Trinity led by Raveen Sayer created history at Darley Road when they beat St. Joseph’s by five wickets to end a five-decade old victory drought in the century old traditional Under-19 cricket fixture between the two schools on Saturday.
The traditional fixture between these two schools is now 104 editions old. While Joes lead the victory tally with 36 wins, what Trinity achieved on Saturday was their 14th victory. They last won in 1964. The Joes last won in 2010.
Scores:
St. Joseph’s 111 all out in 38 overs (Kevin Corteling 25, Pathum Madusanka 29; Shanmuganathan Shanogeeth 7/35, Raveen Sayer 3/39) and 224 all out in 51.4 overs (Aravinda Akurugoda 41, Jehan Daniel 72, Hashendra Perera 37; Pramodya Abeykoon 3/36, Raveen Sayer 3/54, Dilan Jayalath 2/12)
Trinity (164 for 8 o/n) 183 all out in 64.2 overs (Dilan Jayalath 53, Hasitha Boyagoda 49; Thashan Perera 2/16, Aravinda Akurugoda 3/73, Hareen Cooray 2/07, Jehan Daniel 2/28) and 156 for 5 wkts in 30.3 overs (Madawa Munaweera 44, Arjuna Jayasinghe 40, Shanmuganathan Shanogeeth 27n.o Aravinda Akurugoda 3/57
