Trinity College registered a thrilling 8-run win (DLS Method) over St. Anthony’s College to clinch their 43rd Annual Limited Overs Encounter played at Asgiriya.
Due to prevailing rainy conditions, the match was reduced to 32-over contest. In the rain-shortened game, Trinity College were asked to bat first and posted 152 runs for 9 wickets.
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The opening batter Pulisha Thilakarathna was the top contributor with the bat as he made 41 runs off 52 balls with 5 fours.
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Dinura Ganegoda and Kevan Fernando starred with the ball for St. Anthony’s College, sharing 5 wickets between them.
In reply, St. Anthony’s College posted 112 runs for 6 wickets in 26 overs before the bad light brought curtains down on the game. St. Anthony’s College were 8 runs behind as per the DLS calculations, thus Trinity College were declared as winners.
Result
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dimantha Mahavithana | c Thilina Poornima b Charuka Ekanayake | 16 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 51.61 |
| Pulisha Thimeth Thilakarathna | run out (Sadew Amarakoon) | 41 | 52 | 5 | 0 | 78.85 |
| Aadam Hilmy | lbw b Ryan Gregory | 24 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Jayavi Liyanagama | lbw b Dinura Ganegoda | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Vathila Udara | run out (Thilina Poornima) | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Rajindu Thilakarathne | st Januka Rathnayake b Kevan Fernando | 19 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 73.08 |
| Chaniru Senarathna | not out | 30 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 90.91 |
| Sethmika Senevirathne | st Januka Rathnayake b Kevan Fernando | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.67 |
| Dinitha Siriwardena | c Kevan Fernando b Dinura Ganegoda | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Sweath Anurajeewa | c Thilina Poornima b Dinura Ganegoda | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Malith Rathnayake | not out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Extras | 7 (b 0 , lb 0 , nb 1, w 6, pen 0) |
| Total | 152/9 (32 Overs, RR: 4.75) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bimash Vidudaya | 7 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 2.43 | |
| Ryan Gregory | 6 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 4.33 | |
| Thilina Poornima | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 6.00 | |
| Charuka Ekanayake | 6 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 5.67 | |
| Kaushika Kumarasinghe | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12.00 | |
| Kevan Fernando | 4 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 5.00 | |
| Dinura Ganegoda | 6 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 5.17 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sadew Amarakoon | lbw b Chaniru Senarathna | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 16.67 |
| Yohan Senanayaka | lbw b Sethmika Senevirathne | 7 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 41.18 |
| Januka Rathnayake | c Aadam Hilmy b Malith Rathnayake | 48 | 60 | 5 | 0 | 80.00 |
| Thilina Poornima | run out (Rajindu Thilakarathne) | 10 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 52.63 |
| Charuka Ekanayake | run out (Pulisha Thimeth Thilakarathna) | 30 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 73.17 |
| Kaushika Kumarasinghe | lbw b Malith Rathnayake | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Kevan Fernando | not out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Bimash Vidudaya | not out | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 266.67 |
| Extras | 5 (b 0 , lb 0 , nb 0, w 5, pen 0) |
| Total | 112/6 (26 Overs, RR: 4.31) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sethmika Senevirathne | 6 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 3.50 | |
| Chaniru Senarathna | 6 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 3.83 | |
| Malith Rathnayake | 5 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 3.40 | |
| Vathila Udara | 6 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 5.83 | |
| Sweath Anurajeewa | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4.50 | |
| Jayavi Liyanagama | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7.00 | |
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