Nanayakkara (Old Kingswoodian)
Best Batsman - Prasanna Walalwala (old Rajan) Man of the match - M.Sawal (Old Kingswoodian)

With this win Old Kingswoodians lead the series - 4 matches to 3

(Kandy Sports Special Correspondent)6/8/2016