Hettige match bag of 8 for 34

Kingswood’s left arm spinner and skipper Anuruddha Hettige, who missed most of last season due to injury, featured prominently when the school cricket season began in Kandy.

However, a match tally of eight wickets failed to bring his team victory against Dharmapala Pannipitiya at the Peradeniya Campus Grounds, as rain had their final say.

Dharmapala – 101 (Hasitha Wickremasinghe 39,T. Gamlath 17 n.o, S. Hasaranga 13; A.Hettige 5 for20, C. Dharmaperuma 2 for 9,C. Abeykoon 2 for 10) and 73 for 7 (H. Wickremasinghe 17; A.Hettige 3 for 14,P. Senaratne 2 for 17, C. Dharmaperuma 2 for 18)

Kingswood – 143 for 6 dec (C. Abeykoon 36,K. Silva 26, B. Maduranga 25, M. Bandaranaike 25; Osanda Attanayake 3 for 30) – A.K