Cricket: DIMO beat Hayleys by eight wickets to retain Charmen's Trophy

DIMO claimed a comfortable 8-wicket win against Hayleys in their annual cricket encounter played at Colts Cricket ground.
 
Hayleys batted first and were bowled out for 149 in 35.4 overs with Aravinda Premaratne taking 3 for 28. DIMO reached the target by scoring 150 for 2 wickets in 27.2 overs. 

Lakkana Jayasekara hit an elegant knock of 80 and Jason Perera scored 39 as DIMO won the match by 8 wickets. 

Jayasekara of DIMO walked away with the Best Batsman and the Man-of-the-Match awards, while Aravinda Premaratne of DIMO was awarded the Best Bowler. 

Ramesh Mendis of DIMO was awarded as the Best Fielder. The DIMO team was led by Matheesha Perera. 

DIMO will be participating in the Mercantile Division 'A' Cricket Tournament this year for the first time after becoming runners-up at the Mercantile Division 'B' Tournament last year. 

Sri Lanka vice captain Dinesh Chandimal too is an employee of DIMO and is currently on official duty with the Sri Lanka team.