Sachin Dalpethado and Thaneesa Weerakoon of St. Peter's joined Josephians Sandaruwan Rodrigo and Hasindra Perera as stars in yet another drawn game. The 81st Battle of the Saints between St Peter's College and St Joseph's College ended in a draw at P Sara Oval yesterday.
St Peter's College made 268 runs in their first innings in reply to St Joseph's College's 167 all out on day one. In their second innings, Josephians made 293-8 declared setting a 193-run target for Peterites.
St Joseph's College opener Sandaruwan Rodrigo scored 118 runs to earn the Best Batsman Award in the two-day encounter. In reply Peterite made 110-7 at close. Josephian bowler Hasindra Perera, who was the Best Bowler, took six wickets for 47 runs. For St Peter's, Dineth Thimodya made a sparkling half century (55).
Man-of-the-Match: Sachin Dalpathado (SPC),Best Batsman: Sandaruwan Rodrigo (SJC), Best Bowler: Hashindra Perera (SJC),Best All-rounder: Thaneesha Weerakoon (SPC).
SCOREBOARD
St Joseph's College 1st innings 167 all out
St Peter's 1st innings
(overnight 215-7, Dalpathado 104 n.o, Ekanayake 30 n.o)
Dineth Thimodya c & b Ekanayake 14
Didulana Medis c Samarasinghe b Ekanayake 04
Hashan Wanasekara b Ekanayake 00
Lakshina Rodrigo st Fonseka b Akurugoda 02
Chandula Jayamanne c Peiris b S Rodrigo 36
Sachin Dalpathado c Fonseka b Ekanayake 114
Manelka de Silva c Peiris b Akurugoda 00
Vinu Mohotty c M Rodrigo b Akurugoda 00
Thaneesha Weerakoon st Fonseka b Akurugoda 57
Ashanth Malka run out (Ekanayake) 05
Randel Seneviratne not out 00
Extras (all out; 54.1 overs) 36
TOTAL 258
Fall wickets: 1-18 (Medis), 2-29 (Wanasekara), 3-36 (Thomodya)
4-79 (Jayamanne), 5-79 (Rodrigo), 6-79 (De Silva)
7-85 (Mohotty), 8-244 (Dalpathado), 9-258 ( Malka)
10-268 (Weerakoon)
Bowling: Jehan Daniel 4-1-20-0
Ekanayake 15-1-99-4
S Rodrigo 4-0-20-0
Akurugoda 10.1-2-47-4
M Rodrigo 12-2-37-0
Perera 4-0-14-0
De Silva 4-0-19-0
Sumanasinghe 1-0-12-0
St Joseph's College 2nd innings
Sandaruwan Rodrigo lbw b Malka 118
Pethum Madusanka st Lakshina b Weerakoon 36
Vimukthi Peiris c Mohotty b Weerakoon 34
Suren de Silva c Mohotty b Weerakoon 06
Hashindra Perera lbw b Weerakoon 07
Jehan Daniel run out (Malka/L Rodrigo) 18
Aravinda Akurugoda c de Silva b Malka 34
Nipun Sumanasinghe not out 18
Shevon Fonseka b Jayamanne 18
Extras (1 lb, 3 nb) 04
TOTAL (8 wickets dec; 81.3 overs) 293
Fall of wickets: 1-77 (Madusanka), 2-142 (Peiris)
3-166 (S de Silva), 4-178 (Perera)
5-203 (Daniel), 6-236 (S Rodrigo)
7-257 (Akurugoda), 8-293 (S Fonseka)
Bowling: Seneviratne 4-1-22-0
M de Silva 4-0-22-0
Mohotty 28-5-86-0
Malka 13-1-50-2
Weerakoon 29-4-100-4
Dalpathado 3-0-12-0
Jayamanne 0.3-0-0-1
St Peter's College 2nd innings
Dineth Thimodya st Fonseka b Perera 55
Didulana Medis c Daniel b Perera 11
Lakshina Rodrigo c Daniel b Perera 00
Hashan Wanasekara c Fonseka b Perera 00
Chandula Jayamanna st Fonseka b Perera 12
Sachin Dalpathadu c Ekanayake b Perera 13
Manelka de Silva not out 18
Vinu Mohotti lbw b M Rodrigo 01
Taneesha Weerakoon not out 00
Extras 00
TOTAL (7 wickets; 26 overs) 110
Fall of wickets: 1-38, 2-38, 3-48, 4-74, 5-85, 6-100, 7-110.
Bowling: Ruchira Ekanayake 3-1-13-0
Hashindra Perera 12-2-47-6
Malshan Rodrigo 4-1-18-1
Suren de Silva 2-0-17-0
Aravinda Akurugoda 5-1-15-0
DAY – 1
Courtesy: Thushan Jayasuriya – Daily News
St. Joseph's College – 167 All Out (Sandaruwan Rodrigo – 38; Nipun Samarasinghe – 21; Malshan Rodrigo – 22) Bowling: Manelka de Silva 3 for 33; Taneesha Weerakoon 4 for 49.
St. Peter's College – 215 for 7 wkts. (Chandula Jayamanne – 36; Sachin Dalpethado – 104 n.o.; Taneesha Weerakoon – 30 n.o.). Bowling: Ruchira Ekanayaka 3 for 62.
Right arm spinner Taneesha Weerakoon with a four wicket haul and middle order batsman Sachin Dalpethado (104 not out) helped St.Peter's College to end the day in a strong position after posting 215 for seven wickets at stumps in their "81st Battle of the Saints" encounter at P.Sara Oval, Colombo on Friday.
Dalpethado joined Taneesha Weerakoon (30 not out) for an unbeaten 130 runs stand for the eighth wicket for Peterites to conclude days play with three wickets in hand after Aravinda Akurugoda (three for 47) and Ruchira Ekanayake (three for 62) had the Peterites reeling at 85 for seven at one stagez_p20-Battle-02.jpg
They also broke the previous record partnership of 94 runs for the eighth wicket established by Premasiri Athukorale (85) and C.Marathalingam(16) in 1957.
Josephians taking the first lease of the wicket were all out for just 167 runs in 59.5 overs. Opener Sandaruwan Rodrigo was dismissed at 38 due to a run out. Skipper Pathum Madusanka couldn't impress much being dismissed for eight runs off the bowling of paceman Manelka de Silva.
The Josephians innings was anchored by Nipun Sumanasinghe (21) and Malshan Rordigo (22). Spinner Taneesha Weerakoon did the damage with pacemanManelka de Silva.
The Peterites in their innings were off to a disastrous start as their wickets began to fell at regular intervals. However skipper Chandula Jayamanne made 36 runs to prop up St.Peter's innings. The innings of the lads from Bambalapitiya were rescued by the duo of Sachin Dalpethado (104 not out) and Taneesha Weerakoon (30 not out)
Ruchira Ekanayake and Aravinda Akurugoda contained the Peterite batsmen capturing three wickets each.
The match will resume today at 9.30 am.
