The 91st Battle of the Saints played between St. Joseph’s College and St. Peter’s College commenced today (3rd April) at SSC Grounds, Colombo.
St. Peter’s College skipper Oween Salgado won the toss and decided to take the first lease of the wicket.
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The skipper Salgado himself departed early as he was trapped in front for just 6 runs by the speedster Maanasa Madubashana.
The opening batter Dilana Damsara and the wicket-keeper batter Nathan David rebuilt the Peterite innings with a valuable 76-run partnership for the second wicket.
However, both the set batters were dismissed in quick succession, dragging St. Peter’s College onto the backfoot. Damsara was the top scorer for Peterites as he made 44 runs off 92 balls with 6 fours and a six.
The middle-order batter Asadisa De Silva also added crucial 38 runs as St. Peter’s College posted 176 runs for 7 wickets before the bad light brough early stumps on Day 1.
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Nushan Perera and Demion De Silva impressed with the ball for St. Joseph’s College, snaring 2 wickets each.
Result
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oween Salgado | lbw b Maanasa Madubashana | 6 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 35.29 |
| Dilana Damsara | st Kenath Sasmina b Demion De Silva | 44 | 92 | 6 | 1 | 47.83 |
| Nathen David | c Senuja Wakunugoda b Demion De Silva | 29 | 94 | 3 | 0 | 30.85 |
| Asadisa De Silva | lbw b Nushan Perera | 38 | 101 | 2 | 0 | 37.62 |
| Joshua Sebastian | c Aveesha Samash b Nushan Perera | 27 | 74 | 3 | 0 | 36.49 |
| Jason Fernando | c Kenath Sasmina b Yenula Dewthusa | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Enosh Peterson | run out (Kenath Sasmina) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Thareen Sanketh | b Maanasa Madubashana | 21 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Lashmika Perera | c Aveesha Samash b Yenula Dewthusa | 58 | 79 | 9 | 1 | 73.42 |
| Ethan Ransilige | b Maanasa Madubashana | 5 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 10.42 |
| Tharin Senvidu | not out | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 |
| Extras | 12 (b 5 , lb 1 , nb 1, w 5, pen 0) |
| Total | 243/10 (93.3 Overs, RR: 2.6) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maanasa Madubashana | 20 | 1 | 77 | 3 | 3.85 | |
| Yenula Dewthusa | 25.3 | 5 | 58 | 2 | 2.29 | |
| Dunick Perera | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1.33 | |
| Nushan Perera | 28 | 13 | 50 | 2 | 1.79 | |
| Demion De Silva | 17 | 3 | 48 | 2 | 2.82 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abishek Jayaweera | c & b Lashmika Perera | 23 | 80 | 2 | 0 | 28.75 |
| Aveesha Samash | c Joshua Sebastian b Lashmika Perera | 32 | 72 | 5 | 0 | 44.44 |
| Senuja Wakunugoda | c Ethan Ransilige b Joshua Sebastian | 48 | 81 | 3 | 0 | 59.26 |
| Nimthaka Gunawardena | b Joshua Sebastian | 6 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 31.58 |
| Yenula Dewthusa | c Jason Fernando b Joshua Sebastian | 86 | 136 | 8 | 0 | 63.24 |
| Rishma Amarasinghe | c Lashmika Perera b Joshua Sebastian | 27 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 72.97 |
| Dunick Perera | not out | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 142.86 |
| Maanasa Madubashana | c Nathen David b Lashmika Perera | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 |
| Extras | 7 (b 4 , lb 0 , nb 1, w 2, pen 0) |
| Total | 240/7 (72.3 Overs, RR: 3.31) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethan Ransilige | 9 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 2.22 | |
| Joshua Sebastian | 26 | 6 | 80 | 4 | 3.08 | |
| Tharin Senvidu | 6 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 4.67 | |
| Dilana Damsara | 8 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 4.62 | |
| Lashmika Perera | 21.3 | 3 | 64 | 3 | 3.00 | |
| Thareen Sanketh | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3.50 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oween Salgado | b Maanasa Madubashana | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 54.55 |
| Dilana Damsara | c Nushan Perera b Maanasa Madubashana | 4 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 10.26 |
| Nathen David | lbw b Maanasa Madubashana | 53 | 84 | 9 | 0 | 63.10 |
| Asadisa De Silva | b Maanasa Madubashana | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Joshua Sebastian | lbw b Nushan Perera | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jason Fernando | b Yenula Dewthusa | 45 | 58 | 5 | 0 | 77.59 |
| Enosh Peterson | c Senuja Wakunugoda b Nushan Perera | 34 | 77 | 5 | 0 | 44.16 |
| Thareen Sanketh | c Senuja Wakunugoda b Yenula Dewthusa | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Lashmika Perera | c Senuja Wakunugoda b Maanasa Madubashana | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Ethan Ransilige | c Dunick Perera b Demion De Silva | 20 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 54.05 |
| Tharin Senvidu | not out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras | 4 (b 0 , lb 0 , nb 0, w 4, pen 0) |
| Total | 168/10 (54.4 Overs, RR: 3.07) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yenula Dewthusa | 13 | 2 | 49 | 2 | 3.77 | |
| Maanasa Madubashana | 19 | 1 | 57 | 5 | 3.00 | |
| Nushan Perera | 14.4 | 4 | 35 | 2 | 2.43 | |
| Demion De Silva | 5 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 4.40 | |
| Dunick Perera | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1.67 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aveesha Samash | run out (Jason Fernando) | 20 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 117.65 |
| Abishek Jayaweera | not out | 31 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 70.45 |
| Senuja Wakunugoda | c Nathen David b Joshua Sebastian | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Yenula Dewthusa | not out | 14 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 93.33 |
| Extras | 4 (b 0 , lb 1 , nb 0, w 3, pen 0) |
| Total | 70/2 (13 Overs, RR: 5.38) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethan Ransilige | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 9.00 | |
| Joshua Sebastian | 6 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 4.33 | |
| Lashmika Perera | 5 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 5.00 | |
Match will continue tomorrow for Day 2 and you can watch the Live action of this annual cricket encounter on ThePapare 1 HD (Dialog TV Ch.126), Dialog ViU app and ThePapare.com.
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