Wayamba Dons at sports

ered from 39 for 5 to a formidable 203 for 5 in 30 overs, riding on a belligerent, unbroken 164 runs stand for the sixth wicket between Roshane Silva (94 not out in 90 balls, Inclusive of six sixes and seven fours) and Janaka Gunaratne ( 86 not out in 47 balls inclusive of seven sixes and equal number of fours)

The other match winner for Keells was their promising opening bowler Maduka Liyanapathiranage ( 4 for 55) who made early inroads into the strong Unichela batting by getting rid of T. M. Dilshan and Kusal Janith Perera cheaply.

Eventually, Unichela surrendered, scoring 177 runs in 29.1 overs.

MAS Active Trading made it to the Final after a struggle, beating Commercial Credit & Finance by two wickets.

After Sachithra Serasinghe ( 4 for 23) restricted Commercial Credit & Finance to 225 in 49.1 overs, MAS Active Trading was made to labour for their runs and they managed

Wayamba University of Sri Lanka Inaugural Staff Sports Day of Wayamba University of Sri Lanka (WUSL) organized by the Wayamba University Staff Sports Club was held at the University Gymnasium.

All academic, Administrative and Nonacademic staff of Kuliyapitiya and Makandura premises of the University participated to the event.

The Vice Chancellor of Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, Prof. S.J.B.A. Jayasekera graced occasion as the chief guest. to sneak through scoring 228/8 in 44.2 overs, thanks to the valiant eighth wicket stand of 70 runs between Dananjaya de Silva ( 50 not out) and Sachith Pathirana (41).

In the Final, John Keells will look up to their “Young- guns” Ishan Jayaratne, Roshene Silva, Lahiru Milantha and Maduka Liyanapathiranage and the experience of their skipper, Dimuth Karunaratne and former skipper, Janaka Gunaratne to win the title which had eluded them in 1999, 2002 and 2014.

Dimuth Karunaratne, who made his debut for Keells in 2013, was the very first MCA “Emerging Player” that year and Janaka Gunaratne was the “Man of the Tournament in 2012.

MAS Active Trading, who won the ‘League’ and ended up as knock- out runners- up in 2012, went one step ahead by winning both titles in 2013.

In the Final, MAS Active Trading seemed quite confi-

Games included in the event were Badminton, Table Tennis, Carrom and Mixed Netball. The results of the games are as follows:

Jayakody Runners-upMr. D.A.U. Dharmadasa and Mr. G. Piyarathne