35th Winston Hoole Memorial Challenge trophy Kingswood shock Rajans

By Shamseer Jaleel
Kingswood College shocked Rajans when they beat their opponents in their 35th limited-overs encounter by 10 runs at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium (PICS) yesterday.
Kingswood College put up a better performance in their one-day encounter when they put up a good 233 on the board with the help of their deputy skipper, Kavija Gamage, who scored a brilliant century (102) only off 124 balls, inclusive of 13 boundaries and one huge six. He was in explosive mode, hitting all around the park. Once again, Manukalpa took four wickets for the Rajans.

In Kingswood’s reply, Pulindu Perera stroked an elegant 82 off only 88 balls, inclusive of 12 boundaries. He was well supported by Onajith de Silva (33) and Isuru Pannala (64). But in the end, they fell short by nine runs.

Scores
Kingswood 233/9 in 50 overs (Kavija Gamage 124, Nikeshala Nanayakkara 33, Barana Ratnayake 33, Aadil Sheriff 26, Yasath Abeykoon 24; Dakshika Manukalpa 4/38, Sesath Thilakaratne 2/19)
Dharmaraja 224 in 48.2 overs (Pulindu Perera 82, Isuru Pannala 64, Onajith de Silva 33; Amesh Rupasinghe 3/25, Nenuka Dissanayake 3/27)