91st Battle of Saints ends in drab draw
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The 91st Battle of the Saints cricket match between traditional rivals St. Joseph’s College and St. Peter’s College ended in an tame draw at the SSC ground yesterday. St. Joseph’s, resuming their innings at the overnight score of 150-3 in reply to St. Peter’s 243, struggled to build momentum despite Yenula Dewthusa’s impressive knock of 86.
Dewthusa formed valuable partnerships of 91 runs for the fourth wicket with Senuja Wakunugoda and 64 runs for the fifth wicket with Rishma Amarasinghe, but the team lost wickets at regular intervals. They eventually declared the innings at 240-7, three runs behind their opponent’s total.
In their second innings, St. Peter’s batsmen failed to make a significant impact, besides Nathan David’s half-century, which was the only notable performance. The team was dismissed for 168 runs, setting St. Joseph’s a victory target of 172. With limited time remaining, St. Joseph’s reached 70-2 when play concluded, confirming the draw that had seemed inevitable from earlier in the day.
Peterite Nathan David scored a half century - Pix by Eshan Fernando
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| St. Peter’s 1st innings 243 all out (93.3) ( Lashmika Perera 58, Dilana Damsara 44, Asadisi de Silva 38, Nathan David 29, Joshua Sebastian 27, Thareen Sanketh 21; Maansa Madubashana 3/77, Demion de Silva 2/48, Nushan Perera /2/50, Yenula Dewthusa 2/58) St. Joseph’s 1st innings (150/3 overnight) Abishek Jayaweera c and b Perera 23 Aveesha Samash c Sebastian b Perera 32 Senuja Wakunugoda c Sebastian b Perera 48 Nimthaka Gunawardena b Sebastian 06 Yenula Dewthusa c Fernando b Sebastian 86 Rishma Amarasinghe c Perera b Sebastian 27 Dunick Perera not out 10 Maanasa Madubashana c David b Perera 01 Extras (b4, nb1, w2) 07 Total (7 wickets decl: 72.3 overs) 240 Did not bat: Kenath Liyanage, Nushan Perera, Demion de Silva Fall of wickets: 1-59 (Jayaweera, 23.5ov), 2-62 (Samash, 25.4ov), 3-71 (Gunewardena, 30.2ov), 4-162 (Wakunugoda, 59.4ov), 5-226 (Amarasingha, 69.5ov), 6-237 (Dewthusa, 71.3ov), 7-240 (Madubashana,72.3ov) Bowling: Ethan Ransilige 9-1-20-0, Joshua Sebastian 26-6-80-4, Tharin Senvidu 6-0-28-0, Dilana Damsara 8-2-37-0, Lashmika Perera 21.3-3-64-3, Thareen Sanketh 2-0-7-0 St. Peter’s 2nd innings St. Joseph’s 2nd innings |