Joes falter against Antonian fire
View(s):The Anthonians did everything but beat the Josephians in a low scoring match on a Katugastota track that withheld its favours from the batsmen.
At stumps, the Josephians pursuing a target of 178 for victory were 122 for 8, with the ninth wicket pair playing out the last few overs.
Scores:
n St. Anthony’s 176 in 49.3 overs (Dion Stouter 32, Sunera Jayasinghe 26, Nipun Ashok 26, Mohammed Alfer 17, Harin Cooray 5 for 45, Nipun Sumanasinghe 3 for 26 ) and 128 in 35.5 overs (Mohammed Alfer 60, Gihan Achinta 20, Hiran Cooray 5 for 41, Nipun Sumanasinghe 3 for 25).
n St. Joseph’s 127 in 41 .1 overs (Dineth Madurawela 54, Harin Cooray 16, Virajitha Jayasinghe 4 for 34, Sandaruwan Dharmaratne 5 for 39) and 122 for 8 in 58 overs (Dineth Jayakody 31, Harin Cooray 24, Sandaruwan Dharmarathne 4 for 47, Gihan Achintha 3 for 27) -AK