Lakshan, Sachintha steer St. Joseph’s
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Lakshan Gamage struck 101 off 89 balls - Pic by Ranjith Perera
Lakshan Gamage and Sachintha Ravindu were the heroes of St. Joseph’s 10-run win on the Duckworth/Lewis method against St.Peter’s in the 45th Battle of the Saints limited over encounter played at the SSC ground yesterday.
The duo came to the rescue of the side with a match winning partnership when the Josephians were struggling at 61 for 6. Lakshan slammed a quick-fire 101 off 89 balls (7×4 and 2×6) while Sachintha cracked 74 which had six boundaries to take the side out of the woods by putting on a massive 179 runs for the seventh wicket. Josephians scored a challenging 250 runs at the end of the innings.
St. Peter’s in their run chase were making steady progress with useful knocks coming from the top order batting. Santhush Gunatileke hit a top score of 52.
With Shavin Perera and Nipunaka Fonseka in the crease and the score on 175 for 5 in the 41st over, they were left with 76 runs to make in nine overs. Fading light forced the umpires to put a halt to the proceedings and with no further play being possible, the match was called off with the Josephians coming out victorious. This was Joes 23rd win in the series.
Chief scores
- St. Joseph’s 250 in 49.3 overs (Lakshan Gamage 101, Sachintha Ravindu 74: Tariq Sabar 4 for 42, Santhush Gunatileke 3 for 51)
- St. Peter’s 175 for 5 in 41 overs (Santhush Gunatileke 42, Dinith Anjula 32, Shannon Fernando 20, Ranmith Jayasena 19, Shivan Perera 24 n.o., Nipunaka Fonseka 19 n.o.: Ashian Daniel 3 for 26)