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Hill Country Battle of the Blues ends in a draw

102nd Hill Country Battle of the Blues - Day 2

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St. Anthony’s College managed to take major honours in the 102nd Hill Country Battle of the Blues against Trinity College, Kandy which ended in a draw yesterday (09) at St. Anthony’s College grounds.

St. Anthony’s in driving seat after dominant batting performance

Trinity College had their work cut out on the second day of the encounter as they resumed their innings on 20 runs for 1 wicket with a mammoth deficit of 278 runs and the pitch increasingly assisting spin. The visitors did not show a better batting display as they continued to lose wickets at regular intervals and were bundled out for 173 runs.

Pubudu Bandara top scored with a knock of 60 runs off 99 balls which includes 8 fours and 2 sixes. In addition Chanuka Kumarasinghe added a valuable 33 runs for the visitors. Kumarasinghe’s knock came off 77 balls with 6 boundaries.

Photos: Trinity College vs St. Anthony’s College – 102nd Hill Country Battle of the Blues | Day 2

Antonian spinner Nimnaka Jayathilake who has crossed the 100 wicket mark this season, used the conditions to his favour and picked up 5 wickets for 57 runs in 28 overs. In addition, Sasith Hirudika grabbed 3 scalps for just 8 runs in 11.1 overs which included 7 maidens.

Result

Match drawn

Trinity College
173/10 (72)

St. Anthony’s College
298/8 (76)

Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
C Wickramasinghe c & b Kavishka Senadeera 128 190 4 1 67.37
A Wanninayake lbw b Kavishka Senadeera 54 66 11 0 81.82
G Ebert c Ruvin Peiris b Abishek Anandakumar 4 8 0 0 50.00
T Gunasinghe c Chanuka Kumarasinghe b U H Wimaladarma 25 37 3 0 67.57
L Werellagama lbw b Kavishka Senadeera 21 50 0 0 42.00
T Abeykoon c & b 21 23 0 0 91.30
K Senarathna c Jeff Weerasinghe b Abishek Anandakumar 11 14 0 0 78.57
G Achintha run out () 8 13 0 0 61.54
M Kamil not out 7 9 0 0 77.78
S Hirudika not out 5 3 0 0 166.67


Extras 14 (b 4 , lb 6 , nb 4, w 0, pen 0)
Total 298/8 (76 Overs, RR: 3.92)
Did not bat N Jayathilaka,

Bowling O M R W Econ
Ruvin Peiris 11 0 68 0 6.18
Avishka Senadeera 4.3 0 25 0 5.81
Pubudu Bandara 0.3 0 1 0 3.33
Kavishka Senadeera 26 1 98 4 3.77
Abishek Anandakumar 25 4 77 2 3.08
Shene Gunathilake 2 0 5 0 2.50
U H Wimaladarma 7 0 14 0 2.00


Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
Shene Gunathilake c G Achintha b C Wickramasinghe 2 9 0 0 22.22
Abishek Anandakumar b S Hirudika 4 44 0 0 9.09
Chanuka Kumarasinghe st b N Jayathilaka 33 77 6 0 42.86
Avishka Senadeera c T Gunasinghe b S Hirudika 0 11 0 0 0.00
Ashan Lokukatiya b N Jayathilaka 17 42 3 0 40.48
Umair Raizan lbw b N Jayathilaka 10 34 0 0 29.41
Dinitha Siriwardena c L Werellagama b K Senarathna 2 13 0 0 15.38
Kavishka Senadeera lbw b N Jayathilaka 12 14 2 0 85.71
Uvindu Wimaladharma c L Werellagama b N Jayathilaka 10 64 2 0 15.62
Pubudu Bandara c S Hirudika b K Senarathna 60 99 8 2 60.61
Ruvin Peiris not out 9 28 2 0 32.14


Extras 14 (b 9 , lb 0 , nb 4, w 1, pen 0)
Total 173/10 (72 Overs, RR: 2.4)
Bowling O M R W Econ
S Hirudika 11.1 7 8 3 0.72
C Wickramasinghe 6 3 15 1 2.50
K Senarathna 19 5 57 1 3.00
N Jayathilaka 28 13 57 5 2.04
G Ebert 3 0 9 0 3.00
A Wanninayake 5 1 18 0 3.60