Sandaruwan and Hashindra excel for Joes in 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