The 115th Battle of the North between St. John’s College and Jaffna Central College commenced today (21st April) at Jaffna Central College Grounds.
Having won the toss, Jaffna Central College invited the opposition to bat first. The decision turned out to be a good one as they managed to restrict St. John’s College to 167 runs.
Kuganeswaran Karisan (41) and Anton Abishek (40) were the chief contributors with the bat for St. John’s College. Jayatheeswaran Vithusan and Vinajakaselvam Kavitharsan starred with the ball for Jaffna Central College picking up 3 wickets each.
In reply, Jaffna Central College were 6 runs for no wicket at the end of the first day’s play.
Result
Jaffna Central College
125/10 (45) & 163/10 (62.3)
St. John’s College, Jaffna
167/10 (84.1) & 220/7 (67)
Batsmen
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Anderson Sachin Kanapathi
b Jayatheeswaran Vithusan
20
125
0
0
16.00
Kuganeswaran Karisan
run out (Matheeswaran Sansayan)
41
89
0
0
46.07
Nesakumar Ebenezer Jezial
st Sritharan Sarankan b Vinajakaselvam Kavitharsan
16
51
0
0
31.37
Antonypillai Sukethan
c Matheeswaran Sansayan b Jayatheeswaran Vithusan
11
17
0
0
64.71
Kamalapalan Sabesan
lbw b Vinajakaselvam Kavitharsan
0
1
0
0
0.00
Jeyachandran Ashnath
run out (Matheeswaran Sansayan)
0
33
0
0
0.00
Sangeeth Greme Smith
c Sritharan Sarankan b Jayatheeswaran Vithusan
0
4
0
0
0.00
Anton Abishek
b Rajithkumar Newton
40
52
0
0
76.92
Kajenthira Thamilkkathir Abiranchan
c Sritharan Sarankan b Thileapkumar Gowthem
11
63
0
0
17.46
Vithushan Yogathas
not out
3
60
0
0
5.00
Kirupananthan Kajakarnan
c Matheeswaran Sansayan b Thileapkumar Gowthem
1
18
0
0
5.56
Extras
24 (b 14 , lb 0 , nb 8, w 2, pen 0)
Total
167/10 (84.1 Overs, RR: 1.98)
Bowling
O
M
R
W
Econ
Rajithkumar Newton
20
3
50
1
2.50
Thileapkumar Gowthem
25
12
27
1
1.08
Jayatheeswaran Vithusan
14
1
41
3
2.93
Ananthan Kajan
7
3
8
0
1.14
Sutharsan Anusanth
6
1
13
0
2.17
Vinajakaselvam Kavitharsan
11.1
4
13
3
1.17
Nishan Sathakaran
1
0
1
0
1.00
Batsmen
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Thakuthash Abilash
c Nesakumar Ebenezer Jezial b Yogathas Vithushan
14
54
0
0
25.93
Jayatheeswaran Vithusan
c Anton Abishek b Yogathas Vithushan
10
40
0
0
25.00
Rajithkumar Newton
c Kajenthira Thamilkkathir Abiranchan b Yogathas Vithushan
0
2
0
0
0.00
Matheeswaran Sansayan
c Nesakumar Ebenezer Jezial b Yogathas Vithushan
0
1
0
0
0.00
Vinajakaselvam Kavitharsan
c Kamalapalan Sabesan b Yogathas Vithushan
3
59
0
0
5.08
Sritharan Sarankan
c Kajenthira Thamilkkathir Abiranchan b Jeyachandran Ashnath
41
44
0
0
93.18
Nisanthan Ajay
not out
28
41
0
0
68.29
Ananthan Kajan
c Yogathas Vithushan b Jeyachandran Ashnath
9
18
0
0
50.00
Sagathevan Sayanthan
b Jeyachandran Ashnath
0
1
0
0
0.00
Thileapkumar Gowthem
c Kamalapalan Sabesan b Yogathas Vithushan
5
5
0
0
100.00
Sutharsan Anusanth
c Kuganeswaran Karisan b Jeyachandran Ashnath
0
9
0
0
0.00
Extras
15 (b 10 , lb 1 , nb 4, w 0, pen 0)
Total
125/10 (45 Overs, RR: 2.78)
Bowling
O
M
R
W
Econ
Kirupananthan Kajakarnan
7
1
14
0
2.00
Anton Abishek
2
1
5
0
2.50
Yogathas Vithushan
20
5
48
6
2.40
Kajenthira Thamilkkathir Abiranchan
3
2
1
0
0.33
Jeyachandran Ashnath
13
4
46
0
3.54
Batsmen
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Anderson Sachin Kanapathi
c Sagathevan Sayanthan b Rajithkumar Newton
0
10
0
0
0.00
Kuganeswaran Karisan
b Thileapkumar Gowthem
0
7
0
0
0.00
Nesakumar Ebenezer Jezial
c Sritharan Sarankan b Ananthan Kajan
35
131
0
0
26.72
Antonypillai Sukethan
c Thileapkumar Gowthem b Rajithkumar Newton
34
59
0
0
57.63
Kamalapalan Sabesan
c Thileapkumar Gowthem b Rajithkumar Newton
105
116
0
0
90.52
Jeyachandran Ashnath
c Matheeswaran Sansayan b Ananthan Kajan
7
62
0
0
11.29
Anton Abishek
c Ananthan Kajan b Thileapkumar Gowthem
22
18
0
0
122.22
Sangeeth Greme Smith
not out
3
2
0
0
150.00
Extras
14 (b 6 , lb 4 , nb 3, w 1, pen 0)
Total
220/7 (67 Overs, RR: 3.28)
Bowling
O
M
R
W
Econ
Rajithkumar Newton
22
4
64
3
2.91
Thileapkumar Gowthem
15
3
36
2
2.40
Jayatheeswaran Vithusan
7
2
25
0
3.57
Vinajakaselvam Kavitharsan
2
0
15
0
7.50
Nisanthan Ajay
4
0
9
0
2.25
Sutharsan Anusanth
4
0
17
0
4.25
Ananthan Kajan
13
3
37
2
2.85
Batsmen
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Thakuthash Abilash
lbw b Yogathas Vithushan
3
10
0
0
30.00
Jayatheeswaran Vithusan
c Jeyachandran Ashnath b Kirupananthan Kajakarnan
0
8
0
0
0.00
Rajithkumar Newton
c Kamalapalan Sabesan b Jeyachandran Ashnath
10
29
0
0
34.48
Thileapkumar Gowthem
c Kuganeswaran Karisan b Kirupananthan Kajakarnan
1
15
0
0
6.67
Amuthanathan Jeroroshan
c Kamalapalan Sabesan b Jeyachandran Ashnath
53
97
0
0
54.64
Sritharan Sarankan
c Anderson Sachin Kanapathi b Jeyachandran Ashnath
33
46
0
0
71.74
Nisanthan Ajay
c Kamalapalan Sabesan b Jeyachandran Ashnath
2
19
0
0
10.53
Matheeswaran Sansayan
lbw b Jeyachandran Ashnath
27
92
0
0
29.35
Vinajakaselvam Kavitharsan
c Nesakumar Ebenezer Jezial b Jeyachandran Ashnath
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