Josephians beat Peterites by 91 runs in one-day game

St Joseph's College beat St Peter's College by 91 runs in the one-day encounter, which was played at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo yesterday.

Batting first, the Josephians made 224-8 in 50 overs with the help of two half centuries by Duran de Alwis (52) and Pathum Madusanka (50). The pair steadied the innings putting on a 98-run partnership for the third wicket after Sadeera Samarawickrama was dismissed for 25 with the total reading 47.

Fabian Fernando's late flurry of runs included a 39-ball, 37 with three sixes.

Chasing 225-runs to win, the Peterites were restricted for 133 as the Josephian bowling spearheaded by Hashindra Perera claiming four wickets for 23 runs.

Paceman Fabian Fernando removed the first three Peterite batsmen to have the Peterites in a spot of bother with 12 runs on the board. Aravinda Akurugoda, the right arm leg-spinner, bowled an economical spell giving away only 10 runs with three maiden overs in his eight-over spell. Akurugoda trapped Malka Ashan leg before for nought.

Socreboard

St Joseph's College
D Alwis b S Nanayakkara				52
D Fernandopulle lbw b Liyanage			00
S Samarawickrama b Obeyesekere			25
P Madusanka st O Nanayakkara b S Nanayakkara	50
P Perera c Ashan b Liyanage			22
Y Samarasinghe run out				03
F Fernando b Obeyesekere			37
K Ravihara run out				06
A Akurugoda not out				06
H Perera not out				01
Extras (1b, 6lb, 15w)				22
TOTAL (8 wickets; 50 overs)		       224

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Fernandopulle), 2-47 (Samarawickrama)
		 3-145 (Madushanka), 4-148 (De Alwis)
		 5-159  (Samarasinghe), 6-185 (P Perera)
		 7-199 (Ravihara), 8-214 (Fernando)
Bowling: C Obeyesekere 10-1-26-2
	 J Liyanage 10-0-59-2
	 N Dharshana 5-0-34-0
	 S Nanayakkara 10-0-45-2
	 D Thimodya 7-0-23-0
	 M Ashanth 7-1-26-0
	 C Jayamanna 1-0-5-0

St Peter's College
D Thimodya b Fernando				00
O Karunaratne b Rodrigo				36
J Liyanage b Fernando				04
C Jayamanna c Hasintha b Fernando		06
K de Tissera c Rodrigo b A Perera		28
M de Silva run out				32
S Dalpadadu c Madusanka b H Perera		03
C Obeyesekere not out				10
S Nanayakkara c Akurugoda b H Perera		04
M Ashanth lbw Akurugoda				00
N Dharshana c Fernando b H Perera		00
Extras (2b, 2lb, 6w)				10
TOTAL (all out; 41.4 overs)		       133

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Thomodya), 2-4 (Liyanage), 3-12 (Jayamanna)
		 4-60 (Karunaratne), 5-114 (De Tissera)
		 6-114 (De Silva), 7-123 (Dalpadadu)
		 8-128 (Nanayakkara), 9-130 (Ashantha)
		 10-133 (Dharshana)
Bowling: F Fernando 6-0-25-3
	 D de Alwis 4-1-25-0
	 Y Samarasinghe 7-0-24-0
	 M Rodrigo 4-1-17-1
	 H Perera 9.4-1-23-4
	 A Akurugoda 8-3-10-1
	 P Madushanka 3-0-5-0
Scorers: D N Pathirana (St Peter's) and Cyril Nicholas (St Joseph's).