The 62nd Battle of the Gold’s between St. Sebastian’s and Prince of Wales concluded at De Zoysa Stadium in Moratuwa yesterday was destined to end in a draw when play stopped for lunch on day two and it happened exactly that way.
The 80 scored by Anuk Fernando was the only entertainment that the crowd was able to witness. The knock also went a long way as it pulled the Sebs out of the woods when they were struggling on 104 for 6.
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| Cambrian paceman Hashan Fernando who captured three scalps in action. (Pic by Ranjith Perera) |
Anuk’s knock which came off 155 balls comprised five boundaries and a six and he was involved to valuable partnerships for the seventh and eight wickets.
With Nishamal Fernando he was associated in a 67-run stand and followed with a 72-run partnership for the eighth wicket with Sachintha Fonseka who was the next top scorer who made 37 helping the Sebs, resuming from their overnight score, going on to make 252 for 8 after which they declared at the lunch with the aim of going for a positive result.
However it was never going to happen as Prince of Wales batting the second time with a deficit of 91 runs preferred to go on the defense and the game ended in a drab draw.
Scoreboard
Prince of Wales Ist innings 161( Tharindu Dilshan 46, Ashen Mednis 30, Suchira Fernando 21: Amila Aponso 6 for 54, Sanitha de Mel 2 for 36, Anuk Fernando 2 for 44)
St Sebastian’s Ist innings (104/6 overnight)
Avishka Fernando c Mendis b Fernando 14
Anushka Perera run out 00
Luke Jayadeva c Aponso b Fernando 09
Sangeeth Cooray run out 10
Amila Aponso c Peiris b Pushpakumara 15
Sanitha de Mel c Pushpakumara b Nimesh 20
Anuk Fernando not out 80
Nishamal Fernando c Fernando b Nimesh 36
Sachintha Fonseka b Fernando 37
Sachinda Gunawardena not out 14
Extras (b4, lb3, wd2, nb8) 17
Total (for 8 wickets declared: 75 overs) 252
Fall of wickets – 1-1, 2-13, 3-28, 4-44, 5-74, 6-76, 7-143, 8-215
Bowling – Hashan Fernando 16-2-67-3, Sachith Pushpakumara 26-7-79-1, Shanuka Dulaj 4-1-10-0, Thilan Nimesh 20-2-67-2, Jayanga Peiris 5-1-14-0, Tharindu Dilshan 4-0-8-0.
Prince of Wales 2nd innings
Suchira Fernando c Perera b de Mel 00
Kusal Mendis lbw b Aponso 30
Ashen Mendis c Aponso b Fernando 09
Tharindu Dilshan c Fonseka b de Mel 00
Didulana Medis c N. Fernando b de Mel 00
Shanuka Dulaj c Fonseka b Perera 71
Chrishen Aponso c Jayadeva b Aponso 22
Sachith Pushpakumara lbw b de Mel 08
Jayanga Peiris not out 04
Hashan Fernando not out 06
Extras (lb1, wd4, nb5) 10
Total (for 8 wickets: 59 overs) 160
Fall of wickets – 1-0, 2-15, 3-27, 4-31, 5-59, 6-142, 7-146, 8-140.
Bowling – Sanitha de Mel 14-4-33-4, Anuk Fernando 6-1-21-1, Amila Aponso 22-4-52-2, Isuru Mendis 5-0-20-0, Sachinda Gunawardena 6-2-18-0, Sangeeth Cooray 5-1-8-0, Anushka Perera 1-0-5-1. |
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