St. Joseph’s Bandarawela beat Bandarawela Central by two wickets
St. Joseph’s College Bandarawela beat Bandarawela Central College by 2 wickets in the 11th Battle of the Golds encounter held at Bandarawela Municipal Council grounds which was played on March 20 and 21. This was the third win for the Josephians in the series.
Best Bowler Hasaral Nayanajith _ Bandarawela CentralCollege
The Josephians scored 263 in their first innings with a brilliant knock of 76 runs from Jayaranga Ramanayake. The Josephians kept up the pressure on their opponent’s with their outstanding
all-round performances and ended the first day on a strong note when they limited the Centralites to 85 runs for the loss of 4 wickets.
In reply to 264, the Centralites’ innings ended with the scores at 110 with the impressive
Best Fielder Diluka Nalinda _ St. Joseph_s College
bowling figure of 4 for 14 from Dumidu Damishka. Damishka kept up the pressure on Central College in their follow on as well, with his brilliant bowling performance of 5 for 82 which limited the Centralites to 188 runs in their second innings. The Josephians had to chase a simple target of 37 runs but they too were given a rude shock after losing eight quick wickets on pursuit.
St. Joseph’s College 263 all out in 61.4 overs (Jayaranga Ramanayake 76, Chandana Ruwan 46, Kavinda Soyza 37, Hasaral Nayanajith 5 for 65, Chanthura Mahela 3 for 55) and 37 for 8 wickets in 16 overs (Kavinda Soyza 7, Kaushan Sasanka 6, Hasaral Nayanajith 4 for 17, Chanthura Mahela 4 for 14)
Bandarawela Central College 110 all out (Rumal Laksahan 46, Deminda Prabath 30, Dumidu Damishka 4 for 14, Sanjeewa Madushanka 2 for 48) and (follow on) 188 all out in 51 overs (Deminda Prabath 55, Rumal Laksahan 30, Hasaral Nayanajith 30, Dumidu Damishka 5 for 82,
Best Batsman Jayaranga Ramanayake _ St. Joseph_s College
Man of the Match Chamidu Danushka
Chandana Ruwan 4 for 15, Diluka Nalinda 1 for 32) – Text and pix by Sujitha Miranda
Individual awards:
n Best Bowler:
Hasaral Nayanajith (Bandarawela Central College)
n Best Batsman:
Jayaranga Ramanayake (St. Joseph’s College)
n Best Fielder:
Diluka Nalinda (St. Joseph’s College)
n Man-of-the-match:
Dumidu Damishka (St. Joseph’s College)