Jaffna Central beat St. John’s, Jaffna by 09 wickets

Jaffna Central beat St. John’s, Jaffna by 09 wickets, Series tally 29 – 38 in favour of the losers on available records, Bicentenary celebrations of St. John’s, Jaffna may have been sweeter with a different result

116th Battle of the North Big Match – Central College Ground, Jaffna – concluded on the 03rd Day

Central College, Jaffna put into bat, 279 all out – ( 66.2 Overs ) Nishanthan Ajay 74, Jegatheeswaran Vithusan 71, Matheeswaran Sansayan 42, Sutharshan Anushanth 27, Yogathas Vithushan 4 / 70, Anton Abishek 3 / 67, Kirupananthan Kajakarnan 2 / 38, Nesakumar Jezial, Mahendran Kinthushan, Arulseelan Kavishan 02 catches each & 09 / 1 – ( 3.1 Overs )

St. John’s College, Jaffna in reply, 127 all out – ( 51.2 Overs ) Nesakumar Jezial 43, Kamalapalan Sabesan 34, Mahendran Kinthushan 11, Extras 16, Ranjitkumar Newton 4 / 27, Ananthan Kajan 3 / 08, Sutharshan Anushanth 2 / 62, Paul Paramathayalan 02 victims & following on 160 all out – ( 53.2 Overs ) Arulseelan Kavishan 37, Kamalapalan Sabesan 26, Nesakumar Zezial 25, Mahendran Kinthushan 13, Yogathas Vithushan 12, Extras 23, Ranjitkumar Newton 5 / 53, Vikneshvaran Paruthi 5 / 58, Matheeswaran Sansayan 03 catches.

Player of the Match : Ranjitkumar Newton – Jaffna Central

St, John’s College, Jaffna ( founded in 1823 )
Captain – Kamalapalan Sabesan
Coach – P Lavendra
Teacher in Charge – G Gopikrishna
Prefect of Games – C A Aravinthan
Principal – V S B Thuseetharan

Central College, Jaffna
Captain – Ananthan Kajan
Coach – F K Shelton
Teacher in Charge – S Uthayanan
Prefect of Games – Regno Kingsly
Principal – L Ongaramoorthy

20th Battle of the North One Day Big Match – St. John’s College Ground, Jaffna

St. John’s, Jaffna beat Central, Jaffna by 23 runs,Lead the series 12 – 08

St. John’s College, Jaffna electing to bat, 217 all out – ( 49.2 Overs ) Arulseelan Kavishan 64no, Anton Abishek 30, Mahendran Kinthushan 27, Extras 20 – recovered from 106 / 6 – Arulseelan Kavishan / Anton Abishek 53 runs for the 07th wicket, Arulseelan Kavishan / Jeyachandran Ashinath 43 runs for the 09th wicket – Sathakaran Similtan 3 / 35, Matheeswaran Sanjayan 03 run outs & 01 catch.

Central College,Jaffna in reply, 194 all out – ( 46.4 Overs ) Sathakaran Similtan 50, Daniel Paramathayalan 40, Sagadevan Sayanthan 27, Extras 19 – lost the first 03 wickets for the addition of 30 runs – Sathakaran Similtan / Nishanthan Ajay 29 runs for the 04th wicket, Sathakaran Similtan / Daniel Paramathayalan 74 runs for the 06th wicket, Sagadevan Sayanthan / Sutharsan Anushanth 35 runs for the 09th wicket – recovered from 60 / 5 – Anton Abishek 4 / 21, Yogathas Vithushan 4 / 36, Jeyachandran Ashinath 2 / 42.

Player of the Match : Anton Abishek – St. John’s, Jaffna

Report assisted by ThePapare.com, slcscorers.com & G Gopikrishna
Visuals courtesy Ajith Nandana Perera

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