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Battle of the North ends in a draw despite tense final session

113th Battle of the North - Jaffna Central College vs St. John's College

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Jaffna Central College were given a target of 232 runs in 40 overs in the final session to win. They were on course, but ultimately ran out of time which saw the 113th Battle of the North ending in an exciting draw, at Jaffna Central College grounds. 

Unbeaten opening stand puts Johnians in control

The day resumed with St. John’s College in a commanding position at 121 for no loss in their second innings. Openers Naganthirajha Sowmiyan and Chrsity Thanujan reached their half centuries but soon perished against Mathushan. He was in the middle of a fiery spell as he kept testing the batsmen with pace and seam movement. Together with Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, the pair rattled through the first five wickets and shifted the momentum towards the home side. 

However, the defiant 6th wicket stand and few gritty knocks at the back-end helped St. John’s College post 245 for 9 in their 2nd innings before they finally decided to declare. A target of 232 runs were given to the hosts to get in just 40 overs in the final session. The openers did not show much urgency but kept a steady run rate in their half century stand. But after the loss of 3 wickets, with their skipper Mathushan at the crease, there was real sense of intent from the Central lads. 

Photos: Jaffna Central College vs St. John’s College – 113th Battle of the North | Day 3

Mathushan came out all guns blazing as he stroked the ball all around the park. His long limbs were put to good use, as he put 4 over the rope and found the fence 5 times in his 36-ball knock of 65. He almost made a match out of nothing but, he wst johas dismissed by Murfin Abinash and that halted the run chase. 

It turned into, just the matter of seeing off the final few overs, without losing anymore wickets for the home side. They managed to do just that and ended at 176 for 7 at stumps on the final day

Result

Match drawn

Jaffna Central College
195/10 (79.2) & 176/7 (40)

St. John’s College, Jaffna
181/10 (46.5) & 245/9 (89)

Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
Sowmiyan Naganthirarajah c Nitharan Saravanamuththu b Iyalarasan Kamalarasa 9 12 2 0 75.00
Thanujan Christy Prasanna c Nitharan Saravanamuththu b Iyalarasan Kamalarasa 18 28 3 0 64.29
Vinojan Thiyagarajah c Viyaskanth Vijayakanth b Mathusan Selvarasa 0 2 0 0 0.00
Elshan Denushan c Viyaskanth Vijayakanth b Iyalarasan Kamalarasa 9 12 2 0 75.00
Hemathushan Mahendran c Vithusan Theesan b Iyalarasan Kamalarasa 1 14 0 0 7.14
Abinash Murfin c Inthujan Balarupan b Viyaskanth Vijayakanth 24 30 1 1 80.00
Dinoshan Theivendram c Rajclinton Rajaratnam b Viyaskanth Vijayakanth 98 134 11 2 73.13
Rathushan Nageswaran c Vithusan Theesan b Braveenraj Kamalarajkurukkal 0 1 0 0 0.00
Sabesan Kamalapalan b Viyaskanth Vijayakanth 4 7 1 0 57.14
Abishek Anton c Viyaskanth Vijayakanth b Iyalarasan Kamalarasa 5 17 0 0 29.41
Saraan Anton Selvathas not out 0 26 0 0 0.00


Extras 13 (b 2 , lb 2 , nb 2, w 7, pen 0)
Total 181/10 (46.5 Overs, RR: 3.86)
Fall of Wickets 1-23 (3) Sowmiyan Naganthirarajah, 2-23 (3.2) Vinojan Thiyagarajah, 3-40 (6.5) Elshan Denushan, 4-45 (10.1) Thanujan Christy Prasanna, 5-52 (12.4) Hemathushan Mahendran, 6-89 (20.5) Abinash Murfin, 7-89 (21.1) Rathushan Nageswaran, 8-101 (24.1) Sabesan Kamalapalan, 9-128 (32.3) Abishek Anton, 10-181 (46.5) Dinoshan Theivendram,

Bowling O M R W Econ
Iyalarasan Kamalarasa 15 2 54 5 3.60
Mathusan Selvarasa 4 2 12 1 3.00
Nitharan Saravanamuththu 1 0 5 0 5.00
Vithusan Theesan 7 0 38 0 5.43
Viyaskanth Vijayakanth 11.5 3 43 3 3.74
Braveenraj Kamalarajkurukkal 6 0 20 1 3.33
Nithusan Aniston 2 1 5 0 2.50
Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
Sarangan Sritharan c Rathushan Nageswaran b Dinoshan Theivendram 0 1 0 0 0.00
Iyalarasan Kamalarasa c Sabesan Kamalapalan b E.Denushan 77 239 8 0 32.22
Inthujan Balarupan c Abinash Murfin b Dinoshan Theivendram 15 67 3 0 22.39
Jeyatharsan Antony Dias lbw b Saraan Anton Selvathas 21 54 3 0 38.89
Rajclinton Rajaratnam c & b Abinash Murfin 10 40 2 0 25.00
Viyaskanth Vijayakanth b Hemathushan Mahendran 41 35 1 3 117.14
Mathusan Selvarasa lbw b E.Denushan 2 6 0 0 33.33
Nithusan Aniston b Saraan Anton Selvathas 10 21 1 0 47.62
Nitharsan Saravanamuththu c Sabesan Kamalapalan b Saraan Anton Selvathas 0 2 0 0 0.00
Braveenraj Kamalarajkurukkal b Hemathushan Mahendran 0 7 0 0 0.00
Vithusan Theesan not out 1 10 0 0 10.00


