Jaffna Hindu grab major honours
View(s):Hindu College, Jaffna grabbed major honours in their drawn 11th Battle of Hinduites big match against Hindu College, Colombo concluded at Jaffna yesterday.
Chasing 201 to win, visitors narrowly escaped defeat as they lost eight wickets for 67 runs in 31 overs before stump was drawn on the final day. Home team scored 230 in their first essay with Samson (77) and Priyandan (58) hitting half tons. Colombo team could only muster 146 in the first innings before hosts added 117 for 6 before declaring their second innings, giving their arch-rivals a target of 201.
Hindu College, Jaffna 230 all out (59.3) (Samsan 77, Priyandan 58, Sagitharan 5/56) and 117 for 6 decl (29) (S. Subarnan 31, T. Kajanth 30n.o., L. Piriyandan 20n.o., K. Sadhurshan 2/46)
Hindu College, Colombo 146 all out (56) (R. Dilukshan 40, R. Dilojan 22, S. Barathuvasan 4/33, L. Piriyandan 3/15, T. Kajanth 2/39) and 67 for 8 (31) at close (L. Kavishakaran 27, Sarjan 5/26)