The 125 th Battle of the Blues Ruhuna played between St. Servatius’ College, Matara and St. Thomas’ College, Matara commenced today (4 th April) at Uyanwatte Stadium in Matara.
Having been asked to bat first, St. Servatius’ College were bowled out for just 169 runs. The middle-order batter Raveen Kavintha was the top scorer for St. Servatius’ as he made unbeaten 39 runs.
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Pesandu Sanjan was the pick of the bowlers for St. Thomas’ College as he grabbed 3 wickets for 32 runs. Vihanga Sankalana also impressed with the ball, scalping 2 wickets for 8 runs.
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Match will continue tomorrow for Day 2 and you can watch the Live action of this annual cricket encounter on ThePapare 2 HD (Dialog TV Ch.127), Dialog ViU app and ThePapare.com.
St. Thomas’ College Matara
124/10 (45.5) & 60/5 (36)
169/10 (64.4) & 218/7 (66.3)
Batsmen
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Heshan Madushanka
c Kumesh Nuwanjana b Pesandu Sanjan
6
37
0
0
16.22
Risinu Kithnuka
c Kumesh Nuwanjana b Ochintha Chamika
26
64
3
0
40.62
Viran Chamuditha
c Thathsara Dewmith b Dinura Pawanji
4
10
1
0
40.00
Vishwa Supun
c Abdul Maajid b Pesandu Sanjan
15
46
1
0
32.61
Raveen Kavintha
not out
39
124
2
0
31.45
Chamarindu Nethsara
c Abdul Maajid b Pesandu Sanjan
4
10
0
0
40.00
Sanju Dilshan
b Manuga Guruge
1
6
0
0
16.67
Chamod Mihiranga
c Kumesh Nuwanjana b Vihanga sankalana
29
40
5
0
72.50
Praveen Madushanka
b Vihanga sankalana
0
4
0
0
0.00
Chalana Indusha
run out (Abdul Maajid)
13
47
0
0
27.66
Samiru Gimhan
run out (Pesandu Sanjan)
1
7
0
0
14.29
Extras
31 (b 20 , lb 1 , nb 7, w 3, pen 0)
Total
169/10 (64.4 Overs, RR: 2.61)
Bowling
O
M
R
W
Econ
Loshitha Diksith
11
4
25
0
2.27
Pesandu Sanjan
15.4
3
32
3
2.08
Dinura Pawanji
6
2
10
1
1.67
Ochintha Chamika
6
1
18
1
3.00
Manuga Guruge
19
4
39
1
2.05
Senura Abeysekara
4
0
16
0
4.00
Vihanga sankalana
3
1
8
2
2.67
Batsmen
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Punal Pamuditha
c Vishwa Supun b Chalana Indusha
3
23
0
0
13.04
Ochintha Chamika
c & b Samiru Gimhan
30
53
3
0
56.60
Senura Abeysekara
b Chalana Indusha
0
3
0
0
0.00
Thathsara Dewmith
c Chamod Mihiranga b Viran Chamuditha
8
41
1
0
19.51
Pesandu Sanjan
b Praveen Madushanka
46
68
5
0
67.65
Kumesh Nuwanjana
c Vishwa Supun b Viran Chamuditha
4
13
0
0
30.77
Abdul Maajid
lbw b Samiru Gimhan
19
48
0
0
39.58
Manuga Guruge
c Vishwa Supun b Viran Chamuditha
3
25
0
0
12.00
Loshitha Diksith
c Chamarindu Nethsara b Viran Chamuditha
0
4
0
0
0.00
Vihanga sankalana
not out
2
5
0
0
40.00
Dinura Pawanji
lbw b Viran Chamuditha
0
1
0
0
0.00
Extras
9 (b 0 , lb 0 , nb 9, w 0, pen 0)
Total
124/10 (45.5 Overs, RR: 2.71)
Bowling
O
M
R
W
Econ
Viran Chamuditha
14.5
4
33
5
2.28
Sanju Dilshan
2
0
6
0
3.00
Chalana Indusha
6
0
16
2
2.67
Risinu Kithnuka
3
0
11
0
3.67
Samiru Gimhan
15
5
47
2
3.13
Heshan Madushanka
2
2
0
0
0.00
Praveen Madushanka
3
0
11
1
3.67
Batsmen
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Heshan Madushanka
b Manuga Guruge
14
64
0
0
21.88
Risinu Kithnuka
c Punal Pamuditha b Pesandu Sanjan
12
35
1
0
34.29
Viran Chamuditha
lbw b Pesandu Sanjan
27
29
2
0
93.10
Vishwa Supun
b Pesandu Sanjan
73
106
5
0
68.87
Sanju Dilshan
lbw b Pesandu Sanjan
2
7
0
0
28.57
Raveen Kavintha
lbw b Manuga Guruge
47
101
2
0
46.53
Chamarindu Nethsara
c & b Pesandu Sanjan
14
21
0
1
66.67
Chamod Mihiranga
not out
14
23
1
0
60.87
Chalana Indusha
not out
4
15
0
0
26.67
Extras
11 (b 6 , lb 0 , nb 2, w 3, pen 0)
Total
218/7 (66.3 Overs, RR: 3.28)
Bowling
O
M
R
W
Econ
Pesandu Sanjan
24.3
1
72
5
2.96
Senura Abeysekara
3
0
14
0
4.67
Manuga Guruge
27
7
67
2
2.48
Loshitha Diksith
10
1
45
0
4.50
Vihanga sankalana
1
0
6
0
6.00
Punal Pamuditha
1
0
8
0
8.00
Batsmen
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Punal Pamuditha
c & b Viran Chamuditha
19
43
2
0
44.19
Senura Abeysekara
c Viran Chamuditha b Raveen Kavintha
6
19
1
0
31.58
Dinura Pawanji
c Vishwa Supun b Raveen Kavintha
4
33
0
0
12.12
Thathsara Dewmith
b Raveen Kavintha
0
5
0
0
0.00
Pesandu Sanjan
c Viran Chamuditha b Praveen Madushanka
18
42
3
0
42.86
Kumesh Nuwanjana
not out
11
64
0
0
17.19
Ochintha Chamika
not out
1
10
0
0
10.00
Extras
1 (b 1 , lb 0 , nb 0, w 0, pen 0)
Total
60/5 (36 Overs, RR: 1.67)
Bowling
O
M
R
W
Econ
Viran Chamuditha
14
7
18
1
1.29
Raveen Kavintha
13
4
26
3
2.00
Samiru Gimhan
4
2
6
0
1.50
Praveen Madushanka
5
1
9
1
1.80
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