Tharaka helps Antonians

by S.M. Jiffrey ABDEEN - Kandy Sports Corr

CRICKET: An aggressive knock of 53 by opener Tharaka Jayasinghe who had 4 sixes and 5 fours in his knock helped St. Anthony's College, Kandy, to score an exciting 19-run win over Dharmaraja College, Kandy, in their Schools under 17 division one cricket tournament match played at Katugastota.

ST. ANTHONY'S COLLEGE: 212 all out in 47.3 overs (M. Pusswella 37, Tharaka Jayasinghe 53, Manoj Sarathchandra 30, Yohan Woods 35, Romesh Macwin 19, Nuwan Karunaratne 2 for 38, A. Withanarachchi 4 for 26, C.B. Ekanayake 2 for 17)

DHARMARAJA COLLEGE: 193 all out in 46.2 overs (S. Gunasekera 25, H. Wijesiri 37, S. Weeraratne 27, A. Jayasinghe 25, Nuwan Karunaratne 22, Tharaka Jayasinghe 2 for 41, V. Herath 2 for 32, Romesh Macwin 2 for 25)