The 125th Battle of the Blues Ruhuna played between St. Servatius’ College, Matara and St. Thomas’ College, Matara ended in a draw today (6th April) at Uyanwatte Stadium in Matara.
St. Thomas’ College posted only 124 runs in reply to St. Servatius’ College first innings score of 169. Viran Chamuditha was the chief destroyer with the ball for St. Servatius’ as he scalped 5 wickets for 33 runs.
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St. Servatius’ College began their second innings 45 runs ahead and put on 218 runs for 7 wickets before declaring the innings, setting a target of 264 to win for St. Thomas’ College.
The skipper Vishwa Supun was the top scorer for St. Servatius’ in their second innings as he amassed 73 runs off 106 balls with 5 fours.
The opposition skipper Pesandu Sanjan stood out with a brilliant spell, scalping 5 wickets for St. Thomas’ College.
Chasing 264 to win, St. Thomas’ College were in deep trouble losing half of the side for just 60 runs, but several rain interruptions saved them at the end as the game ended in a draw.
Result
| 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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