Battle of Nilwala ends in draw
Priyan DE SILVA- Matara Sports Correspondent
The 112th big match between St Servatius College and St Thomas's
colleges ended in a draw at the Uyanwatta stadium Matara last Sunday. St
Servatius, given a victory target of 200 to be scored in 29 overs, were
143 for 4 at close of play. A number of dropped catches deprived St
Servatius from forcing a decision.
St Thomas' were all out for 194 after being asked to bat first. The
Thomians recovered from a precarious score of 6 for 57 thanks to skipper
Ashan Ranasingha 57 and Hashan Vimarshana 76 who put on 121 runs for the
seventh wicket. Right arm off spinner Ashen Deemantha and Left arm leg
spinner Pamal Dhananjaya took three wickets each. St Servatius declared
their first innings at 149 for nine wickets after 63.5 overs.
They too were in a precarious position with five wickets down for 44
runs and were saved by a defiant 60 by skipper Sanidu Ediriweera. Right
arm off spinner Ashan Ranasingha took his 100th wicket for the season
when he had Kasun Rajitha caught by Rasika Damith. Ashan has a unique
achievement of scoring 1000 runs and capturing 100 wickets this season.
The Thomians declared their second innings at tea with the score at
154/7. Lasith Lakshan scored 42 while Ashan Ranasingha was unbeaten on
32. Pamal Dhananjaya took six wickets for 66 runs to end with a match
bag of 9/97. Being set a victory target of 200 to be scored in 29 overs
St Servatius managed only 143 for 4. Yohan Chanuka scored 52 runs.
St Thomas': 194 (Ishan Abeysekera 27, Ashan Ranasingha 57, Hashan
Vimarshana 76, Gihan Nimsara 2 for 20, Ashen Deemantha 3 for 27, Pamal
Dhananjaya 3 for 27) and 154 for 7 dec. (Lasith Lakshan 42, Jayanga de
Silva 24, Ashan Ranasingha 32, Pamal Dhananjaya 6 for 66)
St Servatius: 149 for 9 (Sanidu Ediriweera 60, Sameera Gunasekera 23,
Hashan Vimarshana 2 for 33, Ashan Ranasingha 3 for 31, Jayanga de Silva
3 for 14) and 143 for 4 (Thushan Eranga 30, Yohan Chanuka 52, Sanjika
Ridma 29, Ruchira Jayathunga 21 n.o., Ishan Abeysekera 3 for 13)
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