St. Peter’s recorded a comfortable five wicket win over traditional rivals St. Joseph’s in the annual 36th limited over encounter played at the P. Sara Stadium yesterday. The Peterite win was initiated by opener Shehan Fernando and Denham Perera who put on a partnership of 102 runs for the second wicket.
Shehan cracked a 70 while Denham contributed 45. Later in the innings skipper Chathura Peiris made a quick-fire unbeaten 59 enabling the Petes, chasing 203 for victory, to reach the target in the 45th over.
Earlier in the morning session St. Joseph’s invited to take first lease of the wicket by Peterite skipper Chathura struggled until the half way stage of the innings and recovered to make a modest 202 with Lahiru Jayaratne taking four wickets.
St. Joseph’s 202 in 46.4 overs (Rosco Thattil 45, Sadeera Samarawickrema 34, Chathuranga Kumara 23; Lahiru Jayaratne 4 for 40, Chathura Peiris 2 for 33, Shanendra Fernando 2 for 35)
St. Peter’s 203 for 5 in 44.1 overs (Shehan Fernando 70, Denham Perera 45, Chathura Peiris 59 n.o; Chathuranga Kumara 4 for 30) |
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