St. Sylvester’s and Vidyartha set for clash

St. Sylvester’s College Kandy will take on Vidyartha College in their 27th limited over clash for the M.B. Mediwake trophy to be played at the Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy tomorrow with play commencing at 9.45 am

Though the Vidyarthaians have a slight edge, the Sylvestrians will be at full strength as most of the players who were on the injured list have recovered well enough to give strength to their side.

With dark clouds in the skies especially in the afternoons there is a possibility of interference by the rain.

Of the 26 matches which had been played the Sylvestrians have won 18 against 4 by Vidyartha College while 4 matches have been washed off by the rains.

Vidyartha College led by Muditha Elpitiya had a slight edge at last week’s big match scoring 180 and their opponents replied with 79 for be- fore it started raining.

St. Sylvester’s College will be led by all-rounder Dushan Malalasena.

St. Sylvester’s College (from) Dushan Malalasena (Captain), Sumedha Dissanayake, Nimesha Mendis, Indunil Samaranande, Hansamal Perera, Manjujaya Perera, Harsha Wedikkara, Harsha Madhushan, Mohammed Rifaz, Tyronne Anthony, Lahiru Pramod, Arkalanka Dissanayake, Ranjith Piyaratne, Dilan Mel. Vidyartha College (from) Muditha Elpitiya (captain), Ravindu Dissanayake, Isuru Weerasinghe, Chanaka Ratnayake, Bipuna Ranaweera, Avishka Ranaweera, Heshan Dissanayake, Kasun Nawaratne, Dasun Nawaratne, Malaka Wickremaratne, Krishantha Jayasuriya, Chanaka Lokuliyana, Prince Roshan, Pathum Kolembage, Kanishka Herath

(UJJ)