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St. John’s College win the 115th Battle of the North

115th Battle of the North – St. John’s College vs Jaffna Central College

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Battle of the North

St. John’s College beat Jaffna Central College by 99 runs in the 115th Battle of the North, worked off today (23rd April) at Jaffna Central College Grounds.

After being 129 runs for 4 wickets at stumps on day two, St. John’s College declared their second innings at 220/7, setting a target of 263 runs to win for Jaffna Central College.

Kamalapalan Sabesan stroked a brilliant century, giving an advantage to St. John’s College. Sabesan scored 105 runs off 116 balls with 9 fours and 5 sixes.

Chasing 263 to win, Jaffna Central College had a terrible start losing first 4 wickets for just 18 runs. Ananthan Kajan (53) and Sritharan Sarankan (33) rescued the innings to a certain extent, building a 91-run partnership for the 5th wicket but it wasn’t enough to put their side over the line as St. John’s College registered a convincing 99-run victory.

Jeyachandran Ashnath was the pick of the bowlers for St. John’s College as he grabbed 6 wickets for 70 runs.


Result


Jaffna Central College
125/10 (45) & 163/10 (62.3)

St. John’s College, Jaffna
167/10 (84.1) & 220/7 (67)

Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
Anderson Sachin Kanapathi b Jayatheeswaran Vithusan 20 125 0 0 16.00
Kuganeswaran Karisan run out (Matheeswaran Sansayan) 41 89 0 0 46.07
Nesakumar Ebenezer Jezial st Sritharan Sarankan b Vinajakaselvam Kavitharsan 16 51 0 0 31.37
Antonypillai Sukethan c Matheeswaran Sansayan b Jayatheeswaran Vithusan 11 17 0 0 64.71
Kamalapalan Sabesan lbw b Vinajakaselvam Kavitharsan 0 1 0 0 0.00
Jeyachandran Ashnath run out (Matheeswaran Sansayan) 0 33 0 0 0.00
Sangeeth Greme Smith c Sritharan Sarankan b Jayatheeswaran Vithusan 0 4 0 0 0.00
Anton Abishek b Rajithkumar Newton 40 52 0 0 76.92
Kajenthira Thamilkkathir Abiranchan c Sritharan Sarankan b Thileapkumar Gowthem 11 63 0 0 17.46
Vithushan Yogathas not out 3 60 0 0 5.00
Kirupananthan Kajakarnan c Matheeswaran Sansayan b Thileapkumar Gowthem 1 18 0 0 5.56


Extras 24 (b 14 , lb 0 , nb 8, w 2, pen 0)
Total 167/10 (84.1 Overs, RR: 1.98)
Bowling O M R W Econ
Rajithkumar Newton 20 3 50 1 2.50
Thileapkumar Gowthem 25 12 27 1 1.08
Jayatheeswaran Vithusan 14 1 41 3 2.93
Ananthan Kajan 7 3 8 0 1.14
Sutharsan Anusanth 6 1 13 0 2.17
Vinajakaselvam Kavitharsan 11.1 4 13 3 1.17
Nishan Sathakaran 1 0 1 0 1.00
Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
Thakuthash Abilash c Nesakumar Ebenezer Jezial b Yogathas Vithushan 14 54 0 0 25.93
Jayatheeswaran Vithusan c Anton Abishek b Yogathas Vithushan 10 40 0 0 25.00
Rajithkumar Newton c Kajenthira Thamilkkathir Abiranchan b Yogathas Vithushan 0 2 0 0 0.00
Matheeswaran Sansayan c Nesakumar Ebenezer Jezial b Yogathas Vithushan 0 1 0 0 0.00
Vinajakaselvam Kavitharsan c Kamalapalan Sabesan b Yogathas Vithushan 3 59 0 0 5.08
Sritharan Sarankan c Kajenthira Thamilkkathir Abiranchan b Jeyachandran Ashnath 41 44 0 0 93.18
Nisanthan Ajay not out 28 41 0 0 68.29
Ananthan Kajan c Yogathas Vithushan b Jeyachandran Ashnath 9 18 0 0 50.00
Sagathevan Sayanthan b Jeyachandran Ashnath 0 1 0 0 0.00
Thileapkumar Gowthem c Kamalapalan Sabesan b Yogathas Vithushan 5 5 0 0 100.00
Sutharsan Anusanth c Kuganeswaran Karisan b Jeyachandran Ashnath 0 9 0 0 0.00


