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Kaweesh scores back to back centuries!

Text and picture By P. D. De Silva

Kaweesh Pushpakumara captain of Dharmasoka College Ambalangoda's under 13 division one team is in great form scoring 106 runs in 64 balls with 15 boundaries and four sixes against Nalanda college Colombo on Tuesday (20).This is Kaweesh's third century for the season.

He scored an unbeaten 101 against Trinity College Kandy in the previous second round match and 104 against St Servatius College Matara in the first round. Dharmasoka have registered their second consecutive first innings win in the second round of the schools under 13 division one tournament and are in contention of a birth in the pre quater finals. Dineth Silva scored 102 runs in Nalanda's second innings which included 21 boundaries defying Dharmasoka's bid for an outright victory.

Nalanda 66 in 28.2 Overs (Dasun Senevirathna 25, Subash Wijeweera 4/03, Osanda de Silva 4/29, Himala Shanuka 2/03 and 191/5 in 43 Overs (Dineth Silva 102, Kalana Perera 25, C Hathurusingha 20, Malshika Mendis 3/34.

Dharmasoka 201/5 dec. in 28 Overs (Kaweesh Pushpakumara 106, Harshajith Rushan 36, Dineth Rajapaksa 16 not out and Miyura Sandeepa 3/71

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