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St. Anne’s triumph over Maliyadeva in a thriller

24th Battle of the Rocks – Limited over

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Maliyadeva College vs St.Annes College

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


St. Anne’s College
168/10 (49.4)

Maliyadeva College
162/10 (49.2)

Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
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