Drab draw at Darley Road
The Under 19 inter-school cricket encounter between St. Joseph’s and Nalanda played at Darley Road ended in a drab draw yesterday.
Nalanda’s Kasun Sandaruwan made a well-composed half ton - Pic by Ranjith Perera
Nalanda resuming from their overnight score of 86 for 2 went on to make 208 with Kasun Sandaruwan making a top score of 62. He put on a 53 run partnership for the third wicket with Malinga Amarasinghe who made 28.
St Joseph’s in their turn facing 43 overs and just under two sessions ended the day making 94 for 4.
Nalanda 208 (Kasun Sandaruwan 62, Dasun Seneviratne 37, Malinga Amarasinghe 28, Sachintha Madumal 23, Kavindu Bandara 21 n.o.: Aravinda Akurugoda 5 for 69, Hashindra Perera 2 for 47)
St. Joseph’s 94 for 4 (Shivon Fonseka 24, Chandraruwan Rodrigo 18, Kevin Corteling 23n.o.: Delon Dilpriya 2 for 40)