Batmen star in drawn battle
Josephian centurion Dineth Jayakody carries his team mate while celebrating a Peterite wicket - Pic by Priyantha Wickramaarachchi
The 86th Battle of the Saints between traditional rivals St. Joseph’s and St. Peter’s played at the P. Sara Stadium concluded in a tame draw. In fact the outcome of the match was visible at the end of the first day’s play with the Peterites making 224 and the Josephians ending the day on 191 for 4.
The Josephians resuming their innings on day two saw the overnight pair Dineth Jayakody and Sadeesh Jayasinghe adding a further 44 runs before the pair was separated with the dismissal of Jayakody. He made 122 runs off 133 balls and hit 13 boundaries and three sixes. He was involved in a valuable 192 run stand for the fifth wicket with Jayasinghe.
Jayasinghe did not stay long as he was dismissed at the same score of 235 runs. He made 70 that included five boundaries and a six. Josephians lost their remaining four wickets for the addition of 24 runs as they were bowled out for 259 runs.
St. Peter’s batting the second time underwent some anxious moments before Rishika Santhush (69) and Nipuna Fonseka (47) rescued the side with a fourth wicket stand of 66 runs. Later in the innings Ruvin Seneviratne and Danal Hemananda featured in an unbroken 88 runs stand for the ninth wicket and the match was called off with the Josephian supporters invading the field after Hemananda reached his half ton.
Scoreboard
St. Peter’s 1st innings 224 (Lahiru Chethaka 64, Wanuja Kumara 48, Shenal Boteju 37: Ashian Daniel 4 for 70, Dunith Wellalage 2 for 39)
St. Joseph’s 1st innings (191/4 overnight)
Johanne de Zilva lbw b Liyanage 21
Sheran Fonseka b Wickramasinghe 08
Shevon Daniel c Maduwantha b Liyanage 01
Dineth Jayakody c Kumara b Wickramasinghe 122
Dunith Wellalge c and b Liyanage 06
Sadeesh Jayawardena c Fonseka b Wickramasinghe 0
Lakshan Gamage c Maduwantha b Hemananda 13
Miranga Wickramage b Liyanage 01
Ashian Daniel run out 05
Dinal Anuradha c Fernando b Hemananda 02
Shalinda Seneviratne not out 01
Extras (lb2, nb5, w2) 08
Total (all out: 51.3 overs) 259
Fall of wickets: 1-31, 2-33, 3-33, 4-43, 5-235, 6-235, 7-242, 8-253, 9-258.
Bowling: Trishen Wickramasinghe 12-1-59-3, Danal Hemananda 6.3-0-40-2, Vinuda Liyaange 13-1-56-4, Kanishka Maduwantha 9-0-44-0, Ruvin Seneviratne 6-0-34-0, Wanuja Kumara 5-0-24-0.
St. Peter’s 2nd innings
Shenal Boteju c S. Daniel b Gamage 05
Rishika Santhush c Gamage b S. Daniel 68
Shannon Fernando c Gamage b A. Daniel 10
Lahiru Chethaka c Anuradha b Wellalage 10
Nipunaka Fonseka b Wellalage 47
Kanishka Maduwantha c sub (de Silva) b Wellalage 22
Wanuja Kumara c and b Wellalage 02
Ruvin Seneviratne not out 53
Vinuda Liyanage c sub (Thenura) b Wickramage 08
Danal Hemananda not out 50
Extras (b4, lb1, nb5, w3) 13
Total (8 wickets: 87.5 overs) 288
Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-32, 3-67, 4-133, 5-173, 6-174, 7-179, 8-200
Bowling: Lakshan Gamage 6-0-22-17, Johanne de Zilva 7.5-0-36-0, Ashian Daniel 22-4-49-1, Dunith Wellalage 38-3-84-4, Shalinda Seneviratne 7-0-40-0, Miranga Wickramage 10-0-29-1, Dineth Jayakody 2-0-8-0, Shevon Daniel 5-0-15-1.