Rukmalgama CC completed their quota of matches on a winning note with a convincing 48 runs win over Darusalam CC in the Colombo District Cricket Association (CDCA) Division III second round match played at Padukka, last Sunday.
Earlier they beat Royal Worriers CC and lost to Bloomfield.
Rukmalgama batting first, was looking down the barrel at one stage - 67 for 5. Damith Weerasinghe (48) and Manoj Jayaweera (32) steadied the ship with a gutsy 86 runs stand for the sixth wicket, to finish with a respectable 177 in 46.1 overs. Darusalam started off badly losing both their openers early to the pace of Heshan Wijesinghe and lost two more wickets to leg spinner, Ranjan Ranatunga- 55 for 4. Ranjan Ranatunga finished with figures of 6 for 37 to send Darusalam crashing to 129 in 28.2 overs. Ranatunga so far has a haul of 27 wickets in seven matches.
Chief Scores -
Rukmalgama CC: 177 in 46.1 overs (Damith Weerasinghe 48, Manoj Jayaweera 32, M. Rimzan 5/21)
Darusalam CC: 129 in 28.2 overs (M. Jassin 47, Heshan Wijesinghe 2/29, Ranjan Ranatunga 6/37, Moditha Weerasinghe 2/38)