Shamas guides Zahira to easy win

A fine century by Mohamed Shamas helped Zahira College post an easy first innings win over Dharmaraja College in their Under19 Inter-schools Cricket Tournament encounter which concluded at Maradana yesterday.

Zahira, in reply to the Rajans’ first innings score of 255 went on to make a mammoth 424 runs.

Dharmaraja: 255

Zahira (59/0 overnight): 424 (Mohamed Shamas 117, Yasith Nirmal 93, Chathura Dilrukshan 62, Imtiaz Slasa 47, Dulaj Bandara 4/41, Isehdra Warnakulasooriya 2/78).