Thurstan beat Isipathana by 10 wickets to win the Blackham Wijewardene Trophy after 06 years, Lead the series 07 – 04

62nd Battle of the Brothers – Maitland Place ( SSC ), Colombo – concluded on the 03rd day

Isipathana put into bat, 203 all out – ( 81.1 Overs ) Chanul Dinoth 40, Mohamed Asjad 27, Ranmith Dinuwara 22, Maleesha Sandaruwan 21, Navindu Hettiaarachci 20, Extras 31 – lost the first 06 wickets for the addition of 107 runs, the last 04 wickets fell for the addition of 34 runs – Rachintha De Silva 6 / 46, Vihas Thewmika 2 / 49, Dinal Induwara 03 ct & 01 run out assist, Thanuja Rajapaksa 02 victims & 01 run out assist & 104 all out – ( 51.3 Overs ) Ranmith Dinuwara 41, Maleesha Sandaruwan 21 – lost the first 05 wickets for the addition of 35 runs, the last 05 wickets fell for the addition of 36 runs – Sethru Fernando 5 / 34, Vihas Thewmika 3 / 33, Thanuja Rajapaksa 02 victims & 01 run out assist.

Thurstan in reply, 257 / 9 dec – ( 91.3 Overs ) Janitha Rukshan 77, Dinal Induwara 42, Oathum Dananjaya 42, Vihas Thewmika 23, Thanuja Rajapaksa 21, Yovun Silpa 20no – lost the first 06 wickets for the addition of 68 runs, the last 04 wickets fell for the addition of 73 runs – Menula Dambakumbura 5 / 92, Mohamed Asjad 3 / 47, Navindu Hettiaarachchi, Maleesha Sandaruwan, Lesandu Kalpage 02 catches each & 54 for no loss – ( 7.4 Overs ) Dinal Induwara 38no, Thanuja Rajapaksa 16no.

Player of the Match : Sethru Fernando – Thurstan