It was a stalemate at Kurunegala

By Vijitha Senaratne,
Kurunegala Sports correspondent

The 28th ‘Battle of the Rocks’ cricket encounter between Maliyadeva College and St. Anne’s College ended in a tame draw at the Welagedera Stadium.

Put into bat, Maliyadeva made 270 for 6 in their first innings. St. Anne’s replied with 227.

Maliyadeva extended their lead to 105 by the close by scoring 58 for 3. Big matches in this series have been drawn since its inception in 1980.

Vimanga Perera who scored an unbeaten 52 for Maliyadeva was adjudged the Man of the Match.

Maliyadeva 270 for 6 dec and 58 for 3 at stumps (Viswajith Ratnayake 28, Sameera Godawita 15 n.o; Lahiru Lankeshwara 2 for 18)

St. Anne’s 36 for no loss overnight 227 all out (Yohan Kanumale 27, MadusankaPerera 18,Chamalka Rodrigo 15,Rukshan Madusanka 49, Amaranath Wanninayake 34, Lahiru Lankeswara 16 n.o; Duminda Dassanayake 3 for 56, Sanjeewa Bulathwala 2 for 32, Mahesh Adikari 2 for 9)