Nipunaka Fonseka stroked a century for St. Peter’s College in their drawn traditional encounter against S. Thomas’ College today. The other traditional encounter held between Royal College and Wesley College also ended in a draw at Royal College Grounds.
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Royal College, Colombo vs Wesley College, Colombo
The traditional encounter between Royal College and Wesley College ended in a draw today at the Royal College Grounds. The visitors who were reeling at 92 for 7 at the end the first day’s play, lost the remaining 3 wickets for just 7 runs.
The hosts began their second innings with a 89-run lead and posted 138 for 7, setting a target of 228 runs for the Wesley batsmen to chase down. However, the visitors once again struggled with the bat as they made only 114 runs for 7 at stumps on day two. The left-arm spinner Gishan Balasooriya, who took 2 wickets in the first innings, bagged 3 more wickets for 56 runs for Royals.
Brief Scores
- Venue – Royal College Grounds, Colombo
- Toss – Royal College
Royal College 188 (56.5) Dasis Manchanayaka 78, S.zhakirthan 3/21, Thenuka Perera 3/32, Ravindu Sigera 2/35 & 138/7d (30.2) Sadisha Rajapaksha 33, Ahan Wickramasingha 26, Dasis Manchanayaka 24, Denuwana Mendis 2/35, Thenuka Perera 2/38
Wesley College 99 (40.5) Anudith Wikramasinghe 25, Denuwana Mendis 21, Kavindu Pathirathna 3/21, Prashan Kalhara 2/21, Gishan Balasooriya 2/26 & 114/7 (49) Thenuka Perera 48, Semila Liyanage 22*, Gishan Balasooriya 3/56
Result – Match Drawn
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S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia vs St. Peter’s College, Colombo
The traditional encounter between S. Thomas’ College and St. Peter’s College also ended in a draw today at Mount Lavinia. After being 51 for 2 at stumps on day one, the visitors put on a dominant batting display on day two, adding 217 runs more to the overnight score before declaring the innings.
Nipunaka Fonseka stroked a brilliant century, helping the visitors go past the hosts’ first innings score. Fonseka made an unbeaten 101 runs off 184 balls with 9 fours. The Thomians began their second innings 41 runs behind and their second essay of batting failed to be impressive as they lost 6 wickets for 59 runs at the close of play on day two.
Brief Scores
- Venue – S. Thomas’ College Grounds, Mount Lavinia
- Toss – S. Thomas’ College
S. Thomas’ College 227/7d (79.5) Ryan Fernando 103, Anuk Palihawadena 30, Shalin De Mel 35, Mahith Perera 24, Niman Umesh 2/35, Jesuran Benjamin 2/41, Sahan Kumara 2/80 & 59/6 (21) Shalin de Mel 26*, Danal Hemananda 2/12
St. Peter’s College 268/5d (80.2) Nipunaka Fonseka 101*, Lahiru Chethaka 70, Shenal Boteju 36, Vinuda Liyanage 29*, Wanuja Sahan Kumara 28, Yasiru Rodrigo 3/58
Result – Match Drawn
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Result
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anuk Palihawadana | c Nipunaka Fonseka b Niman Umesh | 30 | 78 | 2 | 0 | 38.46 |
| Romesh Mendis | lbw b Wanuja Sahan | 17 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 20.99 |
| Shalin De Mel | c Nipunaka Fonseka b Niman Umesh | 35 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 54.69 |
| Ryan Fernando | st Lahiru Chethaka b Wanuja Sahan | 103 | 153 | 15 | 0 | 67.32 |
| Thenuka Liyanagae | c Niman Umesh b Jesuran Benjamin | 9 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 42.86 |
| Yasiru Rodrigo | c Lahiru Chethaka b Jesuran Benjamin | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 8.00 |
| Manith Perera | c Nimuthu Gunawardene b Danal Hemananda | 24 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 43.64 |
| Caniston | not out | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 |
| Extras | 5 (b 1 , lb 1 , nb 3, w 0, pen 0) |
| Total | 227/7 (79.5 Overs, RR: 2.84) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danal Hemananda | 13.5 | 6 | 29 | 1 | 2.15 | |
| Lakindu Sachin | 8 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 2.00 | |
| Vinuda Liyanage | 7 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 3.43 | |
| Wanuja Sahan | 23 | 5 | 80 | 2 | 3.48 | |
| Niman Umesh | 11 | 1 | 35 | 2 | 3.18 | |
| Jesuran Benjamin | 17 | 4 | 41 | 2 | 2.41 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanuka Galagoda | c Romesh Mendis b Yasiru Rodrigo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Shenal Boteju | c Romesh Mendis b Aathil Siddhique | 36 | 55 | 4 | 0 | 65.45 |
| Nimuthu Gunawardene | b Yasiru Rodrigo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Lahiru Chethaka | c Romesh Mendis b Yasiru Rodrigo | 70 | 104 | 8 | 0 | 67.31 |
| Nipunaka Fonseka | not out | 101 | 184 | 9 | 0 | 54.89 |
| Wanuja Sahan | lbw b Anuk Palihawadana | 28 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 |
| Vinuda Liyanage | not out | 29 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 69.05 |
| Extras | 4 (b 0 , lb 0 , nb 3, w 1, pen 0) |
| Total | 268/5 (80.2 Overs, RR: 3.34) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yasiru Rodrigo | 18.2 | 2 | 58 | 3 | 3.19 | |
| Caniston | 12 | 3 | 44 | 0 | 3.67 | |
| Ryan Fernando | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4.00 | |
| Aathil Siddhique | 19 | 2 | 69 | 1 | 3.63 | |
| Rajindo Thilakarathna | 6 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 4.00 | |
| Dhiren De SIlva | 7 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 3.71 | |
| Anuk Palihawadana | 16 | 4 | 39 | 1 | 2.44 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romesh Mendis | lbw b Lakindu Sachin | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Shalin De Mel | not out | 26 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 46.43 |
| Thenuka Liyanagae | b Danal Hemananda | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 |
| Manith Perera | b Danal Hemananda | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Dhiren De SIlva | b Wanuja Sahan | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 5.56 |
| Ryan Fernando | c & b Vinuda Liyanage | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Caniston | c Shenal Boteju b Niman Umesh | 8 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 44.44 |
| Yasiru Rodrigo | not out | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras | 9 (b 1 , lb 6 , nb 2, w 0, pen 0) |
| Total | 59/6 (21 Overs, RR: 2.81) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danal Hemananda | 5 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 2.40 | |
| Lakindu Sachin | 4 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 3.25 | |
| Vinuda Liyanage | 4 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 3.50 | |
| Wanuja Sahan | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1.17 | |
| Niman Umesh | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3.00 | |
