St Aloysius dominate drawn game

St Aloysius dominated the proceedings on both days of the 5th big match encounter against Rahula Matara played at the Uyanwatte Stadium in Matara. Having taking first lease of the wicket and ending their score on a formidable 257 for 9 with half tons from Chaturanga de Silva and Dinesh Samarawickrama. They had Rahula struggling on 51 for 4 at the end of the first day's play.

Rahula resuming the second day's play were bowled out for 109 with Priyantha Prasad doing the damage taking 5 for 17. Made to follow on with a deficit of 148 runs, Rahula plodded for 72 overs to end the day on 125 for 7 and deny victory for the Aloysians.

St Aloysius Galle 257 for 9 declared in 65.1 overs (Chaturanga de Silva 78, Dinesh Samarawickrama 58, Sumudu Saranga 33, Chamindu Isanka 22, Ramesh Rajap 18.; P.M. Mapalagama 4 for 75, S.K. Samarawickrama 3 for 81)

Rahula Matara (51/4 o'night) 109 in 51.3 overs (M. Ekanayake 31, J.I. Hettiarachchi 27.; Priyantha Prasad 5 for 17, Malith Cooray 3 for 56) and 125 for 7 in 72 overs (M.P. Gunawardena 42, M. Ekanayake 24.; Chamindu Isanka 2 for 11, Priyantha Prasad 2 for 31, Chaturanga de Silva 2 for 40) (MSA)