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89th Battle of the Saints – St. Joseph’s College vs St. Peter’s College

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89th Battle of the Saints – St. Joseph’s College vs St. Peter’s College

The 89th Battle of the Saints encounter between St. Joseph’s College and St. Peter’s College ended in a draw today (29th April) at SSC Grounds, Colombo.

St. Joseph’s College resumed their first innings on Day 2 at 29/0, and the opening pair Sadeesh Jayawardena and Naren Muralidaran extended their partnership to 54 runs before the latter was dismissed for 20 runs.

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St. Joseph’s Number three batter Shevon Daniel did not trouble the scorers much as he made only 12 runs during his short stay at the crease.

The opening batter Jayawardena and No. 4 batter Hiran Jayasundara then built a brilliant century stand for the 3rd wicket before the rain interrupted the play around 1.15 pm. The play could not resume thereafter, as persistent rain forced the game to be ended in a tame draw.

Jayawardena and Jayasundara added an unbeaten 161-run stand for the 3rd wicket, which goes to the record books as the highest 3rd wicket partnership for St. Joseph’s College in the history of the Battle of the Saints encounters.

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Jayawardena stole the show before the rain interruption with a brilliant century, while Jayasundara also contributed with a useful half-century for St. Joseph’s College.

Result


St. Joseph’s College
240/2 (54.5)

St. Peter’s College
214/10 (57.3)

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