Day two began with the game perfectly in the balance. However, St. John’s College gradually swung the pendulum their way to be the happier side at the close.
The day began with St. John’s starting their second innings. However, the overnight pair did not last long, as both were dismissed by the 9th over, with Murali Thison picking up where he left off yesterday to account for both wickets.
This brought Uthayanan Abijoyshanth to the crease, who went about his work with ease as he took the game away from Jaffna Central. He struck the ball well from the outset and finished on 121 off 105 deliveries, with 15 boundaries and 4 maximums.
Abijoyshanth was ably supported by skipper Murfyn Randyo, and the pair shared a partnership of 88 runs for the fourth wicket. However, none of the other batsmen were able to get going, as the duo of Murali and Haris picked up wickets at regular intervals to keep the scoreboard in check. Murali finished with figures of 7 for 62, giving him a match haul of 12 wickets, as St. John’s College were bowled out for 223 in the 54th over. This set Jaffna Central a tricky target of 248 given the conditions.
Jaffna Central College made a strong start to their chase, with the opening pair adding 44 runs before Jeyaseelan Jenoshan was run out in the 8th over.
From then on, the St. John’s bowlers did well to prevent any batter from settling in, taking wickets at regular intervals, with five of the six bowlers used sharing a scalp each.
Murali remained unbeaten on 22 as his side finished the day on 120 for 6 at the close, requiring a further 128 runs for victory with just four wickets in hand.
Will Murali bail his side out with the bat, or will an all-round St. John’s attack close it out on Day 3? We’ll find out tomorrow.
Brief Scores
St. John’s College Jaffna 119 (42.2) & 223 (53.4) v Jaffna Central College 95 (40) & 120/6 (36)
Result
Jaffna College
95/10 (36) & 250/7 (64.4)
St. John's College, Jaffna
119/10 (42.2) & 223/10 (53.4)
Batsmen
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Uthayanan Abijoyshanth
lbw b Murali Thison
16
37
2
0
43.24
Satkunarajah Vinukshan
c Jeyaseelan Jenoshan b Murali Thison
22
62
1
0
35.48
Jeeva Abisan
c Jeyatharsan Antony Dias b Jeyaseelan Jenoshan
10
24
0
0
41.67
Murfin Randyo
b Valantaen Haris
19
16
0
0
118.75
Kirubakaran Sanjuthan
lbw b Murali Thison
10
34
0
0
29.41
Sivakumar John Nathenia
c Kabilan Amalan b Murali Thison
11
41
0
0
26.83
Nageshwaran Krishan
c Murali Thison b Valantaen Haris
13
11
0
0
118.18
Puvaneswaran Kishanth
run out ()
1
2
0
0
50.00
Ganeshamoorthy Kowsikan
not out
1
15
0
0
6.67
Uthayakumar John Shanon
c Murali Thison b Valantaen Haris
1
5
0
0
20.00
Kugathas Mathulan
b Murali Thison
4
11
0
0
36.36
Extras
11 (b 6 , lb 1 , nb 4, w 0, pen 0)
Total
119/10 (42.2 Overs, RR: 2.81)
Bowling
O
M
R
W
Econ
Murali Thison
17.2
3
39
4
2.27
Thavarasha Venujan
4
0
12
0
3.00
Antanreshan Abishek
2
0
1
0
0.50
