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 [...]

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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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCORECARD
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
Oween Salgado b Madubashana 06
Dilana Damsara c Perera b Madubashana 04
Nathan David lbw b Madubashana 53
Asadisi de Silva b Madubashana 00
Joshua Sebastian lbw b N. Perera 00
Jason Fernando b Dewthusa 45
Enosh Peterson c Wakunugoda b N. Perera 34
Thareen Sanketh c Wakunugoda b Dewthusa 02
Lashmika Perera c Wakunugoda b Madubashana 00
Ethan Ransilige c D. Perera b de Silva 20
Tharin Senvidu not out 00
Extras (w4) 04
Total (all out: 54.4 overs) 168
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Salgadu, 3.6ov), 2-29 (Damsara, 12.3ov), 3-29 (De Silva, 12.6ov), 4-30 (Sebastian, 13.5ov), 5-106 (David, 31.2ov), 6-114 (Fernando, 34.5ov), 7-122 (Sanketh, 38.2ov), 8-123 (Perera, 41.3ov), 9-168 (Ransilige, 53.5ov), 10-168 (Peterson, 54.4ov)
Bowling: Yenula Dewthusa 13-2-49-2, Maanasa Madubashana 19-1-57-5, Nushan Perera 14.4-4-35-2, Demion de Silva 5-0-22-1, Dunick Perera 3-0-5-0

St. Joseph’s 2nd innings
Aveesha Samash run out 20
Abishek Jayaweera not out 31
Senuja Wakunugdoa c David b Sebastian 01
Yenula Dewthusa not out 14
Extras (lb1, w3) 04
Total (2 wickets: 13 overs) 70
Did not bat: Kenath Liyanage, Maanasa Madubashana, Rishma Amarasingha, Nushan Perera, Dunick Perera, Demion de Silva, Nimthaka Gunewardena
Fall of wickets: 1-34 (Samash, 4.6ov), 2-36 (Wakunugoda, 5.3ov)
Bowling: Ethan Ransilige 2-0-18-0, Joshua Sebastian 5-0-26-1, Lashmika Perera 6-0-25-0

 

 

 

 

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