S. Thomas’ College recorded their third straight win in the 10th annual Rev. A.J.C Selvaratnam Challenge Shield match against St. John’s College, Jaffna.
The Thomian Skipper Shalin de Mel said he was eyeing over 350 runs for the first-innings at the toss, to which the Johnian skipper replied saying he is hoping to keep the mighty Thomians under 150 runs. At certain points of the game, both of them looked like they were going to achieve what they said and at other times they seemed to have made a joke of themselves. That is the summary of how this game fared.
Winning the toss and batting first on a fresh green top at Mount Lavinia, the Thomians looked like visitors at their home ground during the first few hours of play. They were baffled by the 15-year-old Chinaman Jeyachandran Ashnath from Jaffna, who picked up 3 important Thomian wickets. Ashnath was the main attraction of day one as he bowled with extreme discipline and control for a wrist spinner of his age.
He helped the Johnians to restrict the host for 127 runs for 6 wickets shortly before tea on day one.
Then came a debutant from the Thomas’ camp, Vinuja Wijebandara, who went on to make his debut memorable with a match-saving knock of 71 runs. Vinuja came in at No.7 and partnered with Senash Hettiarachi, who scored an unbeaten 51 runs to wear off the visiting bowling unit for the rest of day one before the play was suspended due to bad light.
The Thomians declared the innings overnight with the score at 241 for 7.
Beyond this point it was just batsmen walking in and out of St. John’s camp as the Thomian left-arm spinner Manith Perera ran havoc in their line-up.
Being one of the six debutants in this game for S. Thomas’, Manith recorded a magnificent 10-wicket haul, which helped his alma mater to seal an innings and 36-run victory. The visitors were bundled out twice before tea on day two for scores of 61 and 145 respectively.
Result
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinesh Bandaranayake | b Jeyachandran Ashnath | 32 | 120 | 2 | 0 | 26.67 |
| Shalin De Mel | c Vinojan Thiyagarajah b Dinoshan Theivendram | 9 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 52.94 |
| Anuk Palihawadana | b Anton Saraan | 46 | 90 | 3 | 0 | 51.11 |
| Ryan Fernando | lbw b Jeyachandran Ashnath | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Thenuka Liyanagae | b Jeyachandran Ashnath | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 54.55 |
| Thishen Ehaliyagoda | run out () | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 43.75 |
| Vinuja Wijebandara | run out () | 71 | 101 | 10 | 0 | 70.30 |
| Shenesh Hettiarachchi | not out | 51 | 91 | 4 | 0 | 56.04 |
| Caniston | not out | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 |
| Extras | 15 (b 4 , lb 4 , nb 2, w 5, pen 0) |
| Total | 241/7 (76.2 Overs, RR: 3.16) |
| Did not bat | Manith Perera, Randiv Goonasekara, |
| Fall of Wickets | 1-18 (6.3) Shalin De Mel, 2-91 (31.4) Vinesh Bandaranayake, 3-95 (37.2) Ryan Fernando, 4-104 (40.2) Anuk Palihawadana, 5-105 (41.3) Thenuka Liyanagae, 6-127 (45.3) Thishen Ehaliyagoda, |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dinoshan Theivendram | 17 | 2 | 46 | 1 | 2.71 | |
| Vithushan Yogathas | 9 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 3.67 | |
| Jeyachandran Ashnath | 25 | 5 | 82 | 3 | 3.28 | |
| Sukethan Antonypillai | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.00 | |
| Anton Saraan | 12 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 2.42 | |
| Thamilkathirabiranchan Kajnthiran | 8.2 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 3.54 | |
| Vinojan Thiyagarajah | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3.33 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karishan Kuganesaran | c & b Shalin De Mel | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 15.00 |
| Sachin Kanapathy Anderson | c Thenuka Liyanagae b Caniston | 10 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 52.63 |
| Sukethan Antonypillai | c Shalin De Mel b Caniston | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 35.71 |
| Vinojan Thiyagarajah | c & b Manith Perera | 6 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 31.58 |
| Dinoshan Theivendram | c Anuk Palihawadana b Ryan Fernando | 21 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 91.30 |
| Piranavan Sivarajah | c Anuk Palihawadana b Manith Perera | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 |
| Anton Saraan | c Thenuka Liyanagae b Manith Perera | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Sritharan Sajith | lbw b Ryan Fernando | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Vithushan Yogathas | b Manith Perera | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Thamilkathirabiranchan Kajnthiran | c Vinuja Wijebandara b Ryan Fernando | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 |
| Jeyachandran Ashnath | not out | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras | 12 (b 6 , lb 0 , nb 4, w 2, pen 0) |
| Total | 61/10 (20.2 Overs, RR: 3) |
| Fall of Wickets | 1-21 (5.4) Karishan Kuganesaran, 2-21 (6.2) Sachin Kanapathy Anderson, 3-29 (10.2) Sukethan Antonypillai, 4-45 (13.2) Vinojan Thiyagarajah, 5-55 (15.5) Piranavan Sivarajah, 6-55 (16) Anton Saraan, 7-56 (17) Sritharan Sajith, 8-59 (17.5) Vithushan Yogathas, 9-59 (18.5) Dinoshan Theivendram, 10-61 (20.2) Thamilkathirabiranchan Kajnthiran, |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caniston | 6 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 3.50 | |
| Shalin De Mel | 5 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1.80 | |
| Manith Perera | 5 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 4.60 | |
| Ryan Fernando | 4.2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0.48 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karishan Kuganesaran | c Anuk Palihawadana b Manith Perera | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Sachin Kanapathy Anderson | c Thenuka Liyanagae b Randiv Goonasekara | 5 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 17.86 |
| Sukethan Antonypillai | b Manith Perera | 18 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 128.57 |
| Vinojan Thiyagarajah | st Shenesh Hettiarachchi b Manith Perera | 34 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 89.47 |
| Dinoshan Theivendram | lbw b Manith Perera | 20 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 68.97 |
| Piranavan Sivarajah | c Vinuja Wijebandara b Randiv Goonasekara | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 |
| Anton Saraan | c Caniston b Manith Perera | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 |
| Thamilkathirabiranchan Kajnthiran | st b Anuk Palihawadana | 25 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 80.65 |
| Sritharan Sajith | lbw b Manith Perera | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Jeyachandran Ashnath | b Manith Perera | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Vithushan Yogathas | not out | 22 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 88.00 |
| Extras | 6 (b 2 , lb 1 , nb 3, w 0, pen 0) |
| Total | 145/10 (33 Overs, RR: 4.39) |
| Fall of Wickets | 1-1 (1.3) Karishan Kuganesaran, 2-20 (5.1) Sukethan Antonypillai, 3-32 (9) Sachin Kanapathy Anderson, 4-61 (14.4) Vinojan Thiyagarajah, 5-66 (16.5) Piranavan Sivarajah, 6-67 (17.4) Anton Saraan, 7-67 (18) Dinoshan Theivendram, 8-100 (25.1) Sritharan Sajith, 9-145 (33) Jeyachandran Ashnath, |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caniston | 6 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 5.33 | |
| Manith Perera | 13 | 1 | 60 | 7 | 4.62 | |
| Anuk Palihawadana | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2.00 | |
| Randiv Goonasekara | 10 | 1 | 42 | 2 | 4.20 | |
