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The 116th Royal - St. Joseph's Cricket Encounter:
Pathum rescues Joes
The 116th Royal - St. Joseph's annual cricket encounter ended in a
draw at Darley Road. Joes recorded a first innings win thanks to a half
century by Pathum Madusanka.
Priyamal Perera excelled with the ball in the second innings for the
home team, taking 5 for 52.
Royal: 171 all out in 55 overs (Moditha Weerasinghe 3/62, Aravinda
Akurugoda 2/13, Sachin Hewawasam 2/16, Priyamal Perera 2/29) and 169 all
out in 49 Overs (Rajindu Rodrigo 2/15, Priyamal Perera 5/52, Sachin
Hewawasam 3/32)
St. Joseph's: 172 all out in 53 overs (Sadeera Samarawickrama 20,
Sachin Hewawasam 25, Pathum Madusankha 53 not out, Fabian Fernando 30)
and 52/1 in 6 Overs (Pathum Madusanka 32 not out)
Meanwhile the 2nd XI encounter played at Royal Grounds, ended in a
tame draw with no decision favouring any team.
St. Joseph's: 312/8 (Duran De Alwis 30, Kevin Corteling 83, Damith
Weerasinghe 66, Shehan Perera 64, Hashindra Perera 32)
Royal: 241/5 (Trishan Tanuja 2/35, Damith Weerasinghe 2/20) |
