Battle of the Golds ends in tame draw
Dilwin Mendis - Moratuwa Sports Corr.
The 63rd "Battle of the Golds" between Prince of Wales College and
St. Sebestians College ended in a tame draw at Tyronne Fernando Stadium,
Moratuwa yesterday.
Sebs resumed the day two without loss and their two openers Avishka
Fernando and Gayan Silva gave them a reasonable start and however at the
sure of 28 Gayan Silva departed. Then the skipper Anushka Perera joined
Avishka and brought the score to 72 and the skipper was cleaned bowled
by Ravindu Sasanka. Then Sangeeth Cooray joined the opener and saw the
score board moving but at 110 the opener Aviska got out for a well
compiled 49 runs which included six fours. Then Sangeeth Cooray was
removed when he was 40 and the wickets tumble at regular intervals.
Cooray had four fours in his 40 runs and there were two good
partnerships of 44 runs by Avishka and Anushka for the second wicket and
38 runs for the third wicket by Avishka and Cooray.
Thilan Nimesh had a fine spell of 4 for 49 while Devaka Dabare too
had a good spell of bowling with 3 for 42 to restrict formidable Sebs
for 180 runs giving them a lead of eight runs.
In their second essay at the close Cambrian were 135 for 5 with Kusal
Mendis 41 with three fours and two sixes and Suchira Fernando 35 and
associating a first wicket partnership of 58 runs. Hasitha Lanka and
Ashen Mendis contributed 21 and 23 runs respectively. Pramesh Fernando
(2 for 22) and Anushka Perera (2 for 16) bowled best for the Sebs.
St. Sebastians College - 1st Innings
Aviska Fernando b T. Nimesh 49
Gayan Silva c Mendis b H. Lanka 10
Anushka Perera b R. Sasanka 19
Sangeeth Cooray c Mendis b D. Dabare 40
Luke Jayadeva c Dulaj b Nimesh 10
Kusal Edisuriya lbw D. Dabare 01
Anuk Fernando c Mendis b Nimesh 15
Visal Senanayake c R. Sasanka b D. Dabare 02
Sachintha Fernando not out 16
Nimesh Fernando c Mendis b Nimesh 04
Pramesh Fernando lbw S. Pushpakumara 01
Extras b-3, lb-1, w-2, nb-7 13
Total for 10 wickets 180
Fall of wickets: 1-28, 2-72, 3-110, 4-136, 5-140
6-158, 7-158, 8-158, 9-167
Bowling: Hasitha Lanka 7.3-3-24-1
S. Pushpakumara 9-3-24-1
T. Nimesh 27-5-49-4
S. Dulaj 3-0-13,0
Devaka Dabare 16-2-42-3
R. Sasanka 16-5-24-1
Prince of Wales - 2nd Innings
Kusal Mendis b Pramesh Fernando 41
Suchira Fernando c and b P. Fernando 35
Shanuka Dulaj c V. Senanayake b S. Cooray 08
Hasitha Lanka c A. Fernando b Anushka Perera 21
Ashen Mendis c A. Fernando b A. Perera 23
Crishan Aponso Not out 02
Ravindu Sasanka Not out 02
Extras b-2, nb-1 03
Total (5 wkts) 135
Fall of wickets: 1-58, 2-82, 3-88, 4-119, 5-132
Bowling: A. Fernando 4-0-39-0
Kusal Edisuriya 2-0-9-0
Pramesh Fernando 9-0-22-2
Sangeeth Cooray 6-2-22-1
Nimesh Fernando 5-1-13-0
Anushka Perera 4-0-16-2
Gayan Silva 2-0-12-0 |