Joseph Vaz crush Dharmaraja by an innings and 96 runs
View(s):Joseph Vaz duly completed an innings and 96-run win over Dharmaraja at Lake View yesterday.
This was on the cards from the time when the visitors ran up a massive 300 runs.
The Rajans, 12-0 at the end of day one, lost all twenty wickets on day two for 192 runs. Nipun Dhananjaya failed with the bat, but made up for it with his off-spin which fetched him 9 for 59 in the match.
Thilan Pradeep struck 122 in 204 balls reaching the boundary 13 times. There were also four decent supporting knocks.
Joseph Vaz 300 for 9 in 88 overs (Thilan Pradeep 122, Navod Yohan 37, Dhanushka Neranjan 36, Dinesh Fernando 29, Sohan Anuruddha 24, Upendra Warnakulasuriya 2 for 74, Lakshitha Pannila 2 for 48, Yasitha Samararatne 3 for 65).
Dharmaraja 80 in 51.4 overs (Kasun Gunawardena 21, Nipun Dhanjaya 6 for 28) and 124 in 60 overs (Isuru Dayananda 44, Chamil Muhandiram 40, Chamod Fernando 4 for 16, Nipun Dhananjaya 3 for 31, Dineth Fernando 2 for 25).