St. John’s College beat Jaffna Central College by 99 runs in the 115th Battle of the North, worked off today (23rd April) at Jaffna Central College Grounds.
After being 129 runs for 4 wickets at stumps on day two, St. John’s College declared their second innings at 220/7, setting a target of 263 runs to win for Jaffna Central College.
Kamalapalan Sabesan stroked a brilliant century, giving an advantage to St. John’s College. Sabesan scored 105 runs off 116 balls with 9 fours and 5 sixes.
Chasing 263 to win, Jaffna Central College had a terrible start losing first 4 wickets for just 18 runs. Ananthan Kajan (53) and Sritharan Sarankan (33) rescued the innings to a certain extent, building a 91-run partnership for the 5th wicket but it wasn’t enough to put their side over the line as St. John’s College registered a convincing 99-run victory.
Jeyachandran Ashnath was the pick of the bowlers for St. John’s College as he grabbed 6 wickets for 70 runs.
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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