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Dulanjana hammers 344 runs as St. Joseph Vaz’s win by 665 runs
St. Joseph Vaz’s College number three batsman Inesh Dulanjana scored a triple century for his school to amass 708 runs for five wickets before cruising to 665 runs victory over Basilica College, Ragama in an Under 15 Division I cricket encounter at Ragama on Tuesday.
Dulanjana scored 344 runs in just 130 balls, according to official scorers the St. Joseph Vaz’s captain has scored 44 fours and 19 sixes in his swashbuckling innings. Nevin Senkith (111 in 83 balls, 19x4s, 1x6s) and Vimukthi Isara (109 not out in 39 balls, 13x4s, 7x6s) also scored centuries.
In reply, Basilica, fielding only ten batsmen were dismissed for 43 runs. Deneth Nimsara produced figures 8-4-7-6 for his six wickets.
Scores:
St. Joseph Vaz’s 708 for 5 in 50 overs (Hansa Mihiranga 39, Inesh Dulanjana 344, Nevin Senkith 111, Vimukthi Isara 109n.o., Domonik Fernando 57)
Basilica 43 for 9 in 17 overs (Deneth Nimsara 6/07) (RF)