Jesuthasan Nitharsan
4
0
16
0
4.00
Valantaen Haris
10
1
37
1
3.70
Jeyaseelan Jenoshan
5
0
6
1
1.20
Batsmen
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Jeyaseelan Jenoshan
c Uthayanan Abijoyshanth b Ganeshamoorthy Kowsikan
11
59
1
0
18.64
Kabilan Amalan
c Murfin Randyo b Ganeshamoorthy Kowsikan
13
37
1
0
35.14
Matheeswaran Karthigan
c Uthayakumar John Shanon b Ganeshamoorthy Kowsikan
6
23
0
0
26.09
Iyathure Kabishek
b Murfin Randyo
4
22
0
0
18.18
Nagarasa Sajith
c Jeeva Abisan b Murfin Randyo
16
51
0
0
31.37
Antanreshan Abishek
lbw b Sivakumar John Nathenia
23
20
0
0
115.00
Murali Thison
c Kugathas Mathulan b Murfin Randyo
1
7
0
0
14.29
Jesuthasan Nitharsan
c Uthayanan Abijoyshanth b Ganeshamoorthy Kowsikan
7
13
0
0
53.85
Pathmakumaran Navinthan
run out (Sivakumar John Nathenia)
6
7
0
0
85.71
Valantaen Haris
c Kirubakaran Sanjuthan b Ganeshamoorthy Kowsikan
0
2
0
0
0.00
Thavarasha Venujan
not out
0
0
0
0
0.00
Extras
8 (b 3 , lb 2 , nb 1, w 2, pen 0)
Total
95/10 (36 Overs, RR: 2.64)
Bowling
O
M
R
W
Econ
Kugathas Mathulan
7
1
13
0
1.86
Uthayakumar John Shanon
1
0
4
0
4.00
Ganeshamoorthy Kowsikan
14
8
35
3
2.50
Murfin Randyo
8
2
13
2
1.62
Puvaneswaran Kishanth
3
0
7
0
2.33
Sivakumar John Nathenia
2
0
5
1
2.50
Uthayanan Abijoyshanth
1
0
1
0
1.00
Batsmen
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Ganeshamoorthy Kowsikan
c Jesuthasan Nitharsan b Murali Thison
9
29
2
0
31.03
Satkunarajah Vinukshan
c Kabilan Amalan b Murali Thison
8
20
1
0
40.00
Uthayanan Abijoyshanth
lbw b Murali Thison
121
105
14
3
115.24
Jeeva Abisan
c Nagarasa Sajith b Murali Thison
18
37
1
1
48.65
Murfin Randyo
c Matheeswaran Sansayan b Valantaen Haris
34
41
1
1
82.93
Kirubakaran Sanjuthan
c Jesuthasan Nitharsan b Valantaen Haris
3
37
0
0
8.11
Nageshwaran Krishan
c Iyathure Kabishek b Murali Thison
1
4
0
0
25.00
Sivakumar John Nathenia
c Matheeswaran Karthigan b Murali Thison
19
22
0
0
86.36
Puvaneswaran Kishanth
c Thavarasha Venujan b Murali Thison
0
2
0
0
0.00
Uthayakumar John Shanon
c Murali Thison b Valantaen Haris
5
21
0
0
23.81
Kugathas Mathulan
not out
0
5
0
0
0.00
Extras
5 (b 4 , lb 0 , nb 1, w 0, pen 0)
Total
223/10 (53.4 Overs, RR: 4.16)
Bowling
O
M
R
W
Econ
Murali Thison
26
4
78
7
3.00
Thavarasha Venujan
1
1
0
0
0.00
Jesuthasan Nitharsan
4
0
24
0
6.00
Valantaen Haris
16.4
3
62
3
3.78
Jeyaseelan Jenoshan
3
0
28
0
9.33
Pathmakumaran Navinthan
1
0
7
0
7.00
Nagarasa Sajith
2
0
20
0
10.00
Batsmen
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Jeyaseelan Jenoshan
run out (Jeeva Abisan)
20
27
1
1
74.07
Kabilan Amalan
b Puvaneswaran Kishanth
44
77
6
0
57.14
Pathmakumaran Navinthan
c Kirubakaran Sanjuthan b Kugathas Mathulan
0
9
0
0
0.00
Matheeswaran Sansayan
c & b Ganeshamoorthy Kowsikan
4
13
0
0
30.77
Antanreshan Abishek
c Kirubakaran Sanjuthan b Murfin Randyo
9
16
0
0
56.25
Murali Thison
not out
81
126
2
0
64.29
Valantaen Haris
c Sivakumar John Nathenia b Uthayanan Abijoyshanth
