Sri Lanka: Skipper Kaushalya guides Trinity to 8-wicket win (31 January 1999)
Trinity's skipper Kaushalya Weeraratne who captured a match bag of 9 for 106 (5 for 45 and 4 for 61) and also scored 45 and 36 not out spearhead his team to an eight-wicket win over Kingswood College in their schools Lemonade Cup cricket tournament
31-Jan-1999
31 January 1999
Sri Lanka: Skipper Kaushalya guides Trinity to 8-wicket win
S M Jiffry Abdeen
Trinity's skipper Kaushalya Weeraratne who captured a match bag of 9
for 106 (5 for 45 and 4 for 61) and also scored 45 and 36 not out
spearhead his team to an eight-wicket win over Kingswood College in
their schools Lemonade Cup cricket tournament match concluded at the
Asgiriya Stadium yesterday.
Kingswood College once again put up a poor batting performance
folding up for 151 thus getting the lions the victory target of 71 in
15 minutes and 20 overs and they achieved this with 4.3 over to
spare.
For Kingswood spinner Thushara Madanayake capture 5 for 78 but that
was not enough to stop the marauding lions from scoring their first
win this season.
Scores:
Kingswood College 108 all out and 151 all out in 61.2 overs 265 mts.
(L. Ekanayake 22, V. Senaviratne 16, N. Pushpakumara 30, M.
Wattegedera 13, R. Mowsoon 22, Kaushalya Weeraratne 4 for 61, I.
Gammanpila 3 for 5, S. Selvakumar 3 for 39).
Trinity College 146 for 6 overnight contd. 189 all out in 59 overs
275 mts. (R. Gamage 21, D. Rodrigo 16 not out, H. S. Samath 13, K.
Weeraratne 45, N. Pushpakumara 2 for 33, Thushara Madanayake 5 for
78) and 72 for 2 in 16.3 overs 90 mts. (A. A. Imbuldeniya 14, K.
Weeraratne 36 not out).
Source :: Daily News (https://www.lanka.net)