Extras 15 (b 10 , lb 1 , nb 4, w 0, pen 0)
Total 125/10 (45 Overs, RR: 2.78)
Bowling O M R W Econ
Kirupananthan Kajakarnan 7 1 14 0 2.00
Anton Abishek 2 1 5 0 2.50
Yogathas Vithushan 20 5 48 6 2.40
Kajenthira Thamilkkathir Abiranchan 3 2 1 0 0.33
Jeyachandran Ashnath 13 4 46 0 3.54
Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
Anderson Sachin Kanapathi c Sagathevan Sayanthan b Rajithkumar Newton 0 10 0 0 0.00
Kuganeswaran Karisan b Thileapkumar Gowthem 0 7 0 0 0.00
Nesakumar Ebenezer Jezial c Sritharan Sarankan b Ananthan Kajan 35 131 0 0 26.72
Antonypillai Sukethan c Thileapkumar Gowthem b Rajithkumar Newton 34 59 0 0 57.63
Kamalapalan Sabesan c Thileapkumar Gowthem b Rajithkumar Newton 105 116 0 0 90.52
Jeyachandran Ashnath c Matheeswaran Sansayan b Ananthan Kajan 7 62 0 0 11.29
Anton Abishek c Ananthan Kajan b Thileapkumar Gowthem 22 18 0 0 122.22
Sangeeth Greme Smith not out 3 2 0 0 150.00


Extras 14 (b 6 , lb 4 , nb 3, w 1, pen 0)
Total 220/7 (67 Overs, RR: 3.28)
Bowling O M R W Econ
Rajithkumar Newton 22 4 64 3 2.91
Thileapkumar Gowthem 15 3 36 2 2.40
Jayatheeswaran Vithusan 7 2 25 0 3.57
Vinajakaselvam Kavitharsan 2 0 15 0 7.50
Nisanthan Ajay 4 0 9 0 2.25
Sutharsan Anusanth 4 0 17 0 4.25
Ananthan Kajan 13 3 37 2 2.85


Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
Thakuthash Abilash lbw b Yogathas Vithushan 3 10 0 0 30.00
Jayatheeswaran Vithusan c Jeyachandran Ashnath b Kirupananthan Kajakarnan 0 8 0 0 0.00
Rajithkumar Newton c Kamalapalan Sabesan b Jeyachandran Ashnath 10 29 0 0 34.48
Thileapkumar Gowthem c Kuganeswaran Karisan b Kirupananthan Kajakarnan 1 15 0 0 6.67
Amuthanathan Jeroroshan c Kamalapalan Sabesan b Jeyachandran Ashnath 53 97 0 0 54.64
Sritharan Sarankan c Anderson Sachin Kanapathi b Jeyachandran Ashnath 33 46 0 0 71.74
Nisanthan Ajay c Kamalapalan Sabesan b Jeyachandran Ashnath 2 19 0 0 10.53
Matheeswaran Sansayan lbw b Jeyachandran Ashnath 27 92 0 0 29.35
Vinajakaselvam Kavitharsan c Nesakumar Ebenezer Jezial b Jeyachandran Ashnath 0 1 0 0 0.00
Sagathevan Sayanthan c Yogathas Vithushan b Anton Abishek 17 55 0 0 30.91
Sutharsan Anusanth not out 0 11 0 0 0.00


Extras 17 (b 8 , lb 1 , nb 8, w 0, pen 0)
Total 163/10 (62.3 Overs, RR: 2.61)
Bowling O M R W Econ
Anton Abishek 9 2 19 0 2.11
Yogathas Vithushan 20 1 57 2 2.85
Kirupananthan Kajakarnan 5 1 5 2 1.00
Jeyachandran Ashnath 23.3 5 70 6 3.00
Kuganeswaran Karisan 2 1 1 0 0.50
Kajenthira Thamilkkathir Abiranchan 3 0 2 2 0.67