The 89th Battle of the Saints encounter between St. Joseph’s College and St. Peter’s College commenced today (28th April) at SSC Grounds, Colombo.
After been put into bat first, St. Peter’s College got off to a terrible start losing two wickets in the very first over being bowled by Josephian seamer Gagan Chamod.
The right-arm seamer Chamod struck once again, removing the St. Peter’s opening batter Vishen Halambage for just 18 runs in the 5th over of the innings, pushing peterites onto the backfoot at 29/3.
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However, Rusanda Gamage and Chamindu Perera managed to rescue St. Peter’s by adding a 77-run stand for the 4th wicket. Both Gamage and Perera went on to score crucial half-centuries as St. Peter’s College were restricted to 214 in their first innings.
Chamod was the pick of the bowlers for the Joes as he scalped 5 wickets for 69 runs, while vice captain Lahiru Amarasekara gave him good support at the other end picking up 3 crucial wickets for 36 runs.
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In their return with the bat, St. Joseph’s College only managed to play out 6.2 overs for the day, as the rain suspended the rest of the play.
Result
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oween Salgado | lbw b Gagan Chamod | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Vishen Helambage | c Shevon Fonseka b Gagan Chamod | 18 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 150.00 |
| Nimuthu Gunawardene | c Sadeesh Jayawardana b Gagan Chamod | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Rusanda Gamage | c Yenula Dewthusa b Gagan Chamod | 55 | 71 | 7 | 0 | 77.46 |
| Chamindu Perera | run out () | 66 | 125 | 6 | 0 | 52.80 |
| Shanshay Gunathilaka | c & b Lahiru Amarasekara | 18 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 48.65 |
| Kavika Jayasundara | c Hirun Matheesha Kapurubandara b Lahiru Amarasekara | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14.29 |
| Shenon Rodrigo | c Hiran Jaysundara b Lahiru Amarasekara | 19 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 61.29 |
| Nathen David | c Shevon Daniel b Muditha Dissanayake | 15 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 78.95 |
| Lakindu Sachin | b Gagan Chamod | 14 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 |
| Sean Roborts | not out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Extras | 7 (b 5 , lb 0 , nb 0, w 2, pen 0) |
| Total | 214/10 (57.3 Overs, RR: 3.72) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gagan Chamod | 14.3 | 2 | 69 | 5 | 4.83 | |
| Maanasa Madubashana | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 5.67 | |
| Muditha Dissanayake | 15 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 2.20 | |
| Yenula Dewthusa | 8 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 4.62 | |
| Lahiru Amarasekara | 14 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 2.57 | |
| Shevon Daniel | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 5.67 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sadeesh Jayawardana | not out | 110 | 150 | 7 | 1 | 73.33 |
| Naren Muralidaran | c Rusanda Gamage b Shenon Rodrigo | 20 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 52.63 |
| Shevon Daniel | c Shenon Rodrigo b Nimuthu Gunawardene | 12 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 57.14 |
| Hiran Jayasundara | not out | 91 | 120 | 7 | 0 | 75.83 |
| Extras | 7 (b 4 , lb 0 , nb 0, w 3, pen 0) |
| Total | 240/2 (54.5 Overs, RR: 4.38) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakindu Samarajeewa | 7.5 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 6.40 | |
| Sean Roborts | 5 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 4.60 | |
| Shenon Rodrigo | 22 | 0 | 89 | 1 | 4.05 | |
| Nimuthu Gunawardhana | 14 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 3.14 | |
| Vishen Helambage | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6.50 | |
| Kavika Jayasundara | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 4.75 | |
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