Dharmaraja - cricket sixes champs

By Upananda JAYASUNDERA - Kandy Sports Special Corr.

CRICKET: Dharmaraja College, Kandy won the inaugural Six-a-Side Invitation Cricket Tournament organised by the Kandy District Sports Development Foundation on the 22nd of October at Police Grounds.

Vidyartha College, Kandy were runners-up. 2nd runners-up were St. Sylvester's College, Kandy.

Greenwood College, Ambatenna which started cricket a few years back, did creditably well to come up to the semi-finals of the tournament.

The player of the tournament was Ramesh Yapa Bandara of Dharmaraja College who scored 62 against St. Sylvester's and 44 not out against Vidyartha.

Results:

St. Sylvester's beat Sri Rahula, Vidyartha beat Sri Sumangala, Dharmaraja beat St. Sylvester's, Vidyartha beat Greenwood.

In the final, Dharmaraja beat Vidyartha.

Dharmaraja: 68 for 2 in 5 overs (Buwaneka Ekanayake 14, Ramesh Yapa Bandara 44, S. Abeyratne 2 for 10).

Vidyartha: 42 for 4 in 5 overs (T. Dissanayake 13, U.B. Wickremasinghe 11, Prathap Silva 1 for 7, Rohana Ekanayake 1 for 7, Tharaka Silva 2 wickets for no runs).

St. Sylvester's became 2nd runners-up beating Greenwood, Ambatenna.

Greenwood: 40 for 5 in 5 overs (M. Rizky 19, M. Rashad 11, M. Safraz 3 for 5).

St. Sylvester's: 41 for 1 in 3.1 overs (C. Colambage 19, S. Embilmeegama not out 23, M. Rifkan 1 for 12).