St. Joseph’s hold nerve to successfully defend 2-day title!
Singer Schools U19 Division 1 – Two Day Final
By Roscoe Thattil – Courtesy of The Pappare.
St. Joseph’s went on to successfully defend their Singer Schools U19 Division 1 Two Day title, overcoming the tricky 97 run deficit they faced coming in
Resuming 120/4 at the Royal College grounds in Colombo, the Josephians lost their batting mainstay Dineth
But a stubborn sixth wicket stand of 62 runs between Dunith Wellalage and Sachintha Mahindasinghe got the Josephians back on track, before the latter fell for 34 runs – ending his school career after three years of 1st XI cricket.
The champions lost their last four wickets in quick time with Wellalage missing out on a well-deserved century by 12 runs as the Joes folded up for 269, securing a 53 run lead.
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The Thomians made an optimistic attempt of an outright win before they eventually called the game off after reaching 67/2, as the Josephians clinched the championship on first innings points.
S. Thomas College, Mount Lavinia216 (59.1) Sithara Hapuhinna 117, Ryan Fernando 24, Dellon Peiris 21, Dunith Wellalage 5/45, Shalinda Senevirathna 2/34, Ashian Daniel 2/61 & 67/2 (12.1) Sithara Hapuhinna 38, Shalin De Mel 24
St. Josephs College, Colombo 269 (72) Dunith Wellalage 88, Dineth Jayakody 44, Sachintha Ravindu 34, Thevin Eriyagama 2/26, Shannon Fernando 2/49, Kalana Perera 2/97
RESULT
S. Thomas’ College
216/10 (59.1) & 67/2 (12.2)
St. Joseph’s College
269/10 (72)
ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE WAS AWARDED
Updated at 03:04 PM 2019-04-12
| BATSMEN | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
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c Sachintha Ravindu b Dunith Wellalage | 38 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 92.68 |
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c Lakshan Gamage b Ashan De Alwis | 24 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 88.89 |
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4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 80.00 |
| Extras | 1 (b 0 , lb 0 , nb 1, w 0) |
| TOTAL | 67/2 (12.2 Overs, RR: 5.43) |
| FALL OF WICKETS | 1-49 Shalin De Mel, 2-38 Sithara Hapuhinna, |
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gamage | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8.00 | |
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6 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 3.00 | |
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2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 8.50 | |
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3.2 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 7.50 | |
