It was a dull draw today as Mahinda College and Dharmaraja College ended their interschool match in Kandy.
Dharmaraja College resuming their 1st innings on 40 runs with three batsmen back in the pavilion went on to score only 87 runs. The home team could not cope up with the disciplined bowling of Mahinda as they lost 7 wickets in 40 over’s today. Chandimal de Silva was the only batsman who showed positive signs with the bat as he made 26 runs.
Pasindu Dilshan and Chalana de Silva were the main wicket takers for Mahinda College as they finished with 3 wickets each.
Mahinda College batting in their 2nd innings were 166 for the loss of 5 wickets at the close of play. Chanaka de Silva top score for the visitors with 49 runs while Nirwantha Thiksila ended his innings on 47.
Scores in Brief
Mahinda College 1st innings 124 all out in 74 overs (Eranda Sangeeth 30, Nirwantha Thiksila 23, Aravinda Vidanarachchi. 3/13, Lakshan De Silva 2/32)
Dharmaraja College 1st innings 40/3 overnight and 87 all out in 46.5 overs (Chandimal De Silva 26, J. Tennekoon 17, Pasindu Dilshan 3/21, Chanaka de Silva 3/15, D. Udayanga 2/10)
Mahinda College 2nd innings 166/5 in 65 overs (Chanaka De Silva 49, Nirwantha Thikshila 47, Chamith Kaushal 41, A. Vidanarachchi 2/44)
