Richmond College take major honours in 113th encounter

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113th lover Quarrel

The 113th ‘Lover’s Quarrel’ ended in a draw as Richmond College took major honours in their annual cricket encounter against Mahinda College at Galle International Cricket Stadium today.  

Mahinda College resumed day two on 70 runs for 3 wickets and a batting collapse saw them bundled out for 118 runs. Navod Paranavithana (27) and Hansika Welihinda (26) top scored for Mahinda College. Left arm spinner Dilum Sudheera and off spinner Sandun Mendis were brilliant with the ball for Richmondites as they picked up 5 wickets each.

Richmond College commenced their second innings 52 runs ahead and posted 150 runs for 5 wickets before they declared the innings. Thaveesha Abishek stroked an unbeaten 71 runs which came off 79 balls and included 8 fours. Sri Lanka capped right arm seamer Nipun Malinga picked up 2 wickets for Mahinda College.

Chasing a target of 203 runs to win, Mahinda College lost inform batsman Navod Paranavithana in the very first ball in the innings without troubling the scorers. Number three batsman Vinura Dulsara was then dismissed for just 2 runs putting Mahinda batters under some pressure at 6 runs for 2 wickets. However, play was not possible for too long  after as the umpires called stumps on day two around 4.30 pm.

At stumps, Mahinda College was 20 runs for 2 wickets. Both wickets were taken by Richmond left arm spinner Avindu Theekshana who bowled 7 overs including 4 maidens and gave away only 5 runs.









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Full Scorecard

Richmond College

170/10 & 150/4

(33 overs)

Result

Mahinda College

118/10 & 20/2

(15 overs)

Match Drawn

Richmond College’s 1st Innings

Batting R B
Kamindu Mendis c Vinura Dulsara b Prameeth Thevarapperuma 4 13
Dhananjaya Lakshan c Prameeth Thevarapperuma b Kavindu Ediriweera 31 69
Adithya Siriwardena b Navod Paranavithana 10 27
Thaveesha Abishek st Vinura Dulsara b Pasan Pethangoda 9 53
Duveen Kalanasuriya c Subanu Rajapaksha b Navod Paranavithana 42 72
Dilum Sudeera lbw by Pasan Pethangoda 25 81
Avindu Theekshana c Prameeth Thevarapperuma b Pasan Pethangoda 22 32
Sandun Mendis c Navod Paranavithana b Pasan Pethangoda 4 7
Vimud Sapnaka b Navod Paranavithana 1 6
Vishmitha Wijesiri c Kavindu Ediriweera b Pasan Pethangoda 8 14
Amshi de Silva not out 2 6
Extras
12
Total
170/10 (62.3 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-07, 2-27, 3-58, 4-60, 5-116, 6-134, 7-146, 8-160, 9-160, 10-170
Bowling O M R W E
Nipun Malinga 8 0 14 0 1.75
Pasan Pethangoda 12.4 1 46 5 3.71
Prameeth Thevarapper 5 1 12 1 2.40
Navod Paranavithana 15 7 20 3 1.33
Subanu Rajapaksha 8 2 22 0 2.75
Kavindu Ediriweera 12 0 39 1 3.25
Kevin Kotthigoda 2 0 9 0 4.50

Mahinda College’s 1st Innings

Batting R B
Navod Paranavithana b Sandun Mendis 27 58
Hansika Welihinda lbw by Dilum Sudeera 26 79
Vinura Dulsara c Avindu Theekshana b Dilum Sudeera 9 53
Kevin Kotthigoda c Sandun Mendis b Dilum Sudeera 6 3
Kavindu Ediriweera lbw by Sandun Mendis 4 23
Nipun Malinga st Sammu Vimud Sapnaka b Sandun Mendis 13 17
Ashen Kandambi c Dhananjaya Lakshan b Dilum Sudeera 1 14
Reshan Kavinda st Sammu Vimud Sapnaka b Sandun Mendis 11 22
Pasan Pethangoda c Sammu Vimud Sapnaka b Dilum Sudeera 9 38
Prameeth Thevarapper c & b Sandun Mendis 2 10
Subanu Rajapaksha not out 2 6
Extras
8
Total
118/10 (53.4 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-40, 2-57, 3-63, 4-80, 5-80, 6-90, 7-99, 8-106, 9-114, 10-118
Bowling O M R W E
Dhananjaya Lakshan 5 1 21 0 4.20
Amshi de Silva 5 0 15 0 3.00
Sandun Mendis 19 6 38 5 2.00
Dilum Sudeera 20.4 9 29 5 1.42
Avindu Theekshana 4 1 9 0 2.25