The 72nd Battle of the Golds between Sri Sumangala College, Panadura and Moaratu Maha Vidayalaya, Moratuwa ended in a draw today (30th March) at Tyrone Fernando International Cricket Stadium, Moratuwa.
The second day of the game resumed as the Moratu Maha Vidyalaya batters took to the field with a determined objective to surpass the total set by Sri Sumangala College in the first innings, but the Sri Sumangala Speedstar had different ideas with sending back the overnight batsman Shehara Fernando to the pavilion off the third delivery of the day.
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Isuru Fernando delivered a batting masterclass in the middle, crafting a magnificent century with 11 boundaries and 2 maximums. However, apart from the opening batsman Vihanga Nimsara who carried his bat throughout the innings with a watchful 61 no other batter managed to surpass the 20-run mark. Nimsara’s resilient innings provided the much-needed resistance for the Moratu Maha Vidyalaya side.
In Middle of all Isuru Fernando chaos Sri Lanka national youth cap Vishwa Lahiru brought all of his international Experience to play by picking up 5 wickets to disarray the Moratu Maha Vidyalaya innings.
With time running short in the day’s play, Sri Sumangala College commenced their second innings, although there was no time to determine a result from the match. Nonetheless, the Sumangala batters took a positive approach to their batting, maintaining a run rate over 4 runs per over. Opening batter Duranka Silva and fresher Rusith Jayawardene both notched up half-centuries, with both left-handers surpassing the 600 and 500 run marks for the season, respectively.
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Sri Sumangala College, Pandora the current holders of the trophy having last won the Battle of the Golds will retain the trophy for the next year.
BEST FIELDER
RASIKA DILSHAN – SRI SUMANGALA COLLEGE
BEST BOWLER
VISHWA LAHIRU – SRI SUMANGALA COLLEGE
BEST BATTER
ISURU FERNANDO – MOARATU MAHA VIDYALAYA
MAN OF THE MATCH
VISHWA LAHIRU – SRI SUMANGALA COLLEGE
Result
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Krishan Eranga | b Sanjana Senevirathne | 63 | 129 | 8 | 0 | 48.84 |
| Duranka Silva | c & b Sadaneth Yahampath | 32 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 72.73 |
| Rusith Jayawardana | lbw b Sanjana Senevirathne | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Vishwa Lahiru | c Malith Perera b Mahith Appuhami | 52 | 86 | 4 | 3 | 60.47 |
| Kavindu Gayathra | st Deneth Sithumina b Nishitha Dulanjana | 84 | 130 | 11 | 0 | 64.62 |
| Neksha Iddamalgoda | c Nishitha Dulanjana b Isuru Nidarshana | 23 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 56.10 |
| Vidusha Peiris | c Deneth Sithumina b Kanchana Nimshan | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Senira Lithmin | c Sadaneth Yahampath b Nishitha Dulanjana | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Rasika Dilshan | not out | 13 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 34.21 |
| Extras | 6 (b 0 , lb 4 , nb 1, w 1, pen 0) |
| Total | 282/8 (82.3 Overs, RR: 3.42) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sadaneth Yahampath | 10 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 3.60 | |
| Malith Perera | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2.00 | |
| Himash Tharushka | 5 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 3.20 | |
| Nishitha Dulanjana | 11.3 | 1 | 53 | 2 | 4.69 | |
| Sanjana Senevirathne | 22 | 1 | 73 | 2 | 3.32 | |
| Vihanga Nimsara | 5 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 4.20 | |
| Isuru Nidarshana | 11 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 2.18 | |
| Mahith Appuhami | 6 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 4.50 | |
| Kanchana Nimshan | 9 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 2.44 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vihanga Nimsara | not out | 61 | 209 | 3 | 1 | 29.19 |
| Mahith Appuhami | lbw b Vishwa Lahiru | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 |
| Shehara Sandesh | b Rasika Dilshan | 9 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 25.00 |
| Deneth Sithumina | lbw b Vishwa Lahiru | 5 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22.73 |
| Isuru Nidarshana | c Rasika Dilshan b Rusith Jayawardana | 107 | 124 | 11 | 2 | 86.29 |
| Sanjana Senevirathne | lbw b Vishwa Lahiru | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Kanchana Nimshan | b Rasika Dilshan | 18 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 54.55 |
| Malith Perera | lbw b Vishwa Lahiru | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 45.45 |
| Nishitha Dulanjana | b Vishwa Lahiru | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Sadaneth Yahampath | c Kavindu Gayathra b Mevindu Kumarasiri | 11 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 91.67 |
| Himash Tharushka | c Neksha Iddamalgoda b Mevindu Kumarasiri | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras | 5 (b 1 , lb 2 , nb 2, w 0, pen 0) |
| Total | 227/10 (77.3 Overs, RR: 2.93) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vishwa Lahiru | 30 | 8 | 63 | 5 | 2.10 | |
| Manmitha Dulran | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2.40 | |
| Rasika Dilshan | 16 | 2 | 69 | 2 | 4.31 | |
| Duranka Silva | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 | |
| Senira Lithmin | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | |
| Mevindu Kumarasiri | 13.3 | 1 | 48 | 2 | 3.61 | |
| Rusith Jayawardana | 10 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 2.70 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Krishan Eranga | c Isuru Nidarshana b Sadaneth Yahampath | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 88.89 |
| Duranka Silva | lbw b Himash Tharushka | 55 | 78 | 4 | 1 | 70.51 |
| Rusith Jayawardana | c Shehara Sandesh b Himash Tharushka | 58 | 73 | 4 | 0 | 79.45 |
| Senira Lithmin | not out | 10 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 45.45 |
| Neksha Iddamalgoda | b Sanjana Senevirathne | 15 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 88.24 |
| Vidusha Peiris | not out | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Extras | 10 (b 0 , lb 0 , nb 4, w 1, pen 5) |
| Total | 157/4 (33 Overs, RR: 4.76) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sadaneth Yahampath | 4 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 6.50 | |
| Nishitha Dulanjana | 6 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 4.50 | |
| Sanjana Senevirathne | 8 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 4.25 | |
| Kanchana Nimshan | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7.00 | |
| Shehara Sandesh | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5.00 | |
| Mahith Appuhami | 7 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 4.14 | |
| Himash Tharushka | 4 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 3.00 | |
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