After conceding a slender lead of just 14 runs, St John’s College stamped their authority through an unbeaten opening stand of 121 runs in their second innings on Day 2 of the 113th Battle of the North at the Jaffna Central grounds.
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The 2nd day’s play resumed with Jaffna Central on 81 for 3 in their first innings. Their hero with the ball on day 1, Kamalarasa Iyalarasan continued his ‘blockathon’ on the second day too but the rest perished with not much of a contribution in terms of runs. Even though the batters failed to contribute with runs, they managed to hang on to their wickets for long periods of time, which helped Jaffna Central to eat up enough time.
The only batsman who played with a positive frame of mind was U19 National Cap, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth. He came out with intent and scored a brisk 41 with 3 sixes and 1 four. After the fall of Vijayakanth, Iyalarasan tried to be more proactive and he finally reached a hard fought half century. He was losing partners from the other end and ultimately he came to a situation where he had to score the runs all by himself. He somehow managed to get his team over the deficit and was ultimately stumped after a marathon knock of 77 off a whopping 239 deliveries.
Photos: Jaffna Central College vs St. John’s College – 113th Battle of the North | Day 2
Jaffna Central once again had the opportunity to seal the game in the third session with some quick wickets. But, their bowling and fielding let them down. The two opening batsmen of the visitors Sawmiyan and Thanujan put together an unbeaten stand to see off the day and put St John’s College in the lead by 107 runs.
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195/10 (79.2) & 176/7 (40)
St. John’s College, Jaffna
181/10 (46.5) & 245/9 (89)
Batsmen
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Sowmiyan Naganthirarajah
c Nitharan Saravanamuththu b Iyalarasan Kamalarasa
9
12
2
0
75.00
Thanujan Christy Prasanna
c Nitharan Saravanamuththu b Iyalarasan Kamalarasa
18
28
3
0
64.29
Vinojan Thiyagarajah
c Viyaskanth Vijayakanth b Mathusan Selvarasa
0
2
0
0
0.00
Elshan Denushan
c Viyaskanth Vijayakanth b Iyalarasan Kamalarasa
9
12
2
0
75.00
Hemathushan Mahendran
c Vithusan Theesan b Iyalarasan Kamalarasa
1
14
0
0
7.14
Abinash Murfin
c Inthujan Balarupan b Viyaskanth Vijayakanth
24
30
1
1
80.00
Dinoshan Theivendram
c Rajclinton Rajaratnam b Viyaskanth Vijayakanth
98
134
11
2
73.13
Rathushan Nageswaran
c Vithusan Theesan b Braveenraj Kamalarajkurukkal
0
1
0
0
0.00
Sabesan Kamalapalan
b Viyaskanth Vijayakanth
4
7
1
0
57.14
Abishek Anton
c Viyaskanth Vijayakanth b Iyalarasan Kamalarasa
5
17
0
0
29.41
Saraan Anton Selvathas
not out
0
26
0
0
0.00
Extras
13 (b 2 , lb 2 , nb 2, w 7, pen 0)
Total
181/10 (46.5 Overs, RR: 3.86)
Fall of Wickets
1-23 (3) Sowmiyan Naganthirarajah, 2-23 (3.2) Vinojan Thiyagarajah, 3-40 (6.5) Elshan Denushan, 4-45 (10.1) Thanujan Christy Prasanna, 5-52 (12.4) Hemathushan Mahendran, 6-89 (20.5) Abinash Murfin, 7-89 (21.1) Rathushan Nageswaran, 8-101 (24.1) Sabesan Kamalapalan, 9-128 (32.3) Abishek Anton, 10-181 (46.5) Dinoshan Theivendram,
Bowling
O
M
R
W
Econ
Iyalarasan Kamalarasa
15
2
54
5
3.60
Mathusan Selvarasa
4
2
12
1
3.00
Nitharan Saravanamuththu
1
0
5
0
5.00
Vithusan Theesan
7
0
38
0
5.43
Viyaskanth Vijayakanth
11.5
3
43
3
3.74
Braveenraj Kamalarajkurukkal
6
0
20
1
3.33
Nithusan Aniston
2
1
5
0
2.50
Batsmen
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Sarangan Sritharan
c Rathushan Nageswaran b Dinoshan Theivendram
0
1
0
0
0.00
Iyalarasan Kamalarasa
c Sabesan Kamalapalan b E.Denushan
77
239
8
0
32.22
Inthujan Balarupan
c Abinash Murfin b Dinoshan Theivendram
15
67
3
0
22.39
Jeyatharsan Antony Dias
lbw b Saraan Anton Selvathas
21
54
3
0
38.89
Rajclinton Rajaratnam
c & b Abinash Murfin
