Day 2 of the 109th Northern Battle of the Golds between St. Patrick’s College, Jaffna and Jaffna College, Vaddukoddai unfolded today at the Jaffna College Grounds with both sides putting up determined performances in the traditional encounter.
Resuming the day on 40 runs without loss, St. Patrick’s College continued their first innings with steady contributions from the top order and eventually posted 225 runs on the board.
Jeyarajarupan Dinulaxsan top scored with a composed 50, while the opening pair of Sivanathan Shehaan and Nishanthan Adrian laid a solid platform for the innings with valuable knocks of 45 and 42 runs respectively.
For Jaffna College, Vasuthevan Vishnugoban produced an impressive bowling performance, claiming 5 wickets for 82 runs to keep his side firmly in the contest.
In response, Jaffna College began their innings 49 runs behind and showed positive intent with the bat. By the close of play on Day 2, they had reached 99 runs for the loss of 3 wickets, setting up an intriguing final day of action.
The match will continue tomorrow with Day 3 action set to unfold at the Jaffna College Grounds. Fans can catch the action live on ThePapare 1 (Dialog TV Channel 62), ThePapare.com, and the Dialog Play app.
Stumps
St. Patrick's College
225/10 (58.3)
Jaffna Central College
176/10 (80) & 99/3 (39)
Batsmen
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Robinson Uthayakumar Johnson
b Selvakumar Smith Zenari
41
54
1
0
75.93
Supesan Thaksikan
run out ()
7
42
0
0
16.67
Katheeswaran Nicksan
c Robinson Bearly Denowan b Mathiyalagan Steef Adhithya
4
21
0
0
19.05
S K Hamish Harmishon
c Premanayakam Mathusan b Mathiyalagan Steef Adhithya
61
187
4
0
32.62
Vasuthevan Vishnugoban
b Japinson Kemishan
3
31
0
0
9.68
Uthajaraja Kenreksan
c S Nishanthan Harin Adrian (WK) b Japinson Kemishan
31
96
2
0
32.29
Sasikaran Ashmin
c S Nishanthan Harin Adrian (WK) b Premanayakam Mathusan
0
6
0
0
0.00
Anushanthan Harmishan
not out
14
26
0
0
53.85
Suresh Kabishan
b Japinson Kemishan
1
6
0
0
16.67
Antony Rithman Abinaath
b Mathiyalagan Steef Adhithya
0
3
0
0
0.00
Thivakaran Nakeswaran
lbw b Mathiyalagan Steef Adhithya
0
2
0
0
0.00
Extras
14 (b 7 , lb 5 , nb 0, w 2, pen 0)
Total
176/10 (80 Overs, RR: 2.2)
Bowling
O
M
R
W
Econ
Premanayakam Mathusan
10
0
23
1
2.30
Sivanathan Shehaan
11
3
17
0
1.55
Japinson Kemishan
17
4
29
3
1.71
Mathiyalagan Steef Adhithya
18
5
25
4
1.39
Kammedan Lickshan
5
0
24
0
4.80
Selvakumar Smith Zenari
16
2
41
1
2.56
Titus Jojesh
3
0
5
0
1.67
Batsmen
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Sivanathan Shehaan
c Antony Rithman Abinaath b Vasuthevan Vishnugoban
45
67
6
0
67.16
S Nishanthan Harin Adrian (WK)
lbw b Vasuthevan Vishnugoban
42
69
4
1
60.87
Vimalathas Defano
c Antony Rithman Abinaath b Vasuthevan Vishnugoban
0
1
0
0
0.00
Robinson Bearly Denowan
c S K Hamish Harmishon b Vasuthevan Vishnugoban
2
4
0
0
50.00
Mathiyalagan Steef Adhithya
c Uthajaraja Kenreksan b Supesan Thaksikan
14
21
0
0
66.67
Titus Jojesh
c Robinson Uthayakumar Johnson b Thivakaran Karthikan
