Joe-Pete ends in a tame draw

By Ranjan ANANDAPPA

CRICKET: Besides a few individual batting performances by batsmen of either side nothing spectacular occurred in the 75th 'Battle of The Saints' cricket encounter which ended in a draw at the P. Sara Stadium yesterday.

The Josephian vice captain Hareen Silva had a memorable match as he re-wrote the record books by scoring 141 n.o. to top the Joes batting list in the 'big match' series. He followed up with another unbeaten 56 in the second innings while his side was in pursuit of 193 runs for a win off 38 overs.

The first Innings of the match was curtailed to 60 overs per side and the Peterites were all out for 235 in 55.5 overs. The Joes in reply were 188 for 5 overnight with 11 overs of their stipulated 60 overs remaining. The overnight unbeatens Hareen Silva (98) and Shalindra Perera (13) batted exceptionally well to add 103 for the sixth wicket off 110 deliveries with Hareen Silva compiling a well struck 141 n.o. with 18 fours facing 166 deliveries. He was ably supported by Shalindra Perera who hit a valuable unbeaten 41 when the declaration came.

The Peterites going in for the second time with a deficit of 23 runs were helped by two useful innings by Andri Berenger (56) facing 95 deliveries with five fours and left hander Chatura Pieris who proved his all-round capabilities with a steady 78 off 64 balls including seven fours and three sixers. Pieris arrived at the crease with both Berenger and Angelo Perera dismissed at 107 for 5 and in a spot of bother. The Peterite's closed their innings at 215 for 9 declared, and set a victory target of 193 off 38 overs. The Joes were 113 for 5 at close with Hareen Silva 56 n.o and Chatura Kumara 26 n.o.

The following awards were also presented. Best All-rounder: Chatura Pieris (St.Peter's). Man of the Match and Best Batsman: Hareen Silva (St.Joseph's). Best Bowler: Dinal Dhambarage (St.Joseph's). Best Fielder: Andri Berenger (St.Peter's)

ST. PETER’S - 1ST INNINGS 235
(A.Berenger 75, Angelo Perera 63, Akshu Fernando 45)

ST. JOSEPH’S - 1ST INNINGS
(188 for 5 overnight)

V. Jayasinghe c A .Perera b Jayaweera 		 27
Hareen Silva not out 				141
Jan Jayasinghe lbw b Jayaweera 			 10
S.Weerasinghe c Berenger b. V.Perera 		 14
Enrico Silva b Akshu Fernando 			 12
Nishika de Silva lbw b Jayaweera 		 09
Shalindra Perera not out 			 41
Extras (W1, nb3) 				 04
TOTAL in 60 overs for 5 wkts decl. 		258		

FALL OF WICKETS: 67, 86, 116, 138, 155.

BOWLING: Chatura Pieris 9-0-43-0, Vinodh Perera 10-0-44-1, Hashan 
	Wickremasuriya 4-0-19-0, Angelo Perera 4-0-24-0, Nilochana Perera 
	6-0-21-0, Sidath Jayaweera 13-3-50-3, Akshu Fernando 14-1-57-1.

		
		ST. PETER’S - 2ND INNINGS

A.Berenger lbw b.Weerasinghe 			 56
D.Perera lbw b Dhambarage 			 00
S.Ranasuriya c Jayasinghe b. Kumara 		 11
A.Emmanuel c Jayasinghe b Dhambarage 		 26
A.Perera c Kumara b Weerasinghe 		 11
C.Peiris b Weerasinghe 				 78
A.Fernando c Jayasinghe b S Perera 		 18
V.Perera c Jayasinghe b Dhambarage 		 01
H.Wickremasuriya c J’singhe b W’singhe 		 04
N.Perera not out 				 01
Extras (b5 lb1 nb3) 				 09
TOTAL (for 9 wkts decl. in 55.4 overs ) 	215
		

FALL OF WICKETS: 0, 26, 87, 107,107, 166, 171, 188, 215.
BOWLING: T.Rajasooriya 10-2-29-0, D.Dhambarage 15-3-45-3, S.Weerasinghe 
	20.4-3-83-4, C.Kumara 7-0-39-1, S.Perera 3-0-13-1.		

		ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE - 2ND INNINGS

Jaan Jayasinghe b Pieris 		 02
Hareen Silva not out 			 56
Enrico Silva c Berenger b V.Perera 	 04
N.de Silva c Berenger b Peiris 		 04
R.Thattil c Berenger b Jayaweera 	 13
S.Weerasinghe run out 			 01
C.Kumara not out 			 26
Extras (b4 lb1 nb2) 			 07
TOTAL (for 5 wickets in 32.4 overs)     113		

FALL OF WICKETS: 2, 7, 13, 51, 52. 
BOWLING: C.Peiris 5-1-11-2, V.Perera 6.4- 0-24-1, H.Wickremasuriya 
	3-1-7-0, N.Perera 2-0-3-0, S.Jayaweera 8-0-32-1, A.Fernando 7-1-29-0, 
	A.Emmanuel 1-0-2-0.