10
40
2
0
25.00
Viyaskanth Vijayakanth
b Hemathushan Mahendran
41
35
1
3
117.14
Mathusan Selvarasa
lbw b E.Denushan
2
6
0
0
33.33
Nithusan Aniston
b Saraan Anton Selvathas
10
21
1
0
47.62
Nitharsan Saravanamuththu
c Sabesan Kamalapalan b Saraan Anton Selvathas
0
2
0
0
0.00
Braveenraj Kamalarajkurukkal
b Hemathushan Mahendran
0
7
0
0
0.00
Vithusan Theesan
not out
1
10
0
0
10.00
Extras
18 (b 11 , lb 0 , nb 6, w 1, pen 0)
Total
195/10 (79.2 Overs, RR: 2.46)
Fall of Wickets
1-0 (0.1) Sarangan Sritharan, 2-43 (22.4) Inthujan Balarupan, 3-77 (40.5) Jeyatharsan Antony Dias, 4-96 (51.2) Rajclinton Rajaratnam, 5-168 (64.3) Mathusan Selvarasa, 6-165 (66.3) Viyaskanth Vijayakanth, 7-184 (73.1) Nithusan Aniston, 8-184 (73.3) Nitharsan Saravanamuththu, 9-185 (75) Braveenraj Kamalarajkurukkal, 10-195 (79.2) Iyalarasan Kamalarasa,
Bowling
O
M
R
W
Econ
Dinoshan Theivendram
13
6
25
2
1.92
Abishek Anton
12
3
18
0
1.50
Sowmiyan Naganthirarajah
1
0
2
0
2.00
Rathushan Nageswaran
10
6
13
0
1.30
Abinash Murfin
11
2
41
1
3.73
Saraan Anton Selvathas
20
4
54
3
2.70
Hemathushan Mahendran
8
2
20
2
2.50
Elshan Denushan
4.2
0
11
2
2.62
Batsmen
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Sowmiyan Naganthirarajah
c & b Mathusan Selvarasa
50
117
2
3
42.74
Thanujan Christy Prasanna
c Sarangan Sritharan b Mathusan Selvarasa
66
163
11
0
40.49
Vinojan Thiyagarajah
c Iyalarasan Kamalarasa b Viyaskanth Vijayakanth
1
16
0
0
6.25
Elshan Denushan
c Iyalarasan Kamalarasa b Viyaskanth Vijayakanth
5
19
0
0
26.32
Hemathushan Mahendran
c Sarangan Sritharan b Mathusan Selvarasa
3
14
0
0
21.43
Abinash Murfin
run out (Mathusan Selvarasa)
14
34
1
0
41.18
Dinoshan Theivendram
c Sarangan Sritharan b Viyaskanth Vijayakanth
24
61
3
0
39.34
Rathushan Nageswaran
run out (Mathusan Selvarasa)
0
2
0
0
0.00
Sabesan Kamalapalan
b Viyaskanth Vijayakanth
14
42
3
0
33.33
Abishek Anton
not out
31
57
5
0
54.39
Saraan Anton Selvathas
not out
4
14
1
0
28.57
Extras
33 (b 26 , lb 1 , nb 5, w 1, pen 0)
Total
245/9 (89 Overs, RR: 2.75)
Fall of Wickets
1-134 (44.3) Sowmiyan Naganthirarajah, 2-144 (48.4) Thanujan Christy Prasanna, 3-145 (49.1) Vinojan Thiyagarajah, 4-150 (52.5) Hemathushan Mahendran, 5-162 (57.1) Elshan Denushan, 6-185 (66) Abinash Murfin, 7-186 (68.2) Rathushan Nageswaran, 8-200 (71.1) Dinoshan Theivendram, 9-235 (83.4) Sabesan Kamalapalan,
Bowling
O
M
R
W
Econ
Mathusan Selvarasa
22
6
51
3
2.32
Iyalarasan Kamalarasa
12
5
24
0
2.00
Viyaskanth Vijayakanth
38
8
88
4
2.32
Braveenraj Kamalarajkurukkal
2
0
5
0
2.50
Vithusan Theesan
11
3
39
0
3.55
Nithusan Aniston
3
0
8
0
2.67
Jeyatharsan Antony Dias
1
0
3
0
3.00
Batsmen
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Sarangan Sritharan
c Sabesan Kamalapalan b Abinash Murfin
25
52
5
0
48.08
Iyalarasan Kamalarasa
st Sabesan Kamalapalan b Saraan Anton Selvathas
27
45
4
0
60.00
Inthujan Balarupan
run out (Vinojan Thiyagarajah)
7
28
1
0
25.00
Jeyatharsan Antony Dias
c Abinash Murfin b Dinoshan Theivendram
23
52
1
0
44.23
Mathusan Selvarasa
c Hemathushan Mahendran b Abinash Murfin
65
36
5
4
180.56
Viyaskanth Vijayakanth
run out (Vinojan Thiyagarajah)
14
15
0
1
93.33
Rajclinton Rajaratnam
lbw b Abishek Anton
0
4
0
0
0.00
Nithusan Aniston
not out
1
8
0
0
12.50
Nitharsan Saravanamuththu
not out
0
0
0
0
0.00
Extras
14 (b 10 , lb 2 , nb 1, w 1, pen 0)
Total
176/7 (40 Overs, RR: 4.4)
Fall of Wickets
1-57 (15.3) Iyalarasan Kamalarasa, 2-80 (24.5) Jeyatharsan Antony Dias, 3-134 (32.3) Inthujan Balarupan, 4-166 (36.4) Viyaskanth Vijayakanth, 5-167 (37.5) Rajclinton Rajaratnam, 6-176 (39.2) Mathusan Selvarasa, 7-59 (61.1) Sarangan Sritharan,
Bowling
O
M
R
W
Econ
Dinoshan Theivendram
7
1
26
1
3.71
Abishek Anton
5
0
24
1
4.80
Abinash Murfin
11
2
29
2
2.64
Sowmiyan Naganthirarajah
5
1
23
0
4.60
Saraan Anton Selvathas
10
1
52
1
5.20
Elshan Denushan
1
0
6
0
6.00
Rathushan Nageswaran
1
0
3
0
3.00
