Trinity survive as St.Joseph’s take major honours

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The 102nd  Joes-Trinity cricket encounter  ended today at Darley road with Josephians winning on 1st innings.

Trinity resuming day two on 92/3 were shot out for just 169 runs in reply to the Josephians 202 runs. Sachin Hewawasam and Priyamal Perera shared 6 wickets between them. Lakshitha Dissanayake was the top scorer with 29 runs and Ron Chandragupta, Arjuna Jayasinghe and Rajitha Wijetunge scored 24 runs each.

Josephians in their 2nd innings posted 149/8 with Priyamal Perera making an attacking 41 runs and Sadeera Samarawickrama scoring an elegant 29. Trinity left arm spinner Lakshan Jayasinghe took an impressive 5 wicket haul for 49 runs.

Trinity chasing a victory target of 183 runs crumbled to the Josephian bowlers and survived the day scoring only 118 losing 8 wickets. Skipper Sachin Hewawasam excelled with the ball taking 5 scalps for 37 runs. Lakshitha Dissanayake scored a classic 68 runs helping the Boys from Kandy to save the match.

Scores in brief

St.Joseph’s College 1st Innings 202 all out in 65 overs (Sachin Hewawasam 50, Dylan Fernandopulle 28, Damith Weerasinghe 21, Pathum Madushanka 21*, Yashan Samarasinghe 20, Dinuk Wickramanayake 4/26, Lakshan Jayasinghe 3/52, Charith Sudaraka 2/32)

Trinity College 1st Innings 169 all out 54 overs (Lakshitha Dissanayake 29, Ron Chandraguptha 24, Arjuna Jayasinghe 24, Rajitha Wijetunga 24, Sachin Hewawasam 3/20, Priyamal Perera 3/24)

St.Joseph’s College 2nd Innings 149/8 declared in 35 overs ( Sadeera Samarawickrama 29, Dylan Fernandopulle 20, Priyamal Perera 41, Damith Weerasinghe 20, Fabian Fernando 26, Lakshan Jayasinghe 5/49 )

Trinity College 2nd Innings 118/8 in 32 overs (Lakshitha Dissanayake 68, Ron Chandragupta 23, Sachin Hewawasam 5/37 )