Despite losing the morning session’s play due to wet ground conditions, Dharmapala College recorded a ten wicket victory over Mahanama College as spinners impressed with good performances in their Inter School Under-19 two day tournament match which ended at Katunayake yesterday.

Leg spin-off spin combination of Hasitha Nirmal and Dilrukshan Jayasundara shared nine wickets between them to restrict Mahanama to 117 runs after a top score of 83 from Rasitha Gamage helped them post 255 runs. That left them with a meager target of 17 runs to score in 22 overs. And Dharmapala openers remained unbeaten to reach the target in five overs.

Nirmal with a five wicket haul in the second innings and Jayasundara with four wickets ended with match bags of seven wickets each.

It was Dharmapala College’s second outright victory in the Division I tournament and it cemented their place as the leading team in Group ‘D’.

Scores:

Mahanama 154 all out in 42.1 overs (Sajith Ruberu 34, Chathura Wanniarachchi 27, Randika Welikannage 23, Aravinda de Silva 23; Praneeth Rathnayake 2/32, Dilrukshan Jayasundara 3/42, Hasitha Nirmal 2/17) and 117 all out in 37.2 overs (Hashan Perera 43, Chathura Wanniarachchi 26; Dilrukshan Jayasundara 4/39, Hasitha Nirmal 5/18)

Dharmapala 194 for 5 overnight 255 all out in 64.5 overs (Hasitha Nirmal 29, Tharindu Liyanage 20, Hasitha Wickramasinghe 50, Rasitha Gamage 83, Chanuka Mapatuna 25; Chathura Wanniarachchi 4/63, Pavan Devinda 2/27) and 17 for no wickers 4.4 overs (Hasitha Wickramasinghe 10n.o)