Battle of Hinduites ends in draw

870

Battle of Hinduites which is being held for the 9th consecutive year ended with a draw this year at Jaffna Hindu College grounds.

The match which is played over 2 days started yesterday where Colombo Hindu College won the toss on the 1st day and elected to bat.  They were dismissed for 165 runs. Home boys ended the day on a high note scoring 212 runs, losing only 4 wickets. Gajanath(35*) & Virushan (50*) were at the middle at the end of the first day.

Second and final day of the play was yesterday, where Jaffna Hindu ended their innings all-out for 333 runs with the help of their latter middle order batsmen in 68.5 overs.

R.Gajanath scored a well composed 53 while the finishing touches came from Cominthan who scored 43 runs off 39 balls with 6 boundries and 2 sixes.

Keneeshan was the pick of the bowlers for the lads from Colombo as he took 3 wickets for 82 runs while the pace bowler Aakash took 2 wickets.

Colombo Hindu College started their second innings trailing by 168 runs. Skipper Sharon scored a fifty with the company of inform Dinesh who scored his 2nd consecutive 50 in this match which is also his 4th consecutive fifty vs Jaffna Hindu in Jaffna.The play was brought to end by the on-field umpires when Colombo Hindu was 223 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in their 74 overs.

Senior players Dinesh & Sharon scored 80 & 56 respectively for the lads from Colombo. Sivaluxan who bowled brilliantly in the first innings also contributed this innings with 3 wickets for Jaffna Hindu College.

With this draw, the last 3 year big matches have finished in draws each time. Before that, way back in 2015, in a match which was played at the Colts grounds Colombo, Colombo Hindu College won the big match where Madushan starred with the bat and ball.

Awards

  • Best Fielder – S.Sharon (Colombo Hindu College)
  • Best Batsman- U.Milukshan (Jaffna Hindu College)
  • Best Bowler- L.Sivaluxan (Jaffna Hindu College)
  • Man Of The Match- G.Dinesh  (Colombo Hindu College)

Match Summary 

Colombo Hindu College (1st inn) 165 (45.4) Dinesh 66 , Shewag 24 , Sivaluxan 49/5 , Gopiram 17/3 , Chandru 38/2

Jaffna Hindu College (1st inn) 333 (68.5) U.Milukshan 71 , Gajanath 53 , Virushan 50 , Komainthan 43 , Keneeshan 82/3

Colombo Hindu College (2nd inn) 223/6 (74) Dinesh 80 , Sharon 56 , Sivaluxan 100/3









Title





Full Scorecard

Colombo Hindu College

165/10 & 223/6

(74 overs)

Result

Jaffna Hindu College

333/10 & 0/0

(0 overs)

Match Drawn

Colombo Hindu College’s 1st Innings

Batting R B
Extras
Total
165/10 (45.4 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
Bowling O M R W E

Jaffna Hindu College’s 1st Innings

Batting R B
Extras
Total
333/10 (67 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
Bowling O M R W E