Deeshana 85 helps Com. XI win

Chinthana Wasala

Deeshana Warnakulasuriya hit a superb knock of 85 off 32 deliveries to guide the '2003 Commerce' team to a 73 run win over the '2003 Maths' team in a friendly cricket encounter between the Maths and Commerce streams of the Maliyadeva College Old Boys' Association 2003 Group. The match was played at Kurunegala on Saturday.

Warnakulasuriya 85, Indika Daluwatta 34, K.C. Bandara 31 and Ajantha Rangama 30 played valuable innings for Commerce team.

In reply, Maths team could only muster 148 runs. Janaka Rajapakse was the top-scorer for the losers with 29 while Damith Jayasuriya made 21.

Commerce: 221 (Deeshana Warnakulasuriya 85, Indika Daluwatta 34, K.C. Bandara 31, Ajantha Rangama 30, Anuruddha Rathnayaka 2 for 38, Anuruddha Ekanayake 2 for 41)

Maths: 148 (Janaka Rajapakse 29, Damith Jayasuriya 21, Buddhima Amarasena 3 for 19, Chinthana Priyankara 3 for 22)