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Jaffna College move into the lead on Day 2 of the 109th Northern Battle of the Golds

The 109th Northern Battle of the Golds – Day 2

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The 109th Northern Battle of the Golds – Day 2

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.

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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.

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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 34 48 0 0 70.83
Premanayakam Mathusan c Vasuthevan Vishnugoban b S K Hamish Harmishon 1 3 0 0 33.33
Kammedan Lickshan c Antony Rithman Abinaath b S K Hamish Harmishon 9 17 0 0 52.94
Jeyarajarupan Dinulaxsan c Thivakaran Karthikan b Vasuthevan Vishnugoban 50 69 0 0 72.46
Selvakumar Smith Zenari b S K Hamish Harmishon 20 51 0 0 39.22
Japinson Kemishan not out 3 3 0 0 100.00
Extras 5 (b 1 , lb 1 , nb 2, w 1, pen 0)
Total 225/10 (58.3 Overs, RR: 3.85)
Bowling O M R W Econ
Thivakaran Karthikan 9 2 24 0 2.67
Vasuthevan Vishnugoban 20 3 82 3 4.10
S K Hamish Harmishon 15.3 1 51 0 3.33
Uthajaraja Kenreksan 4 0 14 0 3.50
Anushanthan Harmishan 5 0 28 0 5.60
Supesan Thaksikan 5 0 24 0 4.80

Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
Robinson Uthayakumar Johnson c Robinson Bearly Denowan b Premanayakam Mathusan 7 20 0 0 35.00
Supesan Thaksikan run out (Kammedan Lickshan) 7 61 0 0 11.48
Sasikaran Ashmin c Titus Jojesh b Premanayakam Mathusan 49 90 0 0 54.44
Katheeswaran Nicksan not out 32 59 0 0 54.24
S K Hamish Harmishon not out 0 5 0 0 0.00
Extras 4 (b 2 , lb 1 , nb 1, w 0, pen 0)
Total 99/3 (39 Overs, RR: 2.54)
Bowling O M R W Econ
Premanayakam Mathusan 11 4 17 1 1.55
Mathiyalagan Steef Adhithya 7 1 20 0 2.86
Japinson Kemishan 9 2 14 0 1.56
Sivanathan Shehaan 3 1 9 0 3.00
Selvakumar Smith Zenari 4 1 12 0 3.00
Kammedan Lickshan 4 0 16 0 4.00
Jeyarajarupan Dinulaxsan 1 0 8 0 8.00