After a tame draw at the 35th Battle of the Rocks, St. Anne’s College clinched a famous 6-run victory against arch-rivals Maliyadeva College in their 24th limited overs encounter at the Welagedara Stadium in Kurunegala on Sunday.
Batting first, the Annites posted a commendable 168 before being bowled out in the penultimate over of the innings. Kavindu Ekanayaka and Risitha Perera gave St Anne’s College a decent start before Ekanayake returned a catch to Muditha Premadasa.
Pasindu Tennakoon top scored with 45 whilst Ekanayake, Pivithuru Fernando and Lasith Warnakulasooriya made valuable contributions for the Annites cause. In the bowling, Pasindu Tennakoon of Maliyadeva College picked up 3 wickets for 36 runs in his eight overs.
Photos: Maliyadeva College vs St. Anne’s College | 24th One Day Encounter
Chasing a target of 162 Maliyadeva College was off to a fantastic start by Brian Karunanayake and Supun Sumanarathne as the pair posted a solid opening stand of 40 runs. Ekanayake was not willing to give up yet as the Maliyadeva top order returned three catches back to Ekanayake.
It looked as if Ekanayake was showing off his all-round skills to a packed house at the Welagedara Stadium. The Maliyadeva middle order couldn’t handle the pressure as Pasindu Tennakoon joined the party picking up two important wickets, that of Viditha Batepola who looked promising with the bat and Chaluka Aththapattu.
The game went down to the wire, but two run outs cost the game for Maliyadeva College as the Annites clinched a nail-biting 6 run victory in the final over of the match.
Result
Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
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Kavindu Ekanayeka | c & b Muditha Premadasa | 32 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 91.43 |
Risitha Perera | c Chaluka Ajhadaththu b Maduranga Naveen | 19 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 50.00 |
Sulashana Madusitha | c & b Maduranga Naveen | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 18.75 |
Lasith Warnakulasooriya | b Muditha Premadasa | 23 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 57.50 |
Pasindu Thennakoon | run out () | 45 | 102 | 2 | 0 | 44.12 |
Kavindu Ranasinghe | c & b Viditha Batepola | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 |
Creshantha Priyathilaka | c Muditha Premadasa b Chaluka Ajhadaththu | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 |
Pivithu Fernando | st Muditha Premadasa b Pasindu Thennakoona | 29 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 54.72 |
Thrimalsha Silva | c Supun Sumanarathna b Pasindu Thennakoona | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
Maayaas Muzammil | c Kaveen Bandara b Pasindu Thennakoona | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
Kalindu Wijesingha | not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Extras | 11 (b 2 , lb 0 , nb 1, w 8, pen 0) |
Total | 168/10 (49.4 Overs, RR: 3.38) |
Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Viditha Batepola | 7 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2.71 | |
Brian Karunanayaka | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 8.00 | |
Pasindu Thennakoona | 8.4 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 4.29 | |
Chaluka Ajhadaththu | 10 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1.70 | |
Jayamin Muthukumarane | 9 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 2.67 | |
Kaveen Bandara | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3.25 | |
Maduranga Naveen | 9 | 0 | 41 | 3 | 4.56 |
Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Supun Sumanarathna | c Kalindu Wijesingha b Sulashana Madusitha | 20 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 51.28 |
Brian Karunanayaka | c & b Kavindu Ekanayeka | 34 | 81 | 3 | 0 | 41.98 |
Muditha Premadasa | c & b Kavindu Ekanayeka | 18 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 54.55 |
Jayamin Muthukumarane | c & b Kavindu Ekanayeka | 22 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 68.75 |
Kaveen Bandara | lbw b Pasindu Thennakoon | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 80.00 |
Chaluka Athapaththu | st Creshantha Priyathilaka b Pasindu Thennakoon | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
Viditha Batepola | b Pasindu Thennakoon | 24 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 66.67 |
Nisanjaya Hettiarachchi | run out (-Select-) | 11 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 44.00 |
Gayantha Wickramaarachchi | b Kalindu Wijesingha | 11 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
Maduranga Naveen | not out | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
Pasindu Thennakoona | run out () | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Extras | 8 (b 0 , lb 1 , nb 0, w 7, pen 0) |
Total | 162/10 (49.2 Overs, RR: 3.28) |
Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lasith Warnakulasooriya | 10 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 3.40 | |
Risitha Perera | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 3.33 | |
Sulashana Madusitha | 8 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 2.38 | |
Kalindu Wijesingha | 5.2 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 3.08 | |
Pasindu Thennakoon | 9 | 1 | 34 | 2 | 3.78 | |
Kavindu Ekanayeka | 10 | 1 | 36 | 4 | 3.60 | |
Kavindu Ranasinghe | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3.33 | |
Maayaas Muzammil | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 |