Thenuka’s ton pinnacles Vesters

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Thenuka’s ton pinnacles Vesters

A Stunning knock of 115 plus 3 wickets to Thenuka Liyanage helped St.Sylvester’s College to trounce Dharmaraja College Kandy on 1st innings at another game of the Division one ‘Singer Cup’ tournament that concluded at Lakeview grounds today.

Dharmaraja won the toss and invited Vesters to take the first lease of the wicket. Besides Thenuka’s century, Muditha Hashan chipped in with a useful 56 runs to pile up a decent total of 286 on the board. Rukmal Dissanayake captured 3wickets for the hosts.

Thenuka’sRajans’ 1st innings batting card showed disappointing figures as they were rattled for cheap 109. At one stage the hosts were tottering at 6 for 40 when Shehan Witharana built up a quiet inning of 47 to reach the total. The centurion Thenuka Liyanage and Manuja Perera throttled the batting line-up claiming 3 scalps apiece.

Rajans, in their follow-on notched-up 150 runs for the loss of 7; 27 still behind Vesters’s 1st innings total when the match came to a halt on day two. Bawantha Udangamuwa top-scored for the home team with 48 runs enabling the leg spinner Sivakumar Tyron to castle four batsmen.

Match Summary

St.Sylvester’s College Kandy – 1st innings
286 all out in 81 overs
Thenuka Liyanage 115, Muditha Hashan 56: Rukmal Dissanayake 3/62

Dharmaraja College Kandy – 1st innings
109 all out in 43.1 overs
Shehan Witharana 47: Manuja Perera 3/17, Thenuka Liyanage 3/21

Dharmaraja College Kandy – 2nd innings F/O
Bawantha Udangamuwa 48, Sivakumar Tyron 4/39

Result – St.Sylvester’s won on first innings.