Big Match: Sawmiyan, Thanujan shines in drawn 113th Battle of the North

St. John’s College Jaffna opening pair Christy Thanujan and Nagenthirarajah Sawmiyan shone in their drawn 113th Battle of the North big match against traditional rivals Jaffna Central which ended at the Central ground in Jaffna on Saturday (9).
 
The pair made amends of their failure in the first innings as they led the sides’ fight back with half tons. 

Thanujan made 66 and Sawmyan hit 50 and associted in a valuable opening stand of 134 runs. 

The knocks helped the Johnians resuming their second innings from their overnight score of 121 for 0 to make a score o f 245 for 9 declared leaving the Centralites a victory target of 232 runs. 

However, the Centralites were able to face only 40 overs which saw their skipper Selvarasa Mathushan making a captain’s knock of 65 and the match eventually ending in a tame draw. 

St. John’s College 181 all out (44.5) (Theviendram Dinoshan 98, Murfin Abinash 24, C. Thanujan 19: Kamalrasa Iyalarasan 5/54, V. Viyaskanth 3/43) and 245 for 9 wickets declared (89) (N. Sawmiyan 50, C. Thamujan 66, A. Abishek 31n.o.; S. Mathushan 3/51, V. Viyaskantha 4/88) 

Jaffna Central 195 all out (79.2) (Kamalrasa Iyalarasan 77, V. Viyaskanth 41, A. Jeyatharshan 21, B. Inthujan 15: A. Saran 3/54, E. Denushan 2/11, T. Dinohsan 2/25) and 176 for 7 wickets (40) (S. Sarangan 5, K. Iyalarasan 27, A. Jeyatharshan 23, S. Mathushan 65; T. Dinoshan 1/27, A. Abishek 1/24, M. Abinash 2/29)