Time saves Richmond

S.M. Jiffrey Abdeen - Kandy Sports Corr.

Time Saved Richmond College, Galle from certain outright-defeat at the hands of Kingswood College, Kandy in their schools cricket tournament match concluded at the University grounds, Peradeniya yesterday.

Richmond College scored 117 in their first innings and Kingswood were 38 for 3 overnight and they did well to score 197 all out yesterday. Udara Hettige followed up his fine bowling performance of 5 for 25 to score an elegant 51 with 7 fours. M.D. Karunaratne top scored with a hard hit 52 which included 2 sixes and 4 fours. Medium Pacer T. Nadeera bowled well to capture 5 for 62 and he was supported by Dananjaya de Silva 4 for 66.

Faced with a deficit of 80 runs with 56 overs to be sent down. Richmond College fared disastrously against the spin of Chalitha Dharmaprema and R. Sandaruwan, when stumps were drawn. Richmond College were tottering at 59 for 9 off 56 overs. Richmond College: 117 all out and 59 for 9 in 56 overs (S. Palliyaguru 14, Chalitha Dharmaprema 4 for 23, R. Sandaruwan 2 for 0).

Kingswood College (38 for 3 overnight) 197 all out in 70.5 overs (M.D. Karunaratne 52, Udara Hettige 51, Ashan Senaviratne 25, R. Sandaruwan 16, Chalitha Dharmaprema 12, Hasitha Dharmaprema 12, T. Nadeera 5 for 62, Dananjaya de Silva 4 for 66).