Mahinda College Galle put their foot on the brakes on day two to ensure a dreary draw against Trinity College Kandy, at the Galle stadium a short while ago.
The host’s batting from their overnight score of 83 runs for the loss of 2 wickets, took 102.5 over’s to add a further 117 runs to end on 200 runs in their first innings. It was an appalling batting display by Mahinda as they went at just 1.8 runs an over which took away the glamour from the entire game. Indira Gallage was their top score as the ended day one on 59 while Nirwantha Thikshala put in a hand with 54 runs.
For the Lions Lakshan Jayasighe and Raveen Sayer grabbed 3 wickets each while deputy skipper Rajitha Jayatunga ended with a couple.
Trinity in their 2nd innings, trying to make a game out of it, scored 132 runs for 7 wickets in just 37 over’s which gave an idea about the nature of the pitch. Bagya Palihawada, Lakshitha Dassanayake and Ron Chandragupta all chipped in with valuable contribution scoring 28, 29 and 27 respectively.
Scores in Brief
Trinity College 1st innings 248/7 dec in 59 over’s (Rajitha Jayatunga 86, Dinuk Wickramanayake 58*, Ron Chandragupta 52, Lakshitha Dassanayake 26, Chalana De Silva 2/82)
Mahinda College 1st innings 83/2 overnight and 200 all out in 101.5 over’s (Indira Gallage 59, Nirwantha Thikshila 54, Nilanka Laksiri 21*, Lakshan Jayasinghe 3/33, Raveen Sayer 3/54, Rajitha Jayatunga 2/16)
Trinity College 2nd innings 132/7 in 37 over’s (Bagya Palihawada 28, Lakshitha Dassanayake 29, Ron Chandragupta 27m Rajitha Jayatunga 27, Chalana de Silva 2/46, Dulshan Udayanga 2/8, Samith Kalhara 2/7)
Match result – No decision Trinity win on 1st innings
