Trinity win after 10-year wait

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Trinity College Under-19 cricketers ended the 10 years drought when they won the Tier A Inter-School Limited Overs Encounter when they beat Richmond College by 41 runs through D/L method at the Thurstan ground yesterday.

All-rounder Theeraka Runathunge continued his good for once again with bat and bowl while skipper. Rahul Amarasinghe stroked an elegant 36 for the Kandy lads.

Trinity last won the limited overs final under Niroshan Dickwella in 2012.

Richmond 123 in 40.1 overs

nSharon Abishek 33, Janeth Kausal 28

nTheeraka Runthunge 3 for 24, Jayavivi Liyanagama 2 for 10

Trinity 109 for 4 in 24 overs

nRahul Amarasinghe 36, Theeraka Runathunge 21 not out

nMalsha Tharupathi 3 for 27

(SJ)