Extras 18 (b 11 , lb 0 , nb 6, w 1, pen 0)
Total 195/10 (79.2 Overs, RR: 2.46)
Fall of Wickets 1-0 (0.1) Sarangan Sritharan, 2-43 (22.4) Inthujan Balarupan, 3-77 (40.5) Jeyatharsan Antony Dias, 4-96 (51.2) Rajclinton Rajaratnam, 5-168 (64.3) Mathusan Selvarasa, 6-165 (66.3) Viyaskanth Vijayakanth, 7-184 (73.1) Nithusan Aniston, 8-184 (73.3) Nitharsan Saravanamuththu, 9-185 (75) Braveenraj Kamalarajkurukkal, 10-195 (79.2) Iyalarasan Kamalarasa,

Bowling O M R W Econ
Dinoshan Theivendram 13 6 25 2 1.92
Abishek Anton 12 3 18 0 1.50
Sowmiyan Naganthirarajah 1 0 2 0 2.00
Rathushan Nageswaran 10 6 13 0 1.30
Abinash Murfin 11 2 41 1 3.73
Saraan Anton Selvathas 20 4 54 3 2.70
Hemathushan Mahendran 8 2 20 2 2.50
Elshan Denushan 4.2 0 11 2 2.62
Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
Sowmiyan Naganthirarajah c & b Mathusan Selvarasa 50 117 2 3 42.74
Thanujan Christy Prasanna c Sarangan Sritharan b Mathusan Selvarasa 66 163 11 0 40.49
Vinojan Thiyagarajah c Iyalarasan Kamalarasa b Viyaskanth Vijayakanth 1 16 0 0 6.25
Elshan Denushan c Iyalarasan Kamalarasa b Viyaskanth Vijayakanth 5 19 0 0 26.32
Hemathushan Mahendran c Sarangan Sritharan b Mathusan Selvarasa 3 14 0 0 21.43
Abinash Murfin run out (Mathusan Selvarasa) 14 34 1 0 41.18
Dinoshan Theivendram c Sarangan Sritharan b Viyaskanth Vijayakanth 24 61 3 0 39.34
Rathushan Nageswaran run out (Mathusan Selvarasa) 0 2 0 0 0.00
Sabesan Kamalapalan b Viyaskanth Vijayakanth 14 42 3 0 33.33
Abishek Anton not out 31 57 5 0 54.39
Saraan Anton Selvathas not out 4 14 1 0 28.57


Extras 33 (b 26 , lb 1 , nb 5, w 1, pen 0)
Total 245/9 (89 Overs, RR: 2.75)
Fall of Wickets 1-134 (44.3) Sowmiyan Naganthirarajah, 2-144 (48.4) Thanujan Christy Prasanna, 3-145 (49.1) Vinojan Thiyagarajah, 4-150 (52.5) Hemathushan Mahendran, 5-162 (57.1) Elshan Denushan, 6-185 (66) Abinash Murfin, 7-186 (68.2) Rathushan Nageswaran, 8-200 (71.1) Dinoshan Theivendram, 9-235 (83.4) Sabesan Kamalapalan,

Bowling O M R W Econ
Mathusan Selvarasa 22 6 51 3 2.32
Iyalarasan Kamalarasa 12 5 24 0 2.00
Viyaskanth Vijayakanth 38 8 88 4 2.32
Braveenraj Kamalarajkurukkal 2 0 5 0 2.50
Vithusan Theesan 11 3 39 0 3.55
Nithusan Aniston 3 0 8 0 2.67
Jeyatharsan Antony Dias 1 0 3 0 3.00


Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
Sarangan Sritharan c Sabesan Kamalapalan b Abinash Murfin 25 52 5 0 48.08
Iyalarasan Kamalarasa st Sabesan Kamalapalan b Saraan Anton Selvathas 27 45 4 0 60.00
Inthujan Balarupan run out (Vinojan Thiyagarajah) 7 28 1 0 25.00
Jeyatharsan Antony Dias c Abinash Murfin b Dinoshan Theivendram 23 52 1 0 44.23
Mathusan Selvarasa c Hemathushan Mahendran b Abinash Murfin 65 36 5 4 180.56
Viyaskanth Vijayakanth run out (Vinojan Thiyagarajah) 14 15 0 1 93.33
Rajclinton Rajaratnam lbw b Abishek Anton 0 4 0 0 0.00
Nithusan Aniston not out 1 8 0 0 12.50
Nitharsan Saravanamuththu not out 0 0 0 0 0.00


Extras 14 (b 10 , lb 2 , nb 1, w 1, pen 0)
Total 176/7 (40 Overs, RR: 4.4)
Fall of Wickets 1-57 (15.3) Iyalarasan Kamalarasa, 2-80 (24.5) Jeyatharsan Antony Dias, 3-134 (32.3) Inthujan Balarupan, 4-166 (36.4) Viyaskanth Vijayakanth, 5-167 (37.5) Rajclinton Rajaratnam, 6-176 (39.2) Mathusan Selvarasa, 7-59 (61.1) Sarangan Sritharan,

Bowling O M R W Econ
Dinoshan Theivendram 7 1 26 1 3.71
Abishek Anton 5 0 24 1 4.80
Abinash Murfin 11 2 29 2 2.64
Sowmiyan Naganthirarajah 5 1 23 0 4.60
Saraan Anton Selvathas 10 1 52 1 5.20
Elshan Denushan 1 0 6 0 6.00
Rathushan Nageswaran 1 0 3 0 3.00