Match Drawn
88th Battle of the Saints Big Match – P Sara Oval, Colombo, Western Province – concluded after 02 days
St. Peter’s College, Colombo electing to bat, 251 / 8 – (60 Overs) Shenal Botheju 81, Danal Hemananda 55no, Sanshay Gunathilake 47, Nimuthu Gunawardene 36, Rusanda Gamage 13 – Rusanda / Shenal added 45 runs for the 02nd wicket, Shenal / Nimuthu put on 56 runs for the 05th wicket, Danal / Sanshay involved in a 79 run stand for the 08th wicket – recovered from 162 / 7 – first 30 overs : 105 / 4, last 30 overs: 146 / 4, last 10 overs : 75 / 1 – Skipper Shevon Daniel 3 / 67, Dunith Wellalage 3 / 92, Sadeesh Jayawardene 02 victims, 05 chances grassed & 232 / 7 dec – (59.5 Overs) Abhilash Wellalage 61 – came in as last man in the first inning & as the night watchman in the 02nd inning – Lahiru Dawatage 61 – 03 half centuries in 03 consecutive Big Matches – Skipper Wanuja Kumara 28, Vishen Halambage 22 – after being dismissed without scoring in his first 03 innings at the Big Match – Danal Hemananda 21no, Shenal Botheju 18, Niman Umesh 17no – Shenal / Abhilash added 36 for the 03rd wicket, Abhilash / Lahiru involved in a 94 run partnership for the 04th wicket, Wanuja / Danal put on 43 runs for the 07th wicket – first 30 overs : 86 / 3, last 29.5 overs : 146 / 4, last 9.5 overs : 56 / 1 – Skipper Shevon Daniel 5 / 80 – career best – Mithira Thenura 02 catches.
St.Joseph’s in reply, 163 all out – (45.1 Overs) Skipper Shevon Daniel 71, Dunith Wellalage 36, Sadeesh Jayawardene 15, Lahiru Amarasekera 11 – lost the last 05 wickets for the addition of 21 runs in 56 balls – Shevon / Hiran Jayasundara added 29 runs for the 03rd wicket, Shevon / Dunith put on 40 runs for the 04th wicket, Shevon / Rishma Amarasinghe had a 25 run stand for the 06th wicket – Skipper Wanuja Kumara 4 / 63, Shannon Rodrigo 3 / 26, 03 excellent catches were held & 163 / 5 – (58 Overs) Sadeesh Jayawardene 103no (11×4, 189 balls), Hiran Jayasundara 19no, Muditha Dissanayake 14, Dunith Wellalage 10 – first 30 overs : 91 / 3, last 28 overs : 72 / 2 –
Sadeesh / Muditha added 38 runs for the 03rd wicket, Sadeesh / Dunith put on 31 runs for the 04th wicket, Sadeesh / Hiran involved in an unbroken 51 run partnership for the 06th wicket – Danal Hemananda 1 / 17, Niman Umesh 1 / 17, Wanuja Kumara 02 catches.
Best Fielder : Lahiru Dawatage – St. Peter’s
Best Bowler : Wanuja Kumara – St. Peter’s
Best Batter : Shenal Boteju – St. Peter’s
Best All Rounder : Shevon Daniel – St. Joseph’s
Player of the Match : Sadeesh Jayawardene – St. Joseph’s
Rev. Fr. Maurice Le – Goc Memorial Challenge Trophy retained by St. Peter’s College, Colombo. St. Joseph’s lead the series 12 – 10 on outright victories with 66 matches drawn.
Report assisted by slcscorers.com
Photos courtesy Reshwan